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Chinese Cinderell The Board Game

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Chinese Cinderella: The Board Game

Aim: To get the most points in the shortest amount of time
Players: Four, two good and two bad
Age: 7+
Length: On average 30 minutes or ends when the first person reaches the centre of the board.
Summary: The Chinese Cinderella, published in 1999 is an autobiography of Adeline Yen Mah, the ‘unwanted daughter’ as quoted on the cover.
It is about how Adeline was blamed for the death of her mother, and how she eventually triumphed over her struggles and despair as her family and schools shunned her. After Nai Nai died and Adeline was moved away from her friends several times, she came to settle in a boarding school where she wins a global writing competition. She then returns home and convinces her father to …show more content…

According to the number on the dice, players move either 1-6 spaces. If they land on a normal square, they read the writing on the space aloud before obeying the instructions, whether it tells them to lose or gain points or miss their next turn. If they land on a fortune square, (the large squares in the corner) they pick up a fortune card, read the quote aloud and then flip it, where the fortune is. If the background is red, that will mean that you just picked up a good fortune card, but if it is green it will be bad. Then the player follows the instructions on it, alike to the normal squares where it might be gaining or loss of points. If the player gains points, and if that means their total equals five they can place a button on one of the dots leading up to the centre. If not, they simply mark another point on their tally sheet, which is included in the game. If they lose a point and that means that their total is no longer five but instead four, they take off their counter and mark on the tally sheet their amount of points.

Order of turns: The game begins with the player who has rolled the highest amount on the dice. They move off their fortune square and onto another square. Once all players have moved off of their starting squares, the fortune squares are in play.

Ending the game: The game comes to a close when one player has reached the centre of the board, with 20 points and 4 counters. However, you can play off for second, third and fourth

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