Barbarossa Junior 1993

A simplified version of the classic Teuber game and Spiel des Jahres winner. Although the title implies that this is a children’s version, the box says it is still for ages 8 and up.

The game is here reduced to its core mechanism of forming clay sculptures that are not too difficult nor too easy for other players to guess. The dice rolling and special spaces are no longer present; each player instead has the opportunity to ask 3 yes/no questions about one sculpture, and then make a guess. Instead of arrows, the sculptures are moved up a staircase each time a player asks questions about it. The middle steps award the most points to the sculptor if their riddle is solved there, while the first steps (too easy) award fewer points, and the top step (too difficult) penalizes the sculptor points.

The players are also dealt cards at the beginning of the game, and must choose their sculptures from these cards. Player mats provide suggested questions to ask during the game.