Components

• 1 Rolling track
• 1 Game Board
• 56 Smuggle tokens
• 1 Smuggler Boss
• 1 Balance Scale Base
• 1 Training fence
• 1 Board for the balance scale
• 12 Pieces Of Contraband
• 1 Smuggling aid
• 4 Privacy screens
• 4 Bags Containing Intelligent Modeling Putty
• 1 Bag
• 1 Die
• 1 Hourglass

Object of the Game

Handling the Modeling Putty

The intelligent modeling putty knows your needs! It is odorless and non-greasy. No residues will stick to your hands, and it will never dry out. But watch out: If made into a sphere, it can dart away like a bouncy ball.

Should small pieces detach themselves from the modeling putty, you can use the remaining modeling putty of the same color to simply collect the pieces. Notes on the handling of the modeling putty can be found in the corresponding sections of the game rules.

Please note: Like chewing gum, modeling putty that comes in prolonged contact with textiles is very difficult to remove.

Setup

Before your first game, carefully remove all parts from the three die-cut sheets. Assemble the scale by sliding the board of the scale through the slot of the scale base until reaching the marking in the center of the board so that the scale is balanced.

Each player chooses a bag with modeling putty and a privacy screen of the same color as the modeling putty.

Each player receives 3 pieces of contraband (1 yellow, 1 red, and 1 purple) and places them behind his or her privacy screen.

The privacy screen should be placed in such a way that none of the opponents can see what's behind it. Fold the upper flaps slightly downward and the lateral flaps slightly inward.

Place the rolling track in the center of the table.

Put the smuggling aid into the corresponding depression in the upper part of the rolling track so that the arrows point to the right when viewed from the front.

Insert the training fence into position in the lower part of the rolling track as shown, so that the symbols on the outer left and right fence posts coincide with the symbols on the smuggling aid when viewed from the front.

Place the game board in front of the rolling track. Three rooms are depicted on the game map: the junk room, the bar, and the boss's office.

Position the scale in the unoccupied corner of the boss's office. Insert the boss into the slot behind the circle in the center of the smuggling aid.

Place the smuggle tokens, the hourglass, and the die beside the game board.

Each player takes 1 smuggle token. The oldest player takes any 1 of the sweet treats (red background), then the next player in a clockwise direction takes any 1 sour treat (yellow background).

A third player would take any 1 sweet treat and a fourth player any 1 sour treat. Each player places their token in front of their privacy screen so that all players can see this token.

Game Play

The game consists of several rounds. Each round comprises 3 phases:

1. Skill Test

In this phase, each player uses their modeling putty to sculpt 1 sphere that they must roll through an opening in the training fence. These spheres represent your sacks of contraband.

A. Determining a New Hole in the Fence

The oldest player is the starting player of the current round. He or she rolls the die and moves the smuggler boss forward - in the direction of the arrow - as many slots as the number he or she has rolled.

The track the boss now stands behind leads to the hole in the fence that all players must use in this round.

Example: A "1" was rolled.

If the player moves the boss beyond the side of the rolling track, he or she simply returns him to the other side and continues counting from there.

Example: A "4" was rolled.

B. sculpting the sphere and hiding 1 piece of contraband inside

While the hourglass runs, each player sculpts a sphere and hides either 1 red (sweet treat), 1 yellow (sour treat), or 1 purple (stink bomb) piece of contraband in it.

The sphere should be as large as possible but not so large that it gets stuck in the hole in the fence. When sculpting, please note the following:

• To detach a portion of the modeling putty, hold the modeling putty with both hands and yank the desired portion off. If you do this too slowly, the modeling putty becomes stringy as if it were chewing gum. If this happens, simply try it again.

  
  
  

• When you hide a piece of contraband inside your modeling putty, make sure that your opponents cannot see the piece of contraband.

• The rounder you make your sphere, the better the chance that it won't get stuck in the hole in the fence. Preferably, you should roll the sphere between the palms of your hands, gradually applying less and less pressure so that it becomes as evenly rounded as possible.

• You are not allowed to gauge the size of the sphere by holding it close to a circle on the smuggling aid or in front of a hole in the fence. When sculpting the sphere, your hands should always remain behind the privacy screen.

• As soon as the hourglass has run out, each player may still finish rounding their sphere; however, they are not allowed to add modeling putty to the sphere or remove modeling putty from it.

C. The Test

The starting player places his or her sphere on the starting position of the current rolling track. Then he or she gently pushes the sphere so that it rolls toward the hole in the fence.

• If the sphere rolls through the hole, the player was successful and may enter the bar, where he or she places the sphere on any unoccupied stool.

• If the sphere gets stuck in the hole, the player can make a second attempt. He or she may try to improve the roundness of the sphere without adding or removing modeling putty.
  
  If the sphere gets stuck in the hole again, the player has failed and must go to the junk room, where he or she places the sphere on any unoccupied barrel.
  

