Instructions Dicke Luft in der Gruft

Objective

In Dicke Luft in der Gruft ("Tricky Bids in the Crypts"), the players aim to free ghosts from a dungeon by guessing the correct color combination of ghost dice. The first player to free a certain number of ghosts wins the game.

Components

• 4 marble ghosts
• 7 color dice
• 1 game board
• 5 cardholders shaped like ghosts
• 1 ghost figurine
• Various cards: hint tiles and wall tiles

Setup

1. Each player selects one cardholder and places it in front of them.
2. Place the game board in the center of the table.
3. Set the marble ghosts aside.
4. Each player receives a ghost figurine and places it on the start point of the game board.
5. The color dice are prepared.
6. Shuffle the hint and wall tiles and place them ready.

Gameplay

1. Start a round: The active player rolls all 7 color dice.
2. Using the colors: The player can roll the dice as often as desired, but may only place one dice per ghost color combination each round.
3. Hints and Walls: When a player feels confident, they lay out their dice on the ghost colors they believe are correct.
4. Verification: The player draws a hint tile, which tells them if they guessed the color correctly.
5. End of turn: If the player guessed correctly, they may free a ghost. This ghost is placed in the player’s figurine.
6. Next player: The next player takes their turn.

The player who frees 3 ghosts first wins the game.

Strategic Tips

• Memorize feedback: Try to remember the previous rounds' hint tiles and your guessed pattern correlation.
• Optimize dice order: Don’t change guesses too often without reason, try predicting which colors are more frequently or less frequently used by other players.

Enjoy and good luck freeing those ghosts!