Tübinger Stocherkahnrennen

Tübingen is a traditional university town in central Baden-Württemberg, Germany. Once a year during the Feast of Corpus Christi there is a punt boat race (Stocherkahnrennen) in which competitors are mostly students. This is a very important local and touristic event which gathers usually about 10.000 spectators.

This boardgame tells us about this event. Each player controls 3 or 4 punt boats (depending on the number of players). On each turn a player rolls a d6. If he rolls 1-5, he moves certain number of fields forward or diagonal. If he rolls a 6, he must roll an event die (d8). If the result of the event die is 1-6, the player moves accordingly but if the result is 7-8, he looses his turn.

Punt boats can also be sunk. To sink a boat it must be surrounded by opponent's boats. Sunk boats return to the start fields or to the anchor field.

The game ends when all punt boats arrive to the finish line. Each boat recevies points adequate to its position on the finish line. 1 point for 1st place, 2 for 2nd, etc. The winner is the player with the least points.