• In clockwise order, the other players then try to roll their spheres through the hole in the fence.

Special Case "Red Number on Die":

First Sculpt the Sphere, Then Determine the Hole

If the starting player rolls a red number ("5" or "6"), all players must first sculpt their spheres. Only then the starting player rolls the die again and determines the current hole in the fence for this round's test.

Therefore, you do not know which hole you will have to roll your finished sphere through. If you don't want to take risks, you better sculpt a small sphere.

However, if you're not afraid to take risks, you sculpt a larger sphere. Maybe a larger hole in the fence will be determined, and you'll have a chance to obtain a good ranking.

2. Ranking

• All players who managed to roll their spheres through the holes in the fence and, therefore, landed in the bar now compare the size of their spheres.

• In the boss's office, the largest sphere is placed on the armchair marked with a "1".

• The second-largest sphere is placed on the armchair marked with a "2".
  

• All other spheres are removed from the bar and placed on unoccupied barrels in the junk room. You thus can end up in the junk room even though you have successfully passed the test. Hence, you shouldn't sculpt your spheres too small.

The Scale

If you can't discern clearly which sphere is larger, make use of the scale. The heavier sphere is also the larger one.

If, in rare cases, 2 spheres have the same weight - that is, none of the two sides of the board of the scale clearly touches the surface of the table - roll the die to determine whose sphere shall be considered larger. The player who rolls the higher number wins.

3. Inspection

Even though you've made it through the hole, there's no need to put such silly grins on your faces! Now I want to see who is better at playing the role of a customs inspector. V

• Only if all players' spheres got stuck in the hole in the fence and landed in the junk room, inspection does not take place in this round. In this case, put your sphere back behind your privacy screen and remove your smuggle token from the modeling putty. Nothing else will happen in this round.

• If, however, at least one sphere is in the boss's office, the inspection takes place.

A. Who Inspects Whom

• In a 2-player game: The player whose sphere is on place 1 in the boss's office inspects the opponent in the junk room.

• In a 3-player game: The player whose sphere is on place 1 in the boss's office inspects 1 opponent in the junk room. If 2 players ended up in the junk room, the inspector can choose which of the two he or she wants to inspect. In a 3-player game, the player on place 2 is not allowed to perform an inspection.

• In a 4-player game: First, the player on place 1 inspects any 1 opponent in the junk room. The player whose sphere is on place 2 in the boss's office then inspects the other opponent in the junk room. If 3 players ended up in the junk room, only 1 inspection is performed. In this case, the player on place 1 may inspect any 1 of these 3 opponents.

B. How Is the Inspection Performed

The inspector names the piece of contraband he or she believes to be hidden inside the opponent's sphere, saying either "sweet treat", "sour treat", or "stink bomb".

Then the opponent must open his or her sphere and show what is hidden inside. Now there are 2 possibilities:

1. the Inspector Guesses Correctly:

• If the inspector correctly guessed "sweet treat" or "sour treat", he or she takes 1 smuggle token of the matching color from the supply and places it in front of his or her privacy screen.

  If "sweet treat" was the correct guess, the inspector takes any 1 red token. If "sour treat" was the correct guess, the inspector takes any 1 yellow token. In both cases, the inspected player receives nothing and places the sphere behind his or her privacy screen.

  
  
  

• If the inspector correctly guessed "stink bomb", he or she receives the stink bomb (the purple piece of contraband) and places it behind his or her privacy screen. He or she may use it in one of the next rounds.

OR

2. the Inspector Guesses Incorrectly:

In this case, the inspector receives nothing. Depending on what the inspected player has smuggled, the following happens:

• If the inspected player smuggled a sweet treat or a sour treat, he or she places the sphere and the piece of contraband behind his or her privacy screen and takes - depending on which piece of contraband was hidden inside the sphere - either 1 smuggle token depicting a sweet treat or 1 smuggle token depicting a sour treat from the supply and places it in front of his or her privacy screen.

• If the inspected player smuggled a stink bomb, he or she may take any 1 smuggle token from the inspector and place it in front of his or her privacy screen. Afterwards, the inspected player also places the stink bomb in front of his or her privacy screen. The player may not use the stink bomb again.

C. The players who were not inspected reveal their pieces of contraband

After all inspections have been performed, the players who have not been inspected reveal their respective piece of contraband. The players in the boss's office begin, in the order of the places they occupy.

If a player in the junk room wasn't inspected, he or she is the next one to reveal his or her pieces of contraband.

• If you have smuggled a sweet treat or a sour treat, you may take any 1 smuggle token of the matching color from the supply and place it in front of your privacy screen.

• If you have smuggled a stink bomb, you may take any 1 smuggle token from an opponent of your choice and place it in front of your privacy screen. Then place the used stink bomb in front of your privacy screen.

The Next Round

After finishing a round, the next player in clockwise order is the new starting player and receives the die. Then the game proceeds as described above.

End of the Game

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