In Cockroach Salad (also known as Kakerlakensalat) players create a common salad packed with lettuce, peppers, tomatoes and cauliflower – but they won't always be saying which ingredient they're adding to the bowl!
The 128 cards – 120 vegetable cards in the four types and eight "taboo" vegetable cards, two of each type that bear cockroaches – are shuffled and divided among the players. On a turn, a player plays the top card from his deck onto the central pile of cards, naming the vegetable as he plays it, e.g., "Pepper!" – except in the following situations:
- If his vegetable matches the previously played vegetable, the player must lie.
- If his vegetable matches the claim made by the previous player (perhaps because that player lied), then the player must lie.
- If he plays a taboo card, he shouts "Cockroach!" and the next player starts a new pile next to the first one so that the taboo card remains visible.
- If his vegetable matches a visible taboo card, he must lie.
Make a mistake or stumble or hesitate too long, and a player must pick up all cards played to that point in the game. The first player to run out of cards wins!
Can be combined with Kakerlakensuppe (Cockroach Soup).
AWARDS & HONORS
- 2008 Spiel des Jahres Recommended
- 2008 Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" Nominee
- 2008 Japan Boardgame Prize Voters' Selection Nominee
- 2008 Fairplay À la carte Winner
