Anijumble

Anijumble – a funny animal card game full of quick combinations

With Anijumble, you bring home a cheerful and accessible card game where nothing is quite what it seems. On the cards, you see all kinds of animals, but their heads and bodies often don’t belong together. Your task is to quickly make matching animal combinations again. Since everyone plays simultaneously, a fun, light tension arises around the table: who spots a match first and grabs the card? Anijumble is therefore a really fun game for children and families who love speed, observing, comparing, and being just a bit faster than the rest.

Goal of the game

In Anijumble, you try to collect as many cards as possible. The playing cards show animals whose heads and bodies are mixed up. You constantly compare the animal cards in the middle with the newly flipped card and look for two body parts that form a correct animal combination. Every time you spot such a correct combination, you win the corresponding card(s). At the end of the game, the player with the most cards wins.

How to play

Before you start, shuffle all the cards well. One random card is placed face-up in the middle of the table; everyone must be able to see it clearly. The rest of the cards form a stack next to the middle, with the pictures facing down.

The youngest player flips the first card from the stack and places it face-up on the table. From that moment on, all players play simultaneously. You compare the just flipped card with the animal cards already in the middle. You check if the head and body of an animal together form a correct combination. The further the game progresses, the more cards lie in the middle and the more possible combinations arise.

As soon as you think you have found a correct animal combination, quickly place your finger on the respective card and loudly say which animal you think you have made. Is it correct? Then you win the corresponding card and place it face down in front of you. The just flipped card remains in the middle so that more animals are continuously created to match with. Sometimes even multiple cards can match with the same flipped card; these can all be won, either by one player or by different players.

There is an extra fun twist: if you find a card that matches both animals on the newly flipped card, you not only win that card but also immediately get a bonus card from the stack. If you are not careful and your combination turns out to be incorrect, you must put a previously won card back under the stack as a penalty and you do not participate in the rest of that round.

Turns follow quickly: each time a new card is flipped from the stack and everyone looks for combinations at the same time. The game ends as soon as the last card from the stack is taken. Then each player counts their won cards; the player with the most cards is the winner.

Practical details

• Type of game: card game

• Number of players: 2–5

• Age: 4–12 years

• Playing time: 10-15 minutes

What’s in the box

• 45 cards with funny, mixed-up animals

Do you feel like playing a fast, funny card game where your eyes and reaction skills are constantly put to work? Then put Anijumble on the table and discover who at your home or in your class is the fastest animal combination seeker. If you enjoy thinking games and educational play moments that remain light and playful, Anijumble is a real recommendation to play again and again.