GAME RULES Smurf us if you can! AIM OF THE GAME Be the first to reach Smurf Village to warn of Gargamel’s approach.

SET UP Place the game board on the table. Players each choose a Smurf (playing piece) and place it on the START square. Then, the players take turns throwing the die. The player with the highest roll starts first. The game is played clockwise.

LET’S PLAY Throw the die and advance your playing piece the corresponding number of squares. When you land on a square featuring the bottom of a ladder (squares 2, 15, 21, 37 and 40), climb the ladder and move closer and faster to the village (FINISH square). Watch out for Azrael, Gargamel’s cat, because he will slow you down. If you land on a square with Azrael (squares 10, 22, 30, 44 and 48), you run away and move down several squares. The first player to reach the village (FINISH square) with an exact throw of the die wins the game. If you throw a number higher that the number of remaining squares, you lose your turn.

* No more than two playing pieces can occupy the same square. If your playing piece lands on a square already occupied by two playing pieces, you lose your turn and leave your playing piece where it was before you threw the die.

COOPERATIVE VERSION The players must place the playing piece representing Gargamel on the START square with the other playing pieces. Gargamel’s playing piece is not assigned to one player in particular. After each round a player chosen at random throws the die and moves Gargamel’s playing piece. Attention: Gargamel must always be alone on a square. If Gargamel lands on a square already occupied by a playing piece, he moves forward one square. However, if a playing piece lands on a square occupied by Gargamel, it moves back one square. To prevent Gargamel from winning, each player can offer his or her turn once during the game, to the player nearest the village. If Gargamel reaches the village first, he captures the Smurfs and all the players lose. If one of the Smurfs reaches the village before Gargamel, all the players win!

ENJOY THE GAME!

BEFORE PLAYING THE FIRST TIME:

Players must insert the cardboard playing pieces into their plastic bases.

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