Gigi Gacker am Würfelacker

Gigi Gacker am Würfelacker turns a noisy chicken buffet into a fast family dice game where every roll can reshuffle the pecking order. Designed by Robert Brouwer and illustrated by Doris Matthäus, it pits 2-5 players against one another over worm morsels while keeping the rules focused and the table lively for about 20 minutes. The round structure gives each player 3 dice of one colour and spreads decisions across 3 turns instead of a single throw. At the start of a round, as many worm morsels are revealed as there are players and placed in a buffet row. After the 1st turn, 1 die is kept aside; on the 2nd and 3rd turns, a player can either keep an earlier result unchanged or reroll the remaining dice before setting another die aside. The 25 worm morsels carry values from -2 to 6, so collected tiles can score positively or negatively and also fuel actions. During later turns, a spent morsel can swap 2 buffet positions, reverse the whole row by 180°, or stand in for the 3rd die. When all players have finished their 3 turns, dice totals decide who claims the buffet positions, and ties are resolved from the starting player. The wooden worm marks that starting role and passes clockwise into the next round. A dedicated 2-player mode adds a robo chicken with 3 extra dice, so the contest keeps its crowded buffet feel even with a smaller group.

 

Author: Robert Brouwer