Playdoh Builder Treehouse Kit
Once Upon a Castle
$9.95 delivery to NSW, VIC, QLD. $19.95 elsewhere.
Been on the look out for some more children's games that I actually look forward to playing. Quacks has been at the top of the list but the price hasn't really moved much for a while. After the caterpillar deal earlier I really wanted to get something new for us to play. Found it at a decent price at Casey's Toys. For whatever reason Casey's Toys don't participate/are excluded from BGO. Casey's Toys have a $9.95 flat shipping rate so I thought I'd try to get some other things to pad my order. The Playdoh builder looks pretty good for $14.99. Once Upon a Castle doesn't look too bad either for $12.99.
Quacks & Co.
Quacks is currently rated 7.3 at BGG and is the 10th ranked Children's game.
It's race day in Quedlinburg, and with the right combination of food and luck, you will ride your mount to victory and claim the golden cauldron.
Mit Quacks & Co. nach Quedlinburg features similar gameplay to The Quacks of Quedlinburg, with each player building their own bag of tokens over the course of play, then drawing those tokens to try to further themselves to victory.
Each player starts the game with their mount at the start of the racetrack and a bag that contains four dream tokens, a yellow 1 token, two red 1 tokens, and a red 2 token. On a turn, you draw a token from your bag, then place it on your animal board. If you draw a colored token, place the token on your animal board, advance your animal on the track as many spaces as the number on the token, then carry out the effect of that color: red tokens earn you 1-3 rubies, yellow tokens let you roll a die for a random bonus, green tokens let you take another turn or return a drawn token to your bag, and blue chips let you move extra or upgrade a token.
If you draw a dream token, place it on one of the clouds on your animal board. After you draw and place a third dream token, use all the rubies on your board to buy new tokens — no two being the same color, mind you — then place these new tokens and all previously drawn tokens in your bag. Keep taking turns until someone reaches the end of the track and wins!
Mit Quacks & Co. nach Quedlinburg includes a double-sided game board for a shorter or longer race; orange and purple tokens that provide new powers, such as advancing as many spaces as the number of rubies you have; and double-sided action boards for each type of colored token, allowing you to play with different sets of actions from game to game.
Once Upon a Castle
Currently rated 6.6 at BGG. It's probably not going to be the best game ever but I reckon it'll be OK for something a bit different. For $13 I'm willing to give it a go.
Players each draw their ideal Castle with battlements, towers, a nice dungeon for passing guests…in an effort to draw in visitors. The object is to build the most prestigious castle in the Kingdom using all the resources they can find in the area.