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Jolly Octopus

Jolly Octopus

Ravensburger AG · 2010
2–510 min4+ yrs1.0/5 complexity4.7 BGG#28.786 BGG97Kids
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How do you play Jolly Octopus?

Jolly Octopus likes to hang out with his colorful crab friends.

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Jolly Octopus box art
official art · Ravensburger AG

Jolly Octopus likes to hang out with his colorful crab friends. While they may not be the same species as him, they come from a common background, from a shared point-of-view as to how they exist and survive in the ocean - and over the years Jolly Octopus ("Jolly O" to his friends) has come to be quite protective of his little crab buddies, so much so that he causes trouble for anyone who aims to harvest crabs from the ocean like so much wheat and reduce them to nothing more than meaty butter-slathered claws on the dinner plate of some would-be "gourmand".

Thus your job as a crab hunter extraordinaire in Jolly Octopus will require you to carefully extricate your target crabs from Jolly O's protection without brushing his legs and tickling him, for if you do, you can expect to get away with no crabs at the least and a menacing faceful of suckers at the worst. Two speed settings on Jolly O – fast and really, really fast – give you two ways to challenge your crab-plucking skills.

The first player to retrieve all of her crabs from the safety of Jolly O's squishy bosom wins!

game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating4.7 / 10
Vibe
Kids
Play time
10 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
4+ yrs
BGG rank
#28.786
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Q3How do you play Jolly Octopus?
Jolly Octopus is a action / dexterity game, for 2–5 players, taking ~10 minutes. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Jolly Octopus — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Jolly Octopus support?
Jolly Octopus is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of Jolly Octopus take?
A game of Jolly Octopus takes about 10 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Jolly Octopus for?
Jolly Octopus is recommended from age 4.
Q7How complex is Jolly Octopus?
Jolly Octopus has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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