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Reiner Knizia
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Charles Chicken’s roasted worms are the treat that brings all the
chicks to the yard. His latest culinary innovation, too, is both wriggly
as well as delicious. Juicy apples filled to the brim with even juicier
worms  — just the perfect blend! It’s no surprise that even the weasel has
picked up the scent and is now waiting in line to check it out.
8 white dice
each showing the numbers
1–5 and one worm 7 round
Bratworms
Components
Roasted worms

in high demand!
6 Specialists:
apple golden die
canned worm sitting hen raven
weasel
18 roasted worm portions (RWPs)
with values 11 and 13 as well as 21 to 36
Setup
Place the 18 RWPs (roasted worm portions) next to each
other in the middle of the table, so that they are in an
ascending order. This row forms the “worm grill“.

To begin with, put  …
DDthe canned worm on RWP 11
DDthe sitting hen on RWP 21
DDthe raven on RWP 23
DDthe weasel on RWP 25
DDthe golden die on RWP 27
DDthe apple on RWP 29
Place the 7 Bratworms next to the grill.
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How to play
The youngest player gets the 8 dice and begins the game.
He rolls all 8 dice at once, then lays aside all the dice of
any one value, for example all dice showing a 2 or all dice
showing a worm. He adds up all the dice that he has laid
aside. Each worm laid aside is worth 5 points.
The player may roll once more the dice that he has not laid
aside. From this roll, he now picks all the dice of another value.
(If the player has for example laid aside all the dice showing

a 2, he must not choose the 2 now.)
The player may continue rolling the dice and laying dice aside,
until he ...
A
finishes his turn voluntarily
or
B
 … causes a failed attempt.
Now, it is the next player’s turn (in a clockwise direction).
A
Finish voluntarily:
A player may finish his turn voluntarily any time.
He now adds the values of all the dice that he has laid aside.
At least one of the dice must show a worm — otherwise it is
considered a failed attempt (see box B on the right).
If the sum of the dice that the player has laid aside reaches
exactly the value of an RWP that is on the grill or visible in
front of another player (see below), he can take it and place
it in front of him on the table.
Each new RWP is placed face-up on top of the last one
collected, thus building a stack. Each player has only one
stack in front of him, with only the top RWP visible.
Stealing RWPs
If the dice that he has laid aside add up to exactly the
number of a visible RWP that is lying visibly on top of
another player’s stack, he can take it and place it on top of
his own stack. RWP 11 and RWP 13, however, can never be
stolen.
Special case
If the RWP that corresponds to the sum of the dice that the
player has laid aside is neither on the worm grill nor visible
on the stack of another player, he takes the available next
lower value RWP from the grill  — but never RWP 11 or 13.
RWP 11 and 13 can only be taken, if the dice add up to a
total of exactly 11 respectively 13.
If there is no RWP with a lower value available on the grill,
the player has caused a failed attempt (see box B on the
right).
Example A:
Thomas rolls all eight dice. He chooses all three dice showing a
4 and adds up the values: 3 x 4 = 12.
He then rolls the remaining dice and gets two 4s, one 2, one 3
and one worm. This time, he must not pick the 4s, since he has
chosen them after his first roll. He lays aside the single worm.
A worm is worth 5 points. Thomas has now collected 17 (12 + 5)
points altogether.
With the four remaining dice, he gets two 5s and two worms.
Since he has already collected a worm, he can only use the
two 5s: 17 + 10 = 27 points. This is enough for Thomas.
He decides to finish his turn and does not roll the remaining
dice again. He takes RWP 27 from the grill.
5 points10 points12 points
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B
Failed attempt:
It may occur that a player  …
DDcannot take any RWP at the end of his turn, because
the sum of the dice that he has laid aside is not high
enough or he was not able to lay aside any worms.
DDgets a dice roll that has only numbers and worms that
he has already laid aside.
The player’s attempt has failed and he does not get
anything. In addition, he must return the RWP that he has
previously collected (that is the one visible on top of his
stack) and place it back on the grill. Then, he turns over
(face-down) the highest available RWP on the grill. This RWP
cannot be acquired for the remainder of the game.
If the returned RWP is the currently highest number on the
grill, it remains face-up. In this case, no RWP is turned over.
If the player does not return any RWP because he has none
left or because he only puts the sitting hen back on the grill
(see below), no RWP on the grill is turned over.
Example B:
From her first dice roll, Bridget chooses two 3s. From
her second dice roll, she picks three 5s. In her third dice
roll, she gets a worm and two 2s. She chooses the worm
and has, now, collected 26 points altogether. But that
is not enough for her! She rolls the two remaining dice
once more and gets a 3 and a worm. Unfortunately, she
has already laid the 3s as well as a worm aside. Bridget
does not get anything and has to place the RWP that is
on top of her stack back on the grill. Then, she turns over
the highest available RWP on the grill.
Bridget‘s
stack
Double 1
Whenever you lay aside at least two dice
that show a 1, you immediately receive a
Bratworm  — regardless of how the turn ends.
Bratworms
If you get a Bratworm, you take it from the supply.
In case the supply has been used up, you take a
Bratworm from a player of your choice, but never from
the player who currently has the sitting hen. Put the
Bratworms you have taken next to your RWP stack.

