Hungry Ant
1978 • 2-4 Players • Age 6+
Who is this game suitable for?
Suitable for ages 6 and up. You can play with 2 to 4 players.
For the pros among you, the following mechanics can be decisive: Tile Placement...
Game Data
- Average time to play
- 20 Minutes
- Minimum age
- 6+
- Number of players
- 2 - 4
- Publisher
- Milton Bradley
- Designers
- Michael Gray
- Artists
- Unknown
- Mechanics
- Tile Placement
Here's your chance to get an ant's eye view of life. Suppose you're a starving little ant and some people come along and spread out a lot of mouth-watering snacks for their picnic. You'd really love to get a few but you know it's not going to be easy...
This is a children's (Ages 6 - 12) tile laying game where the players try to connect their ant tunnels to the goodies at the picnic (7x7 grid). They can also play tiles of "baddies" (bug spray, ant-eating spiders, human feet that squash ants, etc.) on the other player's tunnels causing them to go around or play a tile clearing the problem before they can go on. When all the goodies are eaten, the player who got the most wins.
Although simple (only 5 different tunnel patterns to choose from), no dice rolling or memory element helps young gamers develop and rely on their strategy skills instead of luck.
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