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Year Published
1973
# of Players:
2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5, 6 players
(14 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
6 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet
(3 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Hare & Tortoise
Alternate Names
Haas en Schildpad
Hare and Tortoise
Haren och sköldpaddan
Haren og Skildpadden
Haren og Skilpadden
Hase und Igel
Le lièvre et la tortue
la liebre y la tortuga
Lièvre et la Tortue, Le
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As the first winner of the Spiel des Jahres award in 1979, Hare and Tortoise or the German Hase und Igel (for Hare and Hedgehog) will always be regarded as a classic game. It is a cunningly designed race to the finish in which your fuel (carrots) must practically run out (all but 10 carrots or fewer) at the moment you hit the finish line. You also have three lettuce cards you must spend during the course of the race. The farther you move, the more carrots you spend, and there are a variety of ways to gain or lose carrots as you go around the track. It's a very clever exercise in arithmetic which David Parlett has fashioned into an entertaining and unique perennial favorite.

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2 Jugging the Hare Cards -- Ravensburger 2008 edition pdf and MS Word files
The source MS Word Document for the cards
2008-06-21
0 Regole in italiano
Regole in italiano migliorate per la stampa.
2008-02-26
0 Carte lepre per l'edizione 2008
Traduzione in italiano delle carte lepre in base a quanto spiegato da David Parlett sul suo sito.
2008-02-12
1 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for teaching the game and easy reference
2007-12-29
1 Hare and Tortoise rules
Rules in Brazilian Portuguese
2007-11-29
1 Hase-und-Igel_Cartas-castellano_AGK.doc
Traducción cartas del alemán al castellano / Cards translation from German to Spanish
2007-08-02
9 Hare & Tortoise - Quick Ref v1.pdf
Color quick reference v1.0
2007-01-02
0 Hare and Tortoise.doc
Reglas en Español corregidas/Revised Spanish Rules
2006-06-22
0 Hase und Igel.pdf
Hungarian Rules / Magyar nyelvű szabály
2005-11-28
0 Hare and Tortoise.doc
Spanish Rules / Reglas en Español
2005-08-22
Statistics
User Rank: 433
Num Ratings: 1870
Average Rating: 6.73
Standard Deviation: 1.25
Num Views: 60407
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.0 moreinfo
Fans: 5
Personal Comments: 676
Users Owning: 2129
Users Wanting: 71
Users Trading: 113
Has Parts For Trade: 2
Want Parts In Trade: 2
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1943
Plays This Month: 0
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