The Ladybug's Costume Party

What is The Ladybug's Costume Party

Each turn in the children's game Maskenball der Käfer, each player spins the spinner on the board. If the spinner points to one of the eight ladybugs, the player may move that ladybug to visit the others. Each ladybug piece has a magnet in its nose, and if the visiting ladybug "likes" the ladybug (i.e., is attracted to it), they may swap spots (each ladybug has five spots of one color), and she continues on to visit other ladybugs; if the ladybugs do not like each other, the turn is over. Once a ladybug has five spots of different colors, she is ready for the ball and taken out of play. The players win if all of the ladybugs are ready.

If the spinner points to one of the smaller leaves, then the player doesn't get to move any ladybugs, but instead must advance the ants along the side of the board. If all seven of the ants are on board (and each takes two moves to get on-board), the players lose.

Game details

Players

2–6

Age

+4

Duration

30 min

Difficulty

Light

Type

Board game

Year

2002

Mechanics

Cooperative Game · Memory · Pattern Recognition

Categories

Animals · Children's Game · Puzzle

Designer

Peter-Paul Joopen

Publisher

Compaya.hu: Gamer Café Kft.