Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
11.95
Designer |
Thomas Vuarchex Pierrick Yakovenko |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-6 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 5 and up |
Vendor: Asmodee
Type: Board Games
Price:
17.95
Designer |
Thomas Vuarchex Pierrick Yakovenko |
Publisher | Asmodee |
Players | 2-15 |
Playtime | 15 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Expands |
Note: The box is in French but English instruction is included inside the game
Jungle Speed Extension: Contains 80 new cards some of them with new special rules.
Some of the new cards allow players to stack their hands on top of the Totem without allowing it to fall or play with the cards of the player on their left!
Vendor: FoxMind
Type: Board Games
Price:
22.95
Designer |
Thomas Vuarchex Pierrick Yakovenko |
Publisher | FoxMind |
Players | 2-8 |
Playtime | 10 mins |
Suggested Age | 7 and up |
Honors | |
Expansions | Jungle Speed: The Extreme Expansion |
Accessories |
Gamegenic - Matte Big Square-Sized Sleeves (50ct) Gamegenic - Prime Big Square-Sized Sleeves (50ct) |
Note: Contains instructions in English and French.
In Jungle Speed, you must rely on your keen sense of observation and quick reflexes. It requires a steady hand -- which can be hard to maintain during the many fits of maniacal laughter! The wooden Totem sits in the middle of the table, waiting for the player with the fastest reflexes to snatch it up and win the game.
Each player is dealt a hand of cards. In order to win you must be the first player to get rid of all of your cards. Each turn, all of the players reveal one of their cards. If two cards are identical, those players must make a grab for the Totem. The faster player then gives their cards to their unfortunate adversary.
To add to the difficulty, certain cards are almost identical, which can trick a hapless player into grabbing the Totem by mistake -- a grave error. Other cards force all players to make a grab at once, change the method of play, or otherwise add to the difficulty.
'Background':
The Aboulou Tribe in Eastern Trisopotamia invented Jungle Speed to determine the shares of food each member received after a successful hunt approximately 3000 years ago. The Aboulous originally used eucalyptus leaves as cards for the game. These early games usually ended in bloody fights because, unfortunately, all of the cards were identical. This simple error nearly drove the tribe to extinction. This is why Jungle Speed remained unknown by the outside world until the 20th century, when 2 clever gamethropologists, Tom & Yako, replaced the leaves with the playing cards we now use today.