Playte Together

In the world of dragons (really cute ones), we’ll send our food onto the rival’s plate on the back of a giant tortoise and get rid of the bites we don’t want.

In the world of dragons (really cute ones), we’ll send our food onto the rival’s plate on the back of a giant tortoise and get rid of the bites we don’t want. Beware of the dual that might make you eat them yourselves!

Includes a large dice children can’t swallow

Ages 7+

Playte Together - game plate with food and a dice

The objective

To be the first to finish all the food on your plate

Setting up

Place the food on “dry land”, trying to keep it from spilling into the sea or blocking the turtle legend. Choose one “bite” of food from each of the three main food groups on the plate (e.g. egg, toast, and cucumber), and place each bite on one of the turtles on the turtle legend. For example, put a bite of toast on the yellow turtle, a bite of egg on the pink turtle, and a bite of cucumber on the orange turtle (illustration 1). Finally, place both plates facing each other, so that the ocean faces the other plate’s ocean, and the large turtles create a bridge between the lands on either plate.

How to play?

Each player rolls the die in his/her own turn.
If the die lands on a number, the player chooses a bite from his/her Playte, and moves it forward on the bridge of turtles, according to the number of steps indicated by the die. The player may decide whether to advance a bite already on the bridge on its way to the opponent’s base, or to start the journey with a new bite. If the die lands on the eaten apple, then the player must eat a bite of his/her own choice from his/her own Playte.
If a player has managed to move a bite past the bridge of turtles and infiltrate the opponent’s territory, the opponent must immediately eat that bite that landed on his/her territory.
If one of the bites reaches a turtle that already holds an opponent’s bite, a “Battle of the Bites” commences: both bites battle to see which is stronger, according to the turtle legend. In the example shown, the bite of toast overcomes the bite of cucumber as the legend shows that the orange turtle, carrying the toast, eats the yellow turtle, carrying the cucumber. Accordingly, the player who sent the cucumber must eat the cucumber, and the toast may continue on its path towards the opponent’s land. If both bites are of the same kind of food, they “eat” each other, so each player must eat his/her own bite.

Parent tip

Try to encourage your child to think strategically: for instance, if a hated cucumber is approaching, it would be wise to “send out” a toast that might block it, by forcing the opponent to eat his own cucumber bite. This increases the children’s sense of control and allows them to handle loss or failure more easily. In addition, it encourages the children to eat food they do not like as much or taste food that is new to them.

Technical information

The Playtes are 11” and made of high-quality melamine.

They are dishwasher safe, but are not suitable for use in microwaves or ovens.

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