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Objective
The objective of Where’s My Water? is to get marbles to fall onto your side of the board to collect three cards before the other player.
Setup
- Attach the gameboard to the frame. Snap the four funnels to the top of the frame.
- Snap the slider and hinge together. Attach the slider to the frame. Snap Swampy onto the slider.
- Place the cover on top of the slider.
- Attach the back panel to the frame so the board sits up by itself.
- Place the tub and shower head onto the bottom of the frame.
- Choose which side of the tub belongs to each player.
- Shuffle the cards and place them face down on the table. If you want an easier game, you should remove the harder level cards (has more ducks pictured on the bottom of the card).
- Each player takes five blue marbles.
Each round begins with the top card being turned face up. The card pictures the gameboard. You will assemble the obstacles on the board corresponding to the picture on the card that was flipped over. Behind each duck obstacle you should place a yellow marble. For each poison obstacle (skull), you will place a purple marble.
If a card features a gear symbol on it, you can setup the board however you want.
How to Play Where’s My Water?
To begin each of your turns you will slide Swampy towards your side of the tube. This opens up the path so any marbles that fall during your turn end up on your side of the tub.
You will then choose one of your blue marbles to drop down the gameboard. You can choose any of the four funnels at the top of the board to drop your marble down. When you drop a marble you are trying to hit the yellow marbles or any blue marbles stuck on the board. You should also try to avoid the purple marbles.
Once you drop the marble it will bounce down the board and possibly knock some marbles down the board. You should make sure not to touch or shake the gameboard as that may have an impact on how the marbles roll.
After you drop one of your blue marbles and all marbles on the board have stopped moving, your turn ends. Play passes to the other player.
Scoring
After both players have dropped all five of their blue marbles, the current round ends. Players will gather up the marbles from their side of the tub. They will score points from them as follows:
- Blue Marble: +1 Point
- Yellow Marble: +1 Point
- Purple Marble: -1 Point
The player that scores the most points takes the card used in the round. If there is a tie, you will play another round using the same card.
You will then start another round by drawing a new card and setting up the board. Each player gets five blue marbles for the next round.
Winning the Game
The first player to collect three cards wins the game.
Solo Game
The solo game is played mostly the same as the normal game. The player gets to use all ten blue marbles on their turn though.
The objective of each card is to collect all three yellow marbles by knocking them into the tub. For each card where you collect all three yellow marbles, you will keep the card. Any card where you are unable to collect three yellow marbles before you run out of blue marbles, is discarded. You are trying to collect as many of the cards as you can.
Where’s My Water? FAQ
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Components
- Gameboard
- Frame
- 4 Funnels
- Slider and Cover
- Back Panel
- Tub and Shower Head
- Swampy Figure
- 15 Marbles
- 15 Chutes (the back of the box only says 10 which is what my copy had)
- 3 Duck Pegs
- 2 Poison Pegs
- 30 Round Bumper Pegs
- 36 Cards
- Instructions
Year: 2012 | Publisher: Hasbro
Genres: Children’s
Ages: 5+ | Number of Players: 1-2 | Length of Game: 10-20 minutes
Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: Moderate-High
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