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The Great Snowball Battle

The Great Snowball Battle

Game Salute · 2014
2–615 min8+ yrs1.4/5 complexity5.4 BGG#28.139 BGG181KidsParty
short answer

How do you play The Great Snowball Battle?

Everyone chooses a kid card (each has a special ability) and three pieces of gear. ​ ​Separate, shuffle, and stack the locations cards, item cards, and snowball cards and place them in the middle.

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The Great Snowball Battle box art
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Everyone chooses a kid card (each has a special ability) and three pieces of gear. ​ ​Separate, shuffle, and stack the locations cards, item cards, and snowball cards and place them in the middle. Everyone draws a location card and an item card, then draws 2 snowball cards. ​ You're ready to go! Whoever is at the location with the lowest cover number goes first. On your turn, you throw a snowball at another player, or clear out and draw a new location.​ ​ Snowballs are numbered 1-8. When the total of the snowballs thrown at a player equal or exceed the location cover number, the player is hit (POW!) and loses a piece of gear. Lose all your gear and you're out of the game. ​ ​When you're close to being hit, you'd better clear out. Discard the snowballs thrown at you, the location, and the item, and draw a new location and item. ​The snowball deck also contains Events and Quickshots. The Events change the game rules temporarily. The Quickshots are numbered 1-8, and can be thrown in response to snowballs to hit other players.

game anatomy
Complexity1.4 / 5
BGG rating5.4 / 10
Vibe
KidsParty
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
15 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#28.139
from Trișache · verified

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Q3How do you play The Great Snowball Battle?
The Great Snowball Battle is a card game game, for 2–6 players, taking ~15 minutes, featuring player elimination. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about The Great Snowball Battle — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does The Great Snowball Battle support?
The Great Snowball Battle is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of The Great Snowball Battle take?
A game of The Great Snowball Battle takes about 15 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is The Great Snowball Battle for?
The Great Snowball Battle is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is The Great Snowball Battle?
The Great Snowball Battle has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.4 out of 5.
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