Cover art for Trap the Cap

Trap the Cap

1927 · BGG
Avg rating
4.96
Bayes rating
5.41
Weight
1.09 (Light)
Players
2-6
Playtime
30 min
Ratings count
386

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Description

An age-old children's game, for which multiple variants exist. Multiple editors and editions.

In the common version of the game, players roll the dice to move their "caps" around the board. If a player lands on another cap or a stack of caps, that player captures the stack by nesting his or her cap on top of the stack. A player then seeks to return that stack of caps to home-base to keep them. The game ends when there is only one active color of caps left on the board. In one version of the game, the winner is the player who captured the most caps of other colors during the course of the game. In the other version of the game, the player who has active caps left on the board is the winner.

According to Miscellaneous Game Book this was first published in 1927 by Otto Maier Verlag. It led to many copycats, including two from Spears.



Mechanics

Roll / Spin and Move

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

(Unknown) Carlit Creative Playthings Ernst Schütz Spielefabrikation Grow Jogos e Brinquedos Hallmark Games Jumbo Klee Mulder N.W. Damm & Søn (Damm) Noris Spiele Otto Maier Benelux B.V. Otto Maier Verlag Piatnik Plasticart Ravensburger Rocket Toys and Games SPIKA GmbH Spear's Games Tactic Verlag Volk und Bild Το Καλό Παιχνίδι Α.Ε.

Designers

C. A. N. Neves