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New board games by Zoch

Presented at International Toy Fair 2013

Some make a pact with the devil, while others dress the bride with cabbage. The spring program at Zoch has something for everyone. Cheeky games for the whole family and for every party. “Auf Teufel komm raus“ is, as the name suggests, a risky game with heavy bets for players of ten years and up. “Potato Man“ kicks off a new card game series in mini box format. It is a convincing trick-taking game for up to five players of ten years and up. “Brautkraut“ will add some excitement to any party, for up to six players of ten years and up. “Vaca Loca“ with its colorful animal world is an attractive reaction game for the whole family eight years and up. And for the little ones there is “Mucca Pazza “ with its crazy animals. “Ritter Rost“ is already in stores. This is the first game to a movie issued by Zoch: Noris

Spiele has the license for the Ritter Rost figure and is bringing memos, card games and puzzles to the stores, Zoch the board games. The movie was launched in cinemas on 10 January 2013. The popular card game for two to seven players of seven years and up .

Auf Teufel komm raus

– a family game

Who will make a pact with Beelzebub?

Gamblers beware! Enticing offers tempt players to place heavy bets. But you have to make clever bets to avoid crossing the devil’s path. “Auf Teufel komm raus“ is the name of a new family game for gamblers from Zoch.

Only those who bet carefully will manage to avoid the devil. 48 pieces of coal are waiting to be pulled out of the fire, but there are nine Beelzebubs hidden in between these. Only players who bet on the correct quantity of coal pulled out can have their stakes doubled or even tripled by the bank.

Whoever places too high a bet or stakes too much and is snatched by the enticer from Hell will be forced to make a pact with him some time. The winner is the player who manages to multiply their start-up capital and outclass all other players.

“Auf Teufel kommt raus“ is a family-friendly gambling den for up to six players ten years and up. And the surname of the author duo – mother and daughter – what else could it be, is Angel.

Auf Teufel komm raus

Authors: Tanja & Sara Engel

Illustration: Benedikt Beck

Age: 10 years and up

Number of players: 3 - 6

Duration: about 45 minutes

Price: approx. EUR 30

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Brautkraut – a party game for german speaking countries

Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut

– in the lilac can

This game based on the German tongue twister or tongue breaker as they are so aptly called in German: “Blaukraut bleibt Blaukraut und Brautkleid bleibt Brautkleid“ which translates to “Red cabbage remains red cabbage and wedding dress remains wedding dress“. It is a real language challenge.

“Brautkraut“ carries this word game to extremes. For eloquent players the new party and family game by Zoch will bring hours of playing fun and laughter. The words are used to create new and imaginative combinations and to play wonderful word games!

Already on the shelf “Brautkraut“ will catch your eye. The game for players of ten years and up comes in a can. Candy or cabbage ? It’s hard to imagine what the can contains. Out pop cards each of which shows two of the four motifs: cabbage, bride, blue and dress – in different colors. The player whose turn it is says what they see on the card lying on top, then what the card turned over reveals, and goes on to make plays on words. The word combinations reveal who is the language genius with players also replacing the verbs by others with similar sounds. The winner is the player who can master all tongue twisters brilliantly.

The interactive party and family game “Brautkraut“ by Zoch is a challenge for language artists who wish to show off their skills and will enrich any party. The lilac can promises pure fun for up to six players aged ten and up.

Brautkraut

Authors: Anja Wrede & Christoph Cantzler

Age: from 10 years

Number of players: 2 - 6

Duration: about 15 minutes

Price: approx. EUR 10, only in german speaking countries

Potato Man

How did that go again?

“The dumbest farmer...“

There is an old German saying “The dumbest farmers harvest the fattest potatoes“. “Potato Man“, the super hero in the new game by Zoch, proves that this is not true. He moves out onto the playing field to help even the smallest tuber win.

“Potato Man“ is a quick trick-taking game – no time to nod off here. There are four types of potatoes in four different colors and sizes in the game. As always, the general rule is that the highest card beats the others, but Potato

Man can help lower valued potatoes to victory: the smaller the potato the more valuable sacks are filled. The player with the most bulging potato sacks at the end wins the game.

The amusing illustration and the unconventional flow of the game created by Günter Burkhardt and Wolfgang Lehmann will bring the whole family to

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80798 München

Georgenstr. 134

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the playing table. The novelty is the mini box format chosen by Zoch, which makes the game an ideal small gift.

Potato Man

Authors: Günter Burkhardt & Wolfgang Lehmann

Age: 10 years and up

Number of players: 2 - 5

Duration: 20 - 30 minutes

Price: approx. EUR 6

Mucca Pazza

Animals from the planet Cowpiter

Entirely new animal species are now to be found on Earth. They come from the planet Cowpiter. Mucca Pazza, the crazy cow, has turned the animals into comic beings – heads, bodies and legs are all mixed up and need to be reassembled correctly.

The animals look quite graceful yet flamboyant: giraffes, cats and dogs.

Depending on their ages children play with five or ten animals, which are all mixed up in the sliding rails. Each player in turn tries to shift the appropriate cards in up to three moves to create a correctly assembled animal. The winner is the player who has managed to put together the most animals at the end.

The children’s game “Mucca Pazza“ with its extensive material – 30 sliding boards, 30 animal cards, a ghost card, 12 wooden stars, a stable game board – and original sliding mechanism, will convince not only the youngest players aged 4 and up. As so often with Zoch, parents will also enjoy the fantasy of the game publisher and of their children.

Mucca Pazza

Author: Iris Rossbach

Age: 4 or 6 years and up

Number of players: 2 - 4

Duration: 15 - 20 minutes

Price: approx. EUR 25

Win the lance tournament with Ritter Rost

The game to the movie now in stores

For the first time the Munich game publisher Zoch has published a game to a movie. The lovable figure of Ritter Rost makes him a natural choice for a

Zoch board game for the whole family. The clumsy knight faces three dangerous adventures: He has to succeed in the lance tournament held by

King Bleifuss, conquer a dragon and overcome the crafty and powerful

Prince Protz, who is keeping Burgfräulein Bö a prisoner. If he can’t manage on his own he can rely on the help of Bö and his friend the dragon Koks in this great adventure.

Zoch Verlag

80333 München

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80798 München

Georgenstr. 134

Tel. 089/ 27 29 93 -22

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Author Klaus Zoch has immersed himself fully in the movie, designing exciting dicing duels with successful, endlessly playable dice and unsuccessful dice which land on their sides. Even the cards are played according to very special rules: each player passes on their own pile of cards and the lowest card trumps the highest, for example.

With Ritter Rost spectators and players become immersed in a world in which toasters rush into battle, small spanners make great things happen and fearless heroes must show what metal they are made of. The first book was published in 1994. This was followed by audio books and musicals.

The family game is available in stores for approx. EUR 30.

Ritter Rost – the game to the movie

Author: Klaus Zoch

Illustration: Terzio / Caligari

Age: 8 yeas and up

Number of players: 2 - 4

Duration: 30 - 40 minutes

Price: approx. EUR 30, in stores now

More info: www.zoch-verlag.com

Munich, 30 January 2013

Further press information and illustrations:

HEISS PUBLIC RELATIONS, Susanne Heiss

Georgenstr. 134, 80798 Munich

Tel. +49 (0) 89 2729 9322, presse@zoch-verlag.com

Text and illustrations for download: www.zoch-verlag.com/presse

Zoch Verlag

80333 München

Heiss Public Relations

80798 München

Georgenstr. 134

Tel. 089/ 27 29 93 -22

Fax: 089/ 27 29 93 -34 presse@zoch-verlag.com www.zoch-verlag.com

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