HABA Super Rhino

Story: A nice day out in the city, planning on doing some shopping in hopes of buying a brand new pair of underpants. Suddenly, is it a bird... is it a plane... No wait, it's a heavy looking creature that can't fly climbing up a building. A Rhino, dressed in a blue body suit and a purple cape, with a purple eye mask and obviously been using whitener on its horn. IT'S RHINO HERO.But wait, is that building moving? It is, it looks like it's going to fall over. With Rhino Hero on top battling a feisty criminal, it looks like they're going to fall to their doom and take down the building with them. It's not good, there are cats pooing from balconies, bears watering plants, dogs daydreaming, mice looking at dirty magazines and elephants watching something they probably shouldn't be via internet TV. There's a pan of mashed potato on a stove which could cause a fire, and socks on a clothes line which could get mucky again. This could be a complete disaster.The building wobbles, but luckily Rhino Hero has saved the day. He has the criminal in custody and they're back on the ground. Well done Rhino Hero, well d... Ah, looks like someone breathed too heavily, the building just fell down. Oh well, just another tower block to fall over in this city. When are they going to stop making them out of bits of card?​Review: If you have a decent flat surface in your home and want a quick game of something dramatic, then Rhino Hero is perfect. Not something you'd take to the park to play during a picnic, and definitely not something you'd play in a car on the way to see Aunt Marge. Nope, you need a nice flat surface, and no heavy breathing.Rhino Hero is a card/tile stacking game where you are helping Rhino Hero climb a building to save the day. For between 2 and 5 players, you hand out five roof/action cards to each player (seven cards in a 2 player game), and take it in turns to place walls and top it off with a roof card. Each roof card has markings on them to show where the walls are to be placed. Makes for a more challenging game.Some cards have actions on them. It could mean changing direction of play so the player on your right would take the next turn instead of the usual clockwise direction. The next player could even miss a turn, or you could force them to take an extra card in to their hand from the deck. The main one has a picture of Rhino Hero on it. That means the next player has to put the Rhino on that card, and the higher the tower, the more the risk it's going to topple over in to an oblivion because it's not just placing Rhino Hero on that card, you have to remove it from a lower one first. There should be a rule where whoever falls the building, has to pick up the game. In fact, you never want this game to fall over for the mess it's going to make. No worries, it's a fun mess, I think?If I had to give any advice playing this game, make sure you play it on a super flat surface and away from anything that the cards can slide under (kitchen cupboards or washing machines), and also don't play if the floor has a chance of cards falling through the cracks, because once the tower falls, they can go everywhere, and you don't want to lose anything. Oh, and when that tower gets to a tipping point, make sure you get the camera out and snap the reaction of the player who topples it. Classic every time.Simple terms, you take it in turns to make a tower go as high as possible, the person who knocks it over loses, and the winner is the person with the least roof cards in hand. Or, build it without knocking it over, the person to use all of their roof cards first wins the game.This is a very good game for all the family. Children might rush it and be quite eager to get the tower high, and you'd think this would be their downfall. Seriously though, kids will surprise you as you're looking at them placing a dodgy roof and you're certain it's game over, and then it stays up and they've set you up for a huge disappointment. Trust me, before writing this review, my 4-year-old son beat me twice in a row by doing exactly this.Definitely one for the collection, simple, quick, and a lot of fun.Experiences: I played Rhino Hero for the first time at Ludorati Board Game Café in Nottingham, UK. It wasn't long after I made the purchase, not because I won that game, but because this is great fun and know my kids would end up loving it, and it's a hit on a game day. Since then, I've lost more times than being victorious. The two previous games I played before writing the review, I lost to Maverick. Both times, he put the roof tiles on dodgy, I thought I could use it to my advantage and win, and both times he was jammy and managed to carry on stacking. I lost because there was no hope of putting a wall tile on without it falling over. He's a clever lad, and very lucky. Love this game.

This game I'd seen promoted on my recommendations list for some time, I finally decided to take a look... I wished that I'd looked into it sooner!Very simple idea is to stack cards up to make a tower (essentially), there's several ways how the game can end:1, The last roof card is played. (normal ending, 1 winner)2, The tower falls. (bad ending, 1 winner based on conditions)3, The last wall card is played. (good ending, all win)This is one of those skill games that requires patience and precision rather than a specific skill set, making it very accessible for different people and ages.Great filler game or starter for game nights and is a great gateway style game.This is a good game to play as teams too, pairs switching places each turn etc.I'm now thinking what if I got another box or two... Plans and decisions...Summery - This is a fun and relatively straightforward game, worth having in your collection and is small enough for holidays/vacations too.

Rhino Hero is a brilliant, easy to learn and fun game for all ages. The premise is simple; build a tower using the cards provided and the person to get rid of their hand first wins. Each player must build a wall, as directed by the previous card, then to finish their turn, build a roof which provides the next player with their starting point. Roof cards come with strategies such as miss a turn, pick up one, reverse direction or move our little friend the Rhino. It is amazing how this little piece of wood can hold the balance of an entire tower that can come crumbling down when he is moved.As stated, a player wins if he or she gets rid of their starting cards or everybody wins if all the wall cards are used, which immediately brings into play competitive or a semi-cooperative mode. A really simple idea that is a light, fun game to be enjoyed by all.

I am pleased that I bought this game. It is a very worthwhile addition to a family games collection.

Essentially this is a stacking game, but stacking cards to build a tower. You will stack one or two 'walls' and add a roof which tells you how to place the next walls and also any effects to play. The game is great for kids of all ages and its easy to add house rules to lower or raise the challenge depending on the players.We use variations to add challenge to the game such as:- Ultra Balance - When pulling a double roof (+2) card you have to put one on your head to use on your next turn - if it falls off you have to add another one!- Army Man - Using a meeple from other games (a army man from Rampage in our case) which has to be moved up each turn but gets knocked down two if Rhino Hero is placed on the same tile. This can be used with the other variants.- Topple - Instead of there being the winning condition of emptying your hand there is only a loosing condition of causing the tower to topple. When your hand is empty you have to draw 5 more cards and the +2 becomes build a second floor (ignoring the next card effect) or ultra balance as above.- Simple Mode - Remove the +2 roof tilesComment with your variations!

Fun family game.

Made gameplay difficult.

The review from my 9 year old: "an awesome game where you build a tower, and a rhino superhero maybe destroys it. The rules are quick and easy to learn, but you learn better by watching others play it. Best for kids anywhere from age 5 upwards if you give them some assistance. "