Rated 5 out of 5 by 16paws from Think! Think! Think!Had enough of HOG and tedious platformers that have you hopping endlessly from platform to platform in predictable gameplay? Here is the game you've been waiting for. (I was, anyway.) Although Beetle Bug 2 is similar to Rabbit's Magic Adventures, I found the game to be much more enjoyable. I never finished RMA because I couldn't figure out how to destroy the monsters. BB2 is just as challenging (you will weep and gnash your teeth on some levels) but weapons are easier to manage and include such items as rocks, water bubbles and what I call Jelly Monsters that occur incidentally in the game. There's something that compels you to go back and try, try again, just to hear those monsters yelp when you score a hit and to collect the sweet baby beetles they had kidnapped. I thought I would never get past level 22, let alone reach level 101, but reading the 'info' signs along the way and reading other helpful hints but most importantly, analyzing the level to figure out how to get those monsters, I beat all the levels. Actually, I counted only 100 levels; maybe the final level counted as two. I highly recommend this game!
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A beetle with its component parts numbered. The body must be drawn before any other part; the head must be drawn before eyes or antennae
Beetle is a British party game in which one draws a beetle in parts. The game may be played solely with pen, paper and a die or using a commercial game set, some of which contain custom scorepads and dice and others which contain pieces which snap together to make a beetle/bug. It is sometimes called Cooties or Bugs. The game is entirely based on random die rolls, with no skill involved..
Playing[edit]
The part drawn is decided by the roll of a die. The traditional rolls are:
- 6 is for the body, of which there is one.
- 5 is for the head, of which there is one.
- 4 is for the wings, of which there are two.
- 3 is for a leg, of which there are six.
- 2 is for an antenna, of which there are two.
- 1 is for an eye, of which there are two.
The part corresponding to each roll of the die, however, may vary depending on the rules established by the players.
It is necessary to roll the correct number for the body before any other part may be drawn. To the body, one may attach the head, legs or wings, but the head must precede the antenna and eyes. The first player to draw all the requisite parts is the winner.
Table-top games[edit]
Beetle has been converted to a commercial game called Cootie, and is also released under the name Beetle by Milton Bradley. Beetles are constructed as plastic models. There are some minor gameplay differences, such as there being no wings on the beetles.
Beetle drive[edit]
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This game is played at social occasions known as a Beetle Drive, in which many rounds of Beetle are played. The players are in groups of four with a communal die, and the first player to complete their beetle shouts out 'Beetle!' stopping the play of all the groups. Then the winner of each particular group (the player with the most complete beetle in that group) will move around a circle of tables to the right (clockwise), and the loser (the player with the least complete beetle) to the left (anti-clockwise), or sit still. The ultimate winner is usually either the one who has drawn the most complete beetles, or the one who has drawn the most parts in total. Beetle drives were very popular as Church fund-raising events, especially amongst Non-conformist churches, and the tradition continues to the present.[1][2] These are often accompanied by a Pie and Pea Supper, particularly in the North East of England[3]
References[edit]
- ^'Stalham Baptist Church - Beetle drive'. Archived from the original on 2015-07-25. Retrieved 2015-07-24.
- ^Laongauseway Church - Beetle drive
- ^Simpson, John W. (2003-10-14). Yearning for the Land: A Search for Homeland in Scotland and America. Random House Digital, Inc. p. 308. ISBN978-0-375-72547-0. Retrieved 25 January 2012.
External links[edit]
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- Beetle Drive Scorecard (Beetle with Wings) A printable Creative Commons scorecard.
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