Balanko has players of all ages moving fast, perfecting their aim, grabbing
for a moving target, and sweating the outcome, trying to win the challenge.
BEWARE: shrieks, laughs, moans and groans have been known to be heard when the
game is in play.
Balanko is such a straightforward invitation to fun that you almost don't need
to read the rules. There's a ball on a string. There's another ball that rides
a curved track. There are pits of various score values - the center and widest
pit being, naturally, both the easiest to get the ball into and of the lowest
value. There are sliding scorekeepers to keep track of your achievements.
One player releases the rolling ball. The other player releases the swinging
ball, hoping that the swinging ball will hit the rolling ball into a high scoring
pit. The only other thing you might want to know, suggested-rule-wise, is that
the ball-roller, sitting on the opposite side of the game, can try to catch
the ball-swinger's, uh, ball. Which is actually a good idea, given that if she
doesn't catch the swinging ball, and the rolling ball is still rolling, her
opponent can try to catch it and take another swing.
Balanko is the game!!! A new classic!
Balanko has been sold in Canada since 2005 and is currently taking steps to
expanding into the US and other countries.
We welcome interested US distributors to contact us.
