One Trick Pony Board Game: Rules for How to Play

Setup

Assemble the spinner by attaching the spinner arrow to the base.
Insert three AA batteries into the bottom of the base.
Attach the left arm and hay stalk to the horse. Push down on the pony to attach it to the rock. Finally place the hat on top of the pony.
Connect the fence to the rock. Place all of the animals behind the fence.
Slide the switch on the rock to the On position. Press the small button on top of the rock to make the lasso start spinning.
The last player to see a horse starts the game. Players line up in front of the pony.

How to Play One Trick Pony

To begin each of your turns you will spin the spinner. What you spin on the spinner determines what you will do on your turn.

Should you spin a one on the spinner, you will take one animal that matches the color of the space you spun.

Spinning one on the spinner — The current player spun the yellow one space on the spinner. They will have to try and take one of the yellow animals.

When you spin one of the green spaces, you will take the corresponding number of animals. You can choose animals of any color. For the 1-5 space, you will take between one and five animals. You can choose how many you want to take.

Spinning three on the spinner — This player spun a three on the spinner. They will have to take three animals on their turn.

If you spin the blue space, you will take one animal from another player.

Spinning blue on the spinner — This player spun the blue section of the spinner. They will steal one animal from another player.

When you are ready to take an animal, you move your hand through the circle created by the spinning lasso. You will reach over the fence and take an animal corresponding to what you spun. Should you have to take more than one animal, you must take one animal and remove it through the lasso before you can pick up another animal.

After you have grabbed a number of animals equal to what you spun, your turn ends. You will move to the back of the line. The next player in the line then takes their turn.

Winning the Game

The players will keep taking turns until the lasso catches one of the players. The player that is caught by the lasso must put back any animal(s) that they just took on their current turn. They then have to give one animal to each other player from those they collected on previous turns.

All of the players count up the number of animals they were able to collect during the game. The player that collects the most animals wins the game.

Scoring at the end of the game — At the end of the game the players collected these animals. The top player collected the most animals, so they have won the game.

Fixing the Lasso

Occasionally the lasso can get stuck and refuse to spin.

First you should try pulling the lasso out as far as you can. Try turning on the game again to see if the lasso is now working. If the lasso is still stuck, turn off the game unit. Open the rock door and position the lasso between the two wheels. Then guide the lasso through the two holes on the door edge. Finally close the door.

Components

One Trick Pony
Cowboy Hat
Hay Stalk
Rock
Fence
15 Animals (3 of each type)
Spinner
Instructions

Year: 2022 | Publisher: Goliath Games

Genres: Children’s, Electronic

Ages: 4+ | Number of Players: 2-5 | Length of Game: 5-10 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: High

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Written By:

Eric Mortensen

Eric Mortensen is an owner and head writer on Geeky Hobbies since 2014. He is an avid board game player and collector with over 3,000 board and card games in his collection. Since 2014 he has written more than 1,100 board game how to play guides.