How to play
Four forest animal families – the hedgehogs, squirrels, hares and foxes – race to see who is first to get all four of their animals around the path and onto their own home path. Roll the die by tapping the glass dome in the middle of the board, then pick which of your animals moves.
You can only leave the nest with a six, and after a six you always get to roll again. If you have no animals on the path, you get three tries to roll a six. When an animal lands on a square with another family’s animal, it sends that one back to its nest. On the home path your animals are safe, but you need the exact number to get there.
Two to four families can play, and for each one you can choose whether a person or the computer plays it. Friends take turns on the same device.
Scoring
When you play alone against the computer, you play a series: every win gives you one point for each computer you beat, so beating three computers gives you three points. A loss ends the series, and your best series is your best score. The game carries on where you left off, even if you close the tab.
If the die lets you down, once per game you can roll again with tokens.
Tips
- Don’t leave an animal six squares in front of an opponent’s animal if you can avoid it.
- An opponent’s starting square is a dangerous place while animals are still waiting in its nest.
- Get an animal that has gone a long way onto the home path to safety before it gets caught.
