Der "Schnickle Fritz"
2012
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Players
4-4
Weight
N/A
Age
7+
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A Strategic Game of Teamwork and Capturing
Object: To become the winning team by eliminating your opponents boys, by capturing them as you move.
Each Player has 7 boys and 1 "Schnickle Fritz"
Played on a board similar to Checkers and with similar movements. board is 11x11 with the 4x4 corners missing. So a 2x7 at each side is the "home" Movement is diagonally on the black squares. Boys may only move forward. Teammates sit opposite each other. You capture your opponents by jumping over them. You can also jump over your teammates pieces but they are not captured. A boy becomes Der "Schnickle Frits" when he reaches the farthest row of black spaces in his teammates home. Each player may only have one Der "Schnickle Fritz" in play at a time. Der Schnickle Fritz" can move forward and backword.
As soon as one player's last piece is captured or they cannot move the opposing team wins.