The Beetle Game - Retro Board Game

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Yes! Children will love playing this Father Christmas beetle drive game at home or in the classroom. It would be an exciting game to play on Christmas Day with family and friends too — whoever wins the game could get an extra festive treat. Depending how many rounds your are playing, keep repeating steps 3-5 until all rounds have been completed The first player from all the tables to draw a complete beetle shouts 'BEETLE!’ and scores the maximum 14 points for that round. Everyone else counts up how many body parts they have drawn, and scores one point per body part.The person with the highest score per round from each table moves up a table, e.g. if the winner is on table one, they move up to table two. The person with the fewest points in each round moves down a table, e.g. if they are on table six, they move down to table five. If your top table is number 12 make sure they know they move up to table one and table one moves down to table 12.

any player in the room complete their beetle they shout "BEETLE" and the whole room stops immediately.Note: Remind players that it doesn’t matter what their beetles or snowmen look like! Go through the rules clearly before you start and ask if anyone has questions. Licensing: If you plan to serve alcohol at an event held on unlicensed premises (ieyour school), you will need to submit a Temporary Event Notice (TEN). Allow at least 10 working days to obtain this. Read our guide to TEN licensing.

Lovingly made by qualified teachers, this game is age-appropriate for children. It's been professionally designed by our talented team and features a jolly, hand-drawn illustration of Father Christmas. Beetle has been converted to a commercial game called Cootie, and is also released under the name Beetle by Milton Bradley. Beetles are constructed as plastic models. There are some minor gameplay differences, such as there being no wings on the beetles. The part corresponding to each roll of the die, however, may vary depending on the rules established by the players. The Beetle Drive is a traditional party game for any number of players. Players or teams compete against each other to be the first to complete their drawing of a beetle. A roll of the dice determines which body part to draw.Ideally you want 4 – 6 players at each table. Try to make your tables as even as possible as the less players there are at a table the better chance they have of calling beetle