A sporting game with a lot of action and fun !

Dancing eggs

A boisterous bouncing game with eggs for 2-4 players aged 5-99.

Hint: If you like to play with more than 4 players, you can use a second game.

Author: Roberto Fraga
Illustrations: Martina Leykamm

Contents:

1 wooden egg, 9 bouncing rubber eggs, 1 red action dice,
1 ”where to place the egg“ dice, 1 set of game instructions
Aim of the game:
Who will be able to pinch the most eggs and collect lots of points?
It won’t be so easy as the eggs are bouncing boisterously about
and continuously change their owner … and also, as soon as somebody
drops one of their eggs, the game is over.

Preparation:

Get both dice ready. Place the box with the 10 eggs on the table. Keep
the centre of the table clear: the eggs will bouncing about there.
Beware, fragile! Nothing will happen to the bouncing eggs themselves,
but you should clear the table of any other fragile objects
before starting to play.
Hey, what’s the wooden egg doing in the game?
A precious wooden egg has mingled with the bouncing
eggs! It will score two points at the end, while the
bouncing eggs only score one point: therefore it’s very
popular with egg thieves.

How to play:

Whoever jumps highest may start and throw the red action dice.
What symbol appears on the red action dice?

Laying an Egg
You’ve got lots of hen luck. Shout: “cluck, cluck, cluuck!“
and take an egg from the box.

Egg bouncing
Take a rubber egg from the box. Hold it about half a meter
above the centre of the table and let it drop. The other
players try to catch the egg. Whoever catches it first,
keeps it.
Watch out: The wooden egg can’t be used for this!

Egg pinching
All players try to catch the red dice as quickly as possible.
Whoever catches it, may take an egg from the box.

Watch out, egg stealing!
If during the game no further eggs can be taken from the box,
thanks to the ”egg stealing“ symbol this and any other action
can nevertheless be carried out.
You announce from which of the players you want an egg and
take it. This player has to give it to you, without grumbling. If the
player you choose has various eggs then you can decide which
one they should give you.

The egg dance
Now things start to move! Everybody stands up and runs
around the table as quickly as they can.
The player who gets back to their place first gets the egg
from the box.

The big shout
It’s time to wake up the neighbours! Whoever shouts first
”cock-a-doodle-doo!“ takes an egg from the box. If
various players are equally quick, no one gets an egg.

The big hush
Look closely: this symbol looks very like the “big shouting “,
but not a single sound may be emitted.Whoever shouts here
“cock-a-doodle-doo“, has to return one of their eggs to the
box, only, of course, if they have already got one.

Where to place the egg?
The eggs collected are not simply placed in front of oneself on the table.
Whenever you get an egg you roll the dice which determines “where to
place the egg“.
The symbol shows where one has to position the egg:
… underneath the chin … under one of the
armpits
… between the knees … inside one’s elbow
… between shoulder and cheek.
Whoever rolls this symbol can choose one of the options
where to put the egg.

Important:
• Do you already have an egg in the spot shown on the dice?
The player can choose for themselves if they want to jam the second
egg in the same or another location.
• It is not allowed to stick an egg underneath clothing or use any
other means.

End of the game:

The game ends as soon as one of the players lets one or more of their
positioned eggs drop.
The other players score one point for each of their eggs. The wooden egg
scores two points.
Whoever scores the most points, wins the egg battle.

Wild dice rolling!

This game involves a lot of dice rolling and requires quick
reactions. Nevertheless you have to be careful! Whoever lets the
dice drop or pushes it from the table has to pick it up by
themselves and without help.
Try it: it really is not so easy to stoop to pick up a dice with an egg
jammed between your knees or underneath your chin …