Auf heißer Spur
BGG rank
BGG #26,049
BGG rating
5.8

Auf heißer Spur

2005

Rules assistance for Auf heißer Spur

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–6 players
  • 15 min
  • 6+
  • Complexity 1.3/5

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Auf heißer Spur is a board game released in 2005 for 2–6 players, 15 minutes per game, and ages 6 and up. It was designed by Dominique Ehrhard and Pierre-Nicolas Lapointe and its main mechanics are Dice Rolling.

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About the game

This game is being promoted in some interesting ways. The chocolate company Ferrero has produced 250 000 "Auf heißer Spur" mini-games, sold with Kinder Friends Chocolates. These mini-games are a reduced version with simpler mechanisms of the full game, with cardboard dice to build (see picture). Also, the German TV Channel "Super RTL" uses "Auf heißer Spur" in a weekly game program for kids, called "SpieleGalaxie". The kids must find the guilty thief on the TV screen. The goal of the game is to follow the clues (shown on 3 dice: starting location, color of dropped diamond, and clothing detail) to find the right thief. Every player tried to find the right thief at the same time, following a circle of cards with suspects. There are also special cards (subway, etc.)

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Publishers

  • Ravensburger AG

Questions and answers

Auf heißer Spur supports 2–6 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.