{"product_id":"waddle","title":"Waddle","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePenguins are flightless, formally dressed, and deeply unreasonable about fish.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eCorné van Moorsel's design drops a colony onto a hex board of ice and open water and asks you to arrange yours into groups worth having. Groups on land — waddles — score for size. Pools of water score for whoever has the most beaks pointed at them. It belongs to AllPlay's one-minute-to-teach line, and it earns the label: the rules fit on a beer mat and the box is open and playing inside a minute.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe whole game turns on a two-column track and a handful of marbles. On your turn you either place a penguin and move your marble to the top of the same column, or you place nothing at all and scout ahead, parking your marble on the other column to seize a better position later. Giving up a turn to buy the right one is the entire tension, and it stings every time you do it. Twenty-five minutes at the outside, and it plays cleanly at two.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e Anyone who has stood at a buffet doing arithmetic about which queue moves faster, then joined the wrong one anyway.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e2–5 players | 15–25 minutes | Age 8+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📖 \u003cstrong\u003eNew to the genre?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/what-is-a-tile-laying-game\"\u003eWhat Is a Tile-Laying Game?\u003c\/a\u003e — how they work, and where to start.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Allplay","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49699089711256,"sku":"GME-WAD","price":36.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8381\/9672\/files\/ALLPLAY_WADDLE_box_mirrored.png?v=1786948557","url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/waddle","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}