Blue Cavern

I received the game from Spain today and it looks great (even though I don't understand the instructions at all).

It comes in a paper case that you can carry it around in



Here are the two sides of the game board...I can't really figure one side of it out, the other is probably self-explanatory


I think you put the houses (which come in this little box) on the board. Each house contains four small smurfs of the same color and one dice


Here are the instructions and the name of the game...


Any ideas about the rules?

Hi Moey; Nice looking game. I doubt you would ever play it if you did understand it. I don't think I would but then again finding someone to play it with me is harder.

It is a typical spanish game called "El juego de la oca", aka "El juego de la pitufa"...Easy to play, but I have not time today for expalining to yiu in english, Maureen...But I promise to teach you how to play

The other side of the table is Parchís...another game

Hi Maureen!

How funny, as this is the exact game that my family bought me from Barcelona over christmas! I don;t think the pics do it justice as they are lovely on the wood aren't they!

One of my best items I think... and not sure why! x

Yeah, the pictures don't do it justice at all

It's one of my favorite pieces as well

And Bill...there is no telling..I may just make up the rules (until Joaquin can teach me) and play it...around here we are huge into board games

Hi, Maureen!!!!!here you are the instructions to play "El juego de la pitufa" (the game of teh smurfette). It is originally called "El juego de la oca" (the game og the goose). The instructions are general...You only have to use the word "goose" for "smurfette"...

The Game of the Goose originated in Italy and is regarded as the father of the modern race game. It was probably based on earlier games from the Far and Middle East but the first mention of it is as a gift sent by Francesco de' Medici, Grand Duke of Florence (1574-1587) to King Philip II of Spain. The game was called Gioco dell'Oca and it introduced the new element ofthemes and illustrations into a board game. The game has remained remarkably consistent in all its variations over the years.

INSTRUCTIONS

The basic design of the game and its layout is adhered to in all games of goose. The playing surface is a track, usually a spiral, with 63 numbered playing spaces. Players begin by placing an agreed stake into a pool, usually in the centre. They then move their playing pieces along the track, each move dictated by the throw of two dice. The winner is the player who reaches the last numbered space, 63, with an exact throw. If a greater number than is required is thrown, the player must move their piece to 63 and then backwards down the track. The winner receives all the stakes in the pool. Many of the playing spaces are blank, others have illustrations and set eventualities. There are usually 13 spaces with a picture of a goose. Landing on these means you can move forwards again by the same number you have just thrown.

Nr 7-12…If you land nr 7, you go directly to nr 12, and the opposite
Nr 26-53. If you land nr 26, you go directly to nr 26, and the opposite
Nr 43. If you land nr 43, you need to get 5 or 6 in your next play to leave this position
Nr 21, 31, 52. You lose your turn to throw the dices next play


Death is the worst space and is placed near the end of the game. Landing here means starting again at the beginning. (in this smurfy game, death is Gargamel)

On the other side of the board is "EL juego del parchís"...

INSTRUCTIONS

This game is played with 1 dice and 4 pawns per player. Dice cups are optional, but most game sets include them. As in Pachisi, the aim is simple: players compete on leading their four pawns out of their nest, around the whole board, into the color track and up to the center of the board, chasing and "eating" each other in the process.

A roll of 5 forces the player to release one pawn from the nest (if there are any left), and a roll of 6 gives the player an extra turn. When the player has 4 pawns in the game (outside the nest), whenever he gets a 6, he can move 7 squares.

If ever three 6's are rolled in a row, the last piece moved is killed and returned to the nest. If the last piece moved was in the final coloured ramp, it is only moved to the bottom of it.

When a pawn "eats" an opponent's pawn (by landing on the same square, if it is not a safe square), it "kills" it, sending it back to the nest, and advances 20 squares. When a pawn reaches the end, one of the other pawns of the same color can advance 10 squares.

The winner is the first player with his four pawns at the end of his own colour

@Maureee: the houses are for keeping the little smurfs and dice, but when I play with my nephews we use them to "wave" the dice


HOPE IT HELPS. They are funny and easy games

Thank you so much, Joaquin
Hopefully, I will find somebody to pay it with me soon or you just have to come to Tennessee to play it with me

@Maureen: I shall come to the States someday. I sometimes envy my mom and my dad, since they went there when they were 25 years old.

Dom, you are very welcome to stay here when you make it to the States

Ludo's one of my favorite board games... I never win, but I love itt anyway. :lo2:

Great item... now you make me about thinking on bidding on that one.

PS - Too late, auction is gone. Anyway, I'm assuming this is a new item and can still be bought at a store... what's the current price for it? I don't want and go pay more than what it's worth.

Hi Maureen,

nice looking game.

There is one game you can buy in the stores in Sweden today for the smurfs. Not as nice as the spanish one with the houses and the minismurfs.



It is sold with a PVC-smurf inside.

/André

That is a very nice looking game, Andre Any special markings on the smurf?

Joaquin, I finally had a moment to carefully read your instructions. Thank you so much I had a feeling the game on one side might be the one I used to play a lot growing up and it is

The other one sounds like fun as well

To my knowledge the game is actually very old. My parents saw it two years ago at a flea store in bareclona and said "If we go back we will buy it". Luckily, it was still there when they returned this christmas and bought it for me!

It seems to be where the mini smurfs come from too. Oh, and also, I have been cataloguing my collection and found the old ice cream tub heads with the mini smurfs inside if anyone is interested in looking? I have three tubs and each one had a mini alchemist in. Love them! They look like mini keychains...

I have been cataloguing my collection and found the old ice cream tub heads with the mini smurfs inside if anyone is interested in looking? I have three tubs and each one had a mini alchemist in. Love them! They look like mini keychains...

Any pics of those? I have no idea what you're talking about.

They are in the dsk...

I've been a bit quiet of late as I'm building something... there will be pics soon tho!

I don't own a dsk... so I'm still clueless to what your talking about...

Very nice game Gargamo

Same goes to the game from Sweden Andre.

It's nice to see so many nice new things being released.......although I may have to let go of the other kidney to keep up.

Dyar