Camel Up is another award-winning game distributed by Esdevium, suitable for ages 8+, 2-8 players and RRP £24.99. This is a fun betting game for all the family, and has already become a family favourite.
The box contains a board, rules, 5 coloured camel counters and matching dice. 40 race betting cards, 8 desert tiles, 15 leg betting cards, 5 pyramid tiles and a selection of coins and notes. There is a small amount of construction needed for the pyramid which is used to shake the race dice, but this is easy and takes no time to make. I love that with Camel up they have thought about how you store the pieces and the box comes with zip lock bags for the smaller pieces for after you have opened packets of cards.
Camel up is a game that is fun to set up, the board has a town for the betting part of the game and a track for racing the camels. The set up for the game takes a while to work out, and I have taken to reading through game instructions a day before embarking on a new game. This way it saves the frustration of the boy wanting to play straight away. We were very soon getting stuck into learning how to play camel up, and working out our strategy’s. Once you have laid out all the pyramid, and betting tiles. Given each player a starting kitty of 3 Egyptian pounds, 5 betting cards and a desert tile it is time to set up the camels.
We love the pyramid dice shaker and you store the coloured dice inside for the game, but first shake all the dice to find out where the camels are going to start. The fun part of the game is stacking the camels. If a camel lands on another he goes at the top, and becomes a unit meaning that he moves with the camel below. The object of the game is to bet on the winning camel and make as much money as you can. This sounds simple but there is plenty to think of, and once we had tried the game a few times found that you had to take a few risks in how you bet.
On each turn of Camel up you have four options, first to take a betting tile on which coloured camel you think might win the leg. Betting on the overall winner. You could place your desert tile on the board or move it to help boost a camel to the winning line or stop him in his tracks. Or your other option is to take a pyramid tile and shake and release a dice from the pyramid. The rules are far more comprehensive and once you have played the game through are easier to understand. Camel up is basically played in sections legs with each player taking turns until the last dice is released. The bets are all paid out, and moneys won and lost. We found each game was made up of about 4 or five legs and took about half an hour to play.
The game ends when the first camel crosses the finish line. The game stops monies are paid and the overall winners and looser are paid out. This we found was where it was worth taking an early risk on which coloured camel might make it to the finish line. Camel Up is a great family game and one that we have played with granny too. We found the boy doesn’t like to take risks and Dad dragon does! This means that out of the last 4 games we played Dad has lost quite badly including going into minus coins! The boy likes Camel up, working out how staking the camels and moving them and which ones still have to move in relation to the coloured dice. At first glance Camel up may seem a little straightforward or even dull, but we can see why it already has won awards, and has become an evening favourite.
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Pigs maybe?!? Not sure whether they’d move or not, but it’d probably give us a laugh!
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A Polar bear like in the Golden Compass I think that would be amazing!!
A koala as cute to look at while racing
Snails, it would be the worlds slowest race
A cheetah!
A tortoise so I wouldn’t need to get out of breath!
Our village, West Camel, is having a duck race next weekend.
A dog that likes to stop and sniff every few steps so I’d win easily!
i would race a penguin – i love the way they run
Sloths, they are beautiful animals, although not really built for speed
An elephant. I would just hang on to
its tail and be pulled along
A CHEETAH
A kangaroo.
I would pick Hippos, I like hippos,not sure how good at racing they are though!
Love this. Great to keep the kids entertained. I would race a zebra I think
A tortoise!
A Cheetah because its the fastest land animal
Lion I would race
Monkeys
a tarantula
An ostrich would be fun. Xx
A piglet x
mine would be sheep i love there cute faces
A cheetah 🙂
An elephant
A giraffe my favourite animal!
Penguins
Goats
A tortoise xx
I would race a greyhound
A cat, if I stroked it I might stand some chance of winning.
I’d race a sloth so that I stand a fair chance of winning!!!!
A Cheetah would be a good option because they are fast more chance of winning
A panda…. how cute would that be ??
Lions as long as they promised not to eat me!
I would love to race a llama xx
A snail maybe I would win then
For a certain positive result a tortoise but for a little challenge a rabbit maybe!
A tortoise so I could win!
An ostrich because it would be fast
A frog
They’d probably never cooperate, but cats would be fun.
I imagine camel racing could be rather fun!
A unicorn. Magical.
Hippos are my fave animals it would be fab to race those – they are quite fast too.
My husband hahahaha!
Sloth, think these are wonderful and remind me so much of my husband
Snail – we used to do this as children!!
I would race a tortoise and then i would know that i would win
I would choose Tigers
A tortoise…
A Camel
a penguin, although i think i would spend all my time laughing at the way they run haha!
Camels would be pretty fun, but if we ignore real life and could choose any animal, it’d probably be fishes!
A snail as I can’t run that fast so it would mean I would win
I’d love to race slugs -I may even beat them at the rate I run x
A tortoise at least it might end up a dead heat
a snail – then id be guaranteed to win 🙂
A Tortoise – then I’d win !
A lion. Fast and furious x
My guinea pigs! They love running around!
a bull
A tortoise, so I’d have a good chance of winning!
A tortoise!
a horse
Pigeon
I’m not really into racing, so it would have to be a short race, I think I’ll choose a tortoise because I know I’ll win!
A tortoise in hopes that I’d win
an elephant, love elephants, they look amazing
A tiger as they are beautiful animal and very fast xxx
A penguin, super cute animal and would be funny to race.
A bird, so I could fly .x
A TIGER
A slug cause id would win
A giraffe!! At least if we were coming second the giraffe could just lower its neck for the win lol!!
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a tortoise because i might win then lol
A leopard
BLACK PANTHER
a greyhound
a cheetah is fast at cheeting
A rabbit as it may go in a different direction and I would win.
great prize
ZEBRA
A rat as it worked out well in the Chinese race!! xx
An elephant 🙂 would be fun!
A dog. Dogs like running and there are plenty of them about.
i would be a pig, very clean, but plays in mud and eats a lot
Kangeroos, very bouncy!
A slow snail
a tortoise as its the only animal I might beat
Rabbit, I’m very good at hopping.
Rabbits as they can move and hop around which would be fun
Giraffes there just so. Elegant and graceful iSight pick up a few tips
Zebra!
A turtle so i’ve got a chance!
a penguin
A tiger
A bear of any kind, they are my favourite animals
A kangaroo to see if I can jump higher!
I would race giraffe as they are my favourite animal.
Our dog, as I know I’d win, his legs are so tiny
sloths! Haha 😀
A giant rabbit!
An ostrich 🙂
a Cat
defo a monkey love them
Snakes; I once saw one in the wild and it moved so fast!
a rabbit 🙂
a pig
Snails 🙂
I would race an armadillo, because I just love them!
sloths , might be a long day though
A snail, might win then!
hmmmmm a cheetah
Would have to be a Penguin (if that counts as an animal rather than a bird!) I love the way they waddle about, so cute and entertaining! 🙂 Thanks for the opportunity 🙂 Amazing giveaway! 🙂