Jumping Cups board game. multilingual

Jumping Cups is a two-player tactical board game that takes the familiar speed-stacking contest of plastic cups in a slower, more strategic direction. Each player has five cups and five positions, arranged in a row with four neutral spaces in between. The aim is to move your cups onto your opponent's side, or to stack them on his cups so that he can no longer move his own.

The rules are simple to learn but demand careful planning. Only the top cup of a stack may be moved, and it must travel as many spaces as its position in the stack. A player who moves beyond the available spaces loses the game immediately, so every move needs to be thought through in advance.

A game lasts about 15 to 20 minutes, and the concept can be explained quickly, which makes it suitable for children from around seven or eight years old. It is a good choice for anyone who wants to test whether their strength lies in speed or in strategy.