News : Rabbits in a Can

Zoch Verlag released Markus Kropf's Hoppladi Hopplada in 2008, with 999 Games releasing a version in Dutch. Here's a summary of the game play from the BGN Spiel 2008 preview:

In this push-your-luck dice game, on a turn, you roll the seven dice, which show hares, hutches, a combination of the two, and carrots. Carrots are useless, and dice bearing them are removed from play. You must set aside at least one hare (worth 1 point) on a roll; if you roll a pair of hares, you can set both aside at once for 10 points. If you roll a double hutch, you can set that aside to double the points you currently have.

You can set aside only one hutch a turn, but if you reroll and have a triple hutch (and at least one hare), then you can set that hutch aside for triple your current points. Use all the dice, and you can reroll hares to try to nail hutches #4 and 5 , not forgetting that you need to roll hares at the same time. Whenever you stop voluntarily, you score points, and the next player can either start fresh with seven dice, or she can try to continue your turn from where you stopped. Continue play until someone hits the magic number.

Dutch retailer De Spellenwinckel has announced that 999 Games will release a miniature version of the game in September 2010, along the lines of the mini-Heckmeck am Bratwurmeck in a tin that Zoch released in 2009. Expect German rabbits to come in a similarly small package, too.