Formica (1987)

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Designer	M. Lorrigan S. Ray
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Publisher	Capital Games Ltd dan-spil Huki Parker Spiele Piatnik Show More »
Year Published	1987
# of Players	2 − 4
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Playing Time	30 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
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Honors	1990 Årets Spil Best Family Game Winner 1991 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
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Category	Animals
Mechanic	Roll and Move Set Collection
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Family	Animals: Ants
Primary Name	Formica
Alternate Names	Anticipation Maurtua Myretuen
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The Ant colony needs a king. Move your 14 ants around on the dice roll, reach the center and flip the piece. The base of your ants shows a part of the King Ant. Whoever gets the most parts into the king's set, wins.

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1990 Årets Familiespil, Family Game of the Year Denmark

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1991 Spiel des Jahres Recommendation.
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Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=603&zoekcri...	2011-12-04
German review - Ludorium	http://www.ludorium.at/spiele/huki/formica_2.htm	2011-05-06
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