Jumbolino
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Jumbolino

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Rules assistant for Jumbolino

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Jumbolino is a board game released in 1968 for 2–4 players, 15 minutes per game, and ages 4 and up. Its main mechanics are Dice Rolling and Pattern Recognition.

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About the game

A game where you try to put together clowns in different colors consisting of six body parts. Each part has a number from 1-6 and the roll of a die decides which kind of body part you can take from the pool. The goal is then to complete as many clowns as possible. Jumbolino is representative of a whole class of children's games where players roll a die and add a puzzle piece to their board for the number on the die roll. Similar to Cootie, except that Cootie requires you to get multiples of some numbers (6 ea. of 6 for the legs, and 2 ea. of 4 and 3 for eyes and antennae). It's also similar to The Merry Game of Floundering, with some differences. In The Merry Game of Floundering: 1. The Flounders have to be assembled in order. Body part 1 first, two next and so on. 2. All the Flounders are put in the middle at the start. 3. Flounders are not owned by players, they remain in the center even if fully assembled. 4. Two dice are thrown for assembly. A player may use either number rolled to add a Flounder part. If both numbers relate to started Flounders, then both numbers can be used. 5. A double thrown grants an extra turn. 6. When a 6 and a 1 are thrown, the player may take a complete Flounder from the center and if there are none in the center that player may take a complete Flounder from another player. 7. When all the Flounders are complete and owned, the player with the most wins. If they are tied, they throw the dice to decide the winner. Similar to Safari Builders, but Safari Builders is listed as 1-4 players.

Editions

  • Jumble JungleenClementoni2007
  • Disney Princess WürfelpuzzleenRavensburger AG2004
  • JumbolinoenJumbo2003
  • Blue's Clues Party Time GameenUniversity Games1998
  • JumbolinoenJumbo1994
  • TeddyenKing International1990
  • Oh Rats!enDiscovery Toys1988
  • JumbolinoenJumbo1986
  • Mickey Mouse Pop'N Play: A Pop-O-Matic Puzzle GameenGabriel1975
  • LadybugenWaddingtons1975
  • Jumbolino Pop-o-maticenJumbo1974
  • JumbolinoenJumbo1968

Publishers

  • Schmidt Spiele
  • Waddingtons
  • Klee
  • N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm)
  • Otto Maier Verlag
  • Spear's Games
  • Clementoni
  • Jumbo

Questions and answers

Jumbolino supports 2–4 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.