Billabong
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Description
In the geometrical racing game Billabong, players maneuver teams of kangaroos jumping around a "billabong" ("a dead-end channel extending from the stream of a river," a term used in Australia). The board is made up of checkerboard-style squares around the billabong in the middle.
On your turn, you move one of your five kangaroos, usually moving it in a jump or series of jumps over the other kangaroos. Jumps can be long; if the kangaroo to be jumped over is five spaces away, for example, the landing space will be five spaces beyond. The other option to move a kangaroo just one space is usually used as a positioning tactic for a subsequent move. The first player to get all five kangaroos around the billabong and over the finish line wins.
Extra Info
- Ages: 10 and up
- Artist: Klemens Franz, Ralf E. Kahlert, Alvin Madden, Franz Vohwinkel
- Category: Abstract Strategy, Animals, Racing
- Designer: Eric Solomon
- Family: Grid Movement
- Mechanics: Player Elimination, Role Playing, Team-Based Game, Variable Player Powers, Voting
- Players: 2-4 Players
- PrimaryName: Billabong
- Product Title: Billabong
- Publisher: AMIGO, franjos Spieleverlag, OPEN'N PLAY, SimplyFun
- Time: 30- Minutes
- Year: 1992
