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Hamelner Ratzentanz

Hamelner Ratzentanz

Abendstern-Spiele Verlag · 2009
2–445 min10+ yrs5.0 BGG13
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The harvest in the year of 1284 was really abundant: The granaries and storerooms of the city of Hamelin are bursting with food, thus the four great rat tribes of the city race to be the first to gather all kinds of provisions for the winter to come...

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official art · Abendstern-Spiele Verlag

The harvest in the year of 1284 was really abundant: The granaries and storerooms of the city of Hamelin are bursting with food, thus the four great rat tribes of the city race to be the first to gather all kinds of provisions for the winter to come...but they did not expect the arrival of the Pied Piper whose job as a rat-cathcer is to exterminate the vermin by the song of his magical flute...

Players take turns by rolling two dice in order to reach a food token: one dice is for movement, the other triggers a good or bad event (i.e. procreation of new rats, teleport home or Pied Piper's song (kills all rats in streets) or summon the Pied Piper's cat (blocks a door). Afterwards the food token must be returned to your home base. The aim is to block other players' paths and be quicker than the others to deliver food to the own base or just steal from other players. The first to collect four different tokens wins the game.

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BGG rating5.0 / 10
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
45 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
10+ yrs
from Trișache · verified

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Hamelner Ratzentanz is a dice game, for 2–4 players, taking ~45 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Hamelner Ratzentanz — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Hamelner Ratzentanz support?
Hamelner Ratzentanz is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Hamelner Ratzentanz take?
A game of Hamelner Ratzentanz takes about 45 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Hamelner Ratzentanz for?
Hamelner Ratzentanz is recommended from age 10.
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