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Commission: Let's play!!
Next up, a commission for Rocketdog299! These three Yoshi pals are playing a board game that is a spin-off of the original, 'Game of the Goose'.. a game that is well-known in Europe. As you can see, the commissioner has asked to customize this special game from top to bottom. Let's play 'Game of the Yoshi'!! Wait with Yoshi
Rocketdog was kind enough to type out the rules of the game below:
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- EQUIPMENT
The game is played on a spiral shaped board. There are six differently coloured pieces in the shape of Yoshi-heads.
- PREPARATION AND OBJECTIVE
Pieces are placed on the starting space at the outside of the spiral. Highest roll of the dice starts.
The Game of Yoshi is a simple race game - first person to reach the heart in the middle wins.
- PLAY
Players take turns to roll the dice and moved their piece forward by the sum of the two dice.
If a piece lands on an enemy piece, the enemy piece is returned to the space that the piece started from in that turn (i.e. the two pieces swap places).
If a piece lands on a space with a picture of a Smiley Flower, it moves forward by same amount again.
If a piece lands on a space with a picture of a Melon, it loses a turn because it's temporarily distracted eating the melon.
If a piece lands on a space with a picture of a Shy Guy, it is sent back five spaces.
If a piece lands on a space with a picture of Baby Bowser, it is sent back to start.
- WINNING THE GAME
To win the game, a piece must land exactly on the heart.
If a player throws too many, the piece counts the extra points backwards from the winning space. If you land on Baby Bowser, you must start again.
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I for one would love to give this game a go! Now, how to go about making the board and pieces... hehe~
Thank you for commissioning me Rocket! It's always so enjoyable drawing my loveable Yoshi friends.. I can't get enough!! Hope you all like it! <3
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