{"id":3640,"date":"2005-02-18T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-02-18T11:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2005\/02\/18\/piranha-pedro\/"},"modified":"2005-02-18T12:00:00","modified_gmt":"2005-02-18T11:00:00","slug":"piranha-pedro","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/2005\/02\/18\/piranha-pedro\/","title":{"rendered":"Piranha Pedro"},"content":{"rendered":"

Piranha Pedro<\/a><\/h2>\n

reviewed by Moritz Eggert<\/i><\/p>\n

Piranha Pedro (with a sombrero-are there piranhas in Mexico, I wonder???) sits on his
\nlittle island and wants to leave it. Problem is: There are piranhas out there, and LOTS
\nof water, which can only be overcome with stepping stones. Basically Piranha Pedro is
\nlike Sisyphos, as his journey from the island always ultimately ends in failure (= end of
\na round). Poor s.o.b.!<\/p>\n

Each player has 12 cards with 1-3 stone symbols, 3 for West, North, South, East
\ndirection. They also have a pile of stepping stones in front of them (four at the
\nbeginning, more are less after each round depending on what cards you played). Each
\nplayer plays his\/her card secretly and after that, they are revealed in changing turn
\norder. If a player played a 3 East card for example, Piranha Pedro would move 3 spaces in
\nan eastern direction (actually N,W,S,E are shown as symbols corresponding to game board
\nsides), if he passed water spaces the player playing the card would have to expand
\nstepping stones. If the player runs out of them or if Piranha Pedro steps on the
\neponymous Piranha, the round is over and a new round begins. If the same player fails
\ntwice, the game ends immediately and ALL other players win, so this is a good game to
\nbuild up your self-esteem after a long series of lost “St. Petersburg” games,
\nfor example.<\/p>\n

\"\"\/<\/p>\n

“Piranha Pedro” is a bit like a very simple “Robo Rallye” – you
\ncan never be sure what the other players are up to with poor ol’ Pedro, and where
\nexactly he is going to end up. The beginning spaces of the island are safe havens, and
\nyou might try to move Pedro around in circles a little to avoid spending stones. A
\nbeloved tactic is to unexpectedly move Pedro to the edge of the gameboard, because then
\nthe chance rises that one of the players accidentally moves him over the edge (another
\ndeath for Pedro – I guess he drowns in a glass of wine or falls from the table).<\/p>\n

“Piranha Pedro” is lovingly crafted: The stepping stones are real pebbles,
\nand Pedro stands proud as a little wooded figure. The rules are explained in comic book
\nform, which is certainly an innovation (but not the first game to do so – see
\n“Snit’s Revenge”). It is a simple game with good player interaction, and it
\nequally works when playing together with kids. One might get tired of Pedro’s
\nshenanigans after a while (because there is not really a lot to it), but as a quick break
\ngame this certainly serves its purpose.<\/p>\n

Explanation: 2 minutes (or read the comic)<\/p>\n

Playing time: 20 minutes<\/p>\n

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Piranha Pedro reviewed by Moritz Eggert Piranha Pedro (with a sombrero-are there piranhas in Mexico, I wonder???) sits on his little island and wants to leave it. Problem is: There are piranhas out there, and LOTS of water, which can only be overcome with stepping stones. Basically Piranha Pedro is like Sisyphos, as his journey … Piranha Pedro<\/span> weiterlesen →<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3640","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-spieleabende"],"views":10,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3640"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3640\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3640"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3640"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.westpark-gamers.de\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3640"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}