The wolf also has 3 cards with a howl, if one of these is played no one but the wolf moves.(The track consists of eleven road cards, two covered with water.)Īfter the animals move, players start a new round of card-playing. The wolf moves 1 space if one to two cards are played, and one less space than the number of cards if more are played. The lamb moves one more space than the number of cards played - but if it reaches water, it stops moving to take a drink. The fox moves as many spaces as the number of cards played. unless four cards are played and it's at the head of the pack, in which case it sleeps and doesn't move. The rabbit always moves two spaces as long as cards are played. The turtle always moves one space, but it moves two if four of its cards were played. As soon as eight total cards have been played or four cards of any one animal, the animals move (maybe).Įach animal has a distinct characteristic that players can use to their advantage.

Players then take turns laying down 1-4 cards, with all cards needing to show the same animal, then refilling the hand to five cards.

One animal is chosen at random for each player, then after receiving a hand of seven cards, each player places one of his cards face-down (possibly the same animal) as an additional bet. The Hare and the Tortoise, originally published as Royal Turtle, is a card-driven betting game about animal racing loosely based on one of Aesop's Fables.Īt the start of a race, each player secretly bets on up to two of five animals: turtle, rabbit, lamb, wolf and fox.

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