At the end of the game, each Bratworm counts as 1 worm.
The Specialists
How to obtain a Specialist:
DDIf you get an RWP on which there is
a Specialist from the grill, ...
or
DDIf you get an RWP from another player

who has a Specialist, ...
... you receive this Specialist as well (exceptions: sitting hen
and raven; see below). As soon as you have a Specialist,

you can make use of its advantage.
Putting Specialists back on the grill:
In the following situations, you have to put your Specialist
back on the grill. The Specialist is then placed on the lowest
unoccupied face-up RWP of the grill …
DDif your attempt fails. (First, you put your topmost RWP
back; then, your Specialist). If, in doing so, you have to
turn over an RWP with another Specialist on the grill, you
relocate this Specialist after that.
DDif you obtain a second Specialist. You choose which of
the two Specialists you want to put back.
Nobody can have 2 Specialists at the same time.
If all face-up RWPs of the grill have already been
occupied, the Specialist is taken out of the game.
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Apple
The Apple counts as 3 worms, if you have it
at the end of the game.
Golden Die
If you have the golden die, you may use it
as a ninth die.
Canned Worm
The canned worm counts as a dice worm
(5 points), if there is no dice worm in the result.
Example:
= 34
remain
If the result contains any dice worms,
you may not use the canned worm!
Weasel
If you use the weasel, you lay it on its flat side
and re-roll the dice you have just rolled. You are
allowed to do this once per game turn. At the
end of your turn, you set the weasel back upright.
Sitting Hen
The sitting hen protects your RWPs or, if applicable,
is given up instead of an RWP. If you have it  …
DDyou place the sitting hen on your top RWP.
DDyou don‘t lose any RWP,
• since other players only take the sitting hen
instead of the RWP which has been guarded by
the sitting hen. (Since RWPs 11 and 13 cannot
be stolen anyway, no other player gets the
sitting hen in these cases.)
• since, in case of a failed attempt, you put only
the sitting hen back on the grill.
DDyou keep it when your attempt fails if you

don‘t have any RWP.
DDyou never lose Bratworms and thereby also
keep the sitting hen.
Raven and Bratworms
Important! The raven stays on the grill until it
is taken out of the game. No player ever gets
it. If you obtain the RWP on which the raven is
standing, you immediately get a Bratworm in
addition (see „Bratworms“, previous page).
After that, you relocate the raven to the lowest
unoccupied RWP on the grill.
End of the game and final score
The game ends as soon as there are no more RWPs face-up
on the grill. The player who has collected the most worms
(RWPs plus Bratworms plus 3 worms for the Apple) wins the
game. In the case of a tie, the player who has the higher
single RWP wins the game.
Author: Reiner Knizia
Illustration: Doris Matthäus
Layout: Volker A. Maas
Translation: Birgit Irgang,

Sybille & Bruce Whitehill
Art.Nr.: 60 110 5073
© 2018 Zoch Verlag
Werkstraße 1 · D-90765 Fürth
www.zoch-verlag.com
Would you like to play the original
Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck game?

Simply don’t use RWPs 11 and 13,

the Specialists, or the Bratworms.

Leave them all in the box.
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