Contents
The bongo buzzer
lightning
bolt
walk
hut
Preparation
A lightning-fast reaction game with bongo buzzer for 2 to 4 players ages 6 to 99.
Author:
Günter Burkhardt
Illustrations:
Michael Menzel
It is dry season in the savanna. An oppressive heat has prevailed for weeks. Only
one thing can help to win over the weather god Tambuzi, the animals decide to
perform a rain dance around the evergreen rock in his honor. The plan works
faster than imagined. The bongo drums just have just begun to sound when the
fi rst lightning bolts start fl ashing across the sky! The animals quickly look for
shelter in the surrounding huts, but not everyone fi nds a place …
While the buzzer emits the bongo sound, you have to take turns moving your
animals quickly from hut to hut. When the sound stops with a sizzling lightning
bolt, the animal without a hut is eliminated. The aim of the game is to avoid
being struck by lightning and to have the most points at the end.
Before playing for the fi rst time
Detach all pieces from the cardboard. Also remove the cardboard circles from the four small
holes in the center of the game board; they are required to attach the bongo buzzer to the
game board. Stick the labels on the outside of the buzzer.
Contents
1 bongo buzzer, 1 game board, 5 point tiles, 5 water drops,
1 sheet of labels, 1 set of game instructions
The bongo buzzer
In thee T
ambu
zi g
am
me
ev
eryt
hi
ng
rev
olve
s
s arou
nd
the
b
bongo
buz
zeer.
It hass two
fun
ct
ioon
ns:
1. Tim
mer
The tim
me
r is act
iv
atedd
d the
fi r
st t
ime
e th
e bu
zzer
i
is pres
sed.
F
rom
m now
on a
lightning
bolt
ccan
strike
an
y m
m
mome
nt
! Ho
w
weve
r, c
hanc
e
decide
s ex
ac
tly
y when
the
liggh
htni
ng
w
il
l
strike. So
pleas
e
hurrry
y so
you
w
on‘
‘t g
et a
n un
w
wanted
sur
pr
ise!
!
2. Acctio
n
Every ttime
the b
uz
zee
r is
pre
ssed
, th
he
symb
ols
s
how w
heth
er
yo
ou m
ay
walk
f
ro
m
do
or
mat too d
oor ma
t
or ee
enter
a
hut
.
Beforre
you s
ta
rt tto
o
play
, se
lec
ct a
sou
nd
m
mode
on t
he
b
botto
m of
th
he b
uz
zer:
A = Sava
nna
mo
dde
e:
F
un
ny a
nim
mal
call
s an
d
a crac
klin
g
cam
mp fi r
e put
yoouu
r
ight
in
the
e mi
dd
le of
th
he sava
nn
a!
B = Bong
o mo
de
:
A
h
ypno
tic
c bo
ngo
rhyt
h
hm wil
l ca
ptiv
ate
e you!
C = Sile
nt mod
e:
Si
le
nt m
od
de: I
n th
e su
sp
pense
-pac
ke
d s
ilenc
e, you
w
will
b
e al
l th
e
mo
re s
urp
pris
ed w
hen
t
he ligh
tnin
g
bo
lt str
ikes!
Theenn p
ut t
he
b
on
go
buz
zzer
in t
he c
en
nter
of
t
he g
ga
ame bo
ar
d
so
o tha
t it
fi
ts
fi
rm
ly i
n
n
th
e fo
ur s
ma
all hol
es
.
You
wi
ll
l fi
fi n
d inst
ruc
tio
ns on
how
to
ins
ert th
he
e batteri
es
and
d furth
er
use
r
and
sa
fe
fet
ty i
nstruc
tio
ns
s on
pag
e 1
4.)
Preparation
Select the game pieces according to the number of players:
Players 2
3
4
Visible huts 7 5 7
Animals per player
4 (in two colors)
2 (in one color)
2 (in one color)
Tambuzi-Taler
1 - 5
3 - 5
1 - 5
Water drops
3
4
5
Place the game board in the center of the table. Fit the board parts
together so that the right number of huts is visible. Each player takes
his/her animals.
The player who last danced in the rain gets to play fi rst and puts
one of his/her animals in front of the monkey (=
next to the game
board
). Then the players place their animals on the hut door mats
(=
on the game board
) in a clockwise direction, however only one
fi gure is allowed per mat. Have the point tiles and the water drops
ready. Return any extra pieces to the game box.
2 scatter-
brained
rhinoceroses
2 grumpy
crocodiles
2 daring
tigers
2 fi dgety
zebras
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B
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