UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game: Rules and Instructions for How to Play

Objective of UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

The objective of UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game is to collect five goodies and reach the portal to The Big World before the other players.

Setup for UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Place the gameboard in the center of the play area.
Place the spinner near the gameboard.
Each player chooses an UglyDoll. They will take the corresponding playing piece and pocket. Place your playing piece on the start space.
Set all of the buttons facedown (so the button side is visible) and shuffle them.
Sort the goodies by their color and create a pile for each type. Place each pile near the gameboard.
Each player spins the spinner. The player that spins the highest number starts the game. Play will move clockwise/left.

Setup in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Playing UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

You will begin your turn by spinning the spinner and moving your UglyDoll around the gameboard the corresponding number of spaces.

You can move your piece in any direction and can land on a space that another player is currently on.

Movement in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game — The current player decided to move their playing pieces five spaces in this direction.

Depending on which space you land on, you will take the corresponding action.

Button Space in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Button Spaces

When you land on a button space by exact count, choose one of the buttons that are facedown on the table. Flip the button over and take the corresponding action immediately. After you take the action you will discard the button. Should you move due to the button you reveal, you will not take the action of the space that you move to.

Should you run out of buttons, reshuffle the discarded buttons to create a new pile to draw from.

Buttons in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Loose a Goody – Choose one of the goodies from your pocket and return it to the corresponding pile. If you do not have any goodies, you will skip this action.

Take a Goody – Choose another player to steal one goody from.

Chill – You will take no special action from this button.

Swap Spaces – Choose another player to switch places with.

Spin Again – Spin the spinner and move the corresponding number of spaces.

Spin For A Goody – All of the players will spin the spinner. The player that spins the highest number gets to take a goody of their choice from the piles in the middle of the table.

Get A Goody – Choose one of the goodies and add it to your pocket.

Location Space in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Location Spaces

When you reach a location space you must stop on it even if you have spaces left to move. Landing on a location space allows you to take one of the corresponding goody tokens. The goody you will take matches the color of the space you are on. You will take one of the corresponding tokens and add it to your pocket. If you already have a goody of that type, you will skip taking the token and your turn ends immediately.

Acquiring a Goody — As the player landed on Wage’s Bakery, they will take the orange cupcake goody and add it to their pocket.

Dollhouse Gauntlet Space

If you land on the Dollhouse Gauntlet Space, you will stop on the space. Spin the spinner to determine what you will do next.

Should you roll a four or higher, you can choose one type of goody and take the corresponding token from the pile and add it to your pocket.

Dollhouse Gauntlet Space Spin — Since the player spun a six, they will get to take a goody of their choice and add it to their pocket.

If you roll three or lower, you will not get to take a goody. Your turn ends.

Pipe Space

Should you land on a Pipe Space by exact count, you will move your token to the end of the corresponding pipe. This is not optional. You must move your token to the other side of the pipe.

Winning UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Once you have filled in all five spaces on your pocket, you will start to move towards the portal space to the Big World.

Filled Pocket in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game — The pink player has acquired all five goodies and filled their pocket. They can now head towards the end space to try and win the game.

The first player to land on the portal space with a complete pocket wins the game. The rules do not specify whether you have to land on the space by exact count.

Winning UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game — The pink player completely filled their pocket and reached the end space. They have won the game.

Components in UglyDolls Adventures in Uglyville Game

Year: 2019 | Publisher: Hasbro

Genres: Children’s, Spin and Move

Ages: 6+ | Number of Players: 2-4 | Length of Game: 20-30 minutes

Difficulty: Light | Strategy: Light | Luck: High

Components: gameboard, spinner, 4 playing pieces, 4 pockets, 45 button tokens, 20 goody tokens, instructions

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