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Scandaroon is an engaging and quizzical card game for 3 or 4 players played over four rounds. Players are dealt a hand of cards each round, with which they will compete to create their own high scoring row, while seeking to minimize their opponents’ scores.

Players are awarded victory points for specific achievements during the game, such as getting the highest score in a single round, and victory points may change as the game develops.

Scandaroon has a scoreboard, a set of wooden markers for each player and a pack of special cards, each of which has a scoring value, a suit, and an effect or ability that will modify the scoring values of other cards.

"Scimitar Lusts To Take A Life Away
Subtle Strength Is Gained 'Neath Crescent Moon
Courtly Intrigues Follow Turbans' Play
Cross-Tiles Their Gifts Bestows In Scandaroon"
(extract from 'The Rubiyat of Th’ Noble Lady yon')

Selection #1 of The Games Collection by Pin International.

This game is similar to Quixo by Gigamic, but more fiddly during setting up as there are 6 symbols, and can accommodate up to 3 players. Players pick up their piece or a neutral piece from one end of any column or row of a 5x5 grid of cubes, and replace the piece to his/her own symbol at the other end by sliding the rest of the row. The first to form 5 in a row of his/her own pieces wins the game. Form 4 in a row for a three players game.

From the publisher:

The outrageous mix-and-match game of quick-changing characters, cards, and scores! Collect body parts with the highest value around the game board to match your character. Beware, the board will bump you back, push you forward and switch your body part cards on every roll. Busy Bodies is easy to learn, fun for the whole family and guaranteed to crack you up on every play. Game includes 1 game board, 21 character cards, 42 body parts (3 make up a character with values 4 or 6), score pad, dice, 6 pawns and instructions.

A long time ago at the Japanese Imperial court, the Chinese Emperor offered a giant panda bear as a symbol of peace to the Japanese Emperor. Since then, the Japanese Emperor has entrusted his court members (the players) with the difficult task of caring for the animal by tending to his bamboo garden.

In Takenoko, the players will cultivate land plots, irrigate them, and grow one of the three species of bamboo (Green, Yellow, and Pink) with the help of the Imperial gardener to maintain this bamboo garden. They will have to bear with the immoderate hunger of this sacred animal for the juicy and tender bamboo. The player who manages his land plots best, growing the most bamboo while feeding the delicate appetite of the panda, will win the game.