Fisher-Price N1390 Instruction Sheet

Ages 8 to Adult

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4-8 Players

What’s in the Box

❧97 SNORTA!

for each of the 12 animals and
one Swap Card

❧12 SNORTA!

cat, cow, dog, donkey, duck,
frog, mouse, owl, pig, rooster,
sheep, and snake

❧8 SNORTA!

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Cards – 8 cards

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Animals –

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Barns

❧Animal Grab Bag
❧Quick Play Rules

The Object of SNORTA!

In SNORTA!®, players quickly play
animal cards. Those who match
cards race to make the sound of
each other’s hidden animal. The
first person to play all the cards in
his or her hand wins SNORTA!

Setting Up

Choose a person to be the dealer.
The dealer—

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❧Places one barn in front of

each player.

❧Places all 12 animals in the

Animal Grab Bag.

❧Passes the Animal Grab Bag

from player to player until
each player, without looking in
the bag, has taken one animal.
Each player’s animal should be
displayed on the table near that
player’s barn.

❧Shuffles the animal cards

together with the Swap Card
and deals all cards, face down,
so that each player, including
the dealer, has an equal number

of cards. Any left-over cards will
not be used in this game.

7-8 Players: use all 12 sets of
animal cards

5-6 Players: remove one set of
animal cards (8 matching cards)

4 Players: remove two sets of
animal cards

Sounding Off

The purpose of Sounding Off is to
help players remember the sounds
of other players’ animals. Players
may need to recall these sounds
later in the game.

1. Starting with the dealer, each

player takes a turn making the
sound of his or her animal.

2. All players place their barns

over their animals so that the
animals cannot be viewed by
other players.

3. Each player repeats the sound

of the animal hidden in his or
her barn.

Playing the Game

1. Each player picks up the cards

dealt to him or her and holds
them, face down, in one hand.
These cards become the
player’s “cards in-hand.”

2. Starting with the dealer and

moving clockwise around the
table, each player takes a turn
flipping the top card from his or
her cards in-hand, face up, onto
the table.

As cards are played, each
player is creating a stack of
“table cards.”

20-30 Minutes per Game

Each player may only play cards
onto the top of his or her own
stack of table cards.

Each player’s stack of table
cards must be located on the
table so that they are in clear
view of all players.

Example:

Player A

(Pig in Barn)

Player F

(Snake in Barn)

Player B

(Cow in Barn)

Player C

(Cat in Barn)

Player D

(Sheep in Barn)

Player E

(Duck in Barn)

3. Play continues until a card

is played that matches a card
already on top of another
player’s stack of table
cards. As soon as a match
is identified, all players stop
playing cards.

4, When a match is identified,

the two players with cards that
match race to make the sound
of each other’s hidden
animal. They must make the
same sound that was assigned
to the animal by its owner when
“Sounding Off.”

See example: Player A, who
has a pig in the barn, plays
an owl card. Player E, who has
a duck in the barn, already has
an owl card on top of his or her
stack of table cards. Since their
cards match, Player A races
to say “quack” before Player E
says “oink.”

It is important to note
that the two players who
match cards make the sound
of the animal in each other’s
barn rather than the sound of
the animal on the cards.

5. The first of the two players

involved in the match who
can make the sound of the
other player’s hidden animal
wins that match.

If a player makes the sound
of the wrong animal, he or
she may try to guess the
right animal by continuing to
make animal sounds. There is
no penalty for making the sound
of the wrong animal.

Players who are not involved
in the match may not make any
animal sounds.

6. The player who wins the match

gives all of his or her table
card(s) to the other player
involved in the match. That
player takes the cards and
also picks up his or her own
table card(s) and adds both
stacks of cards, face down, to
the bottom of his or her cards
in-hand.

7. Play resumes with the player

to the left of the last person
to play a card. All other table
cards remain on the table and
play continues clockwise.

Winning the Game

The first player out of cards in­hand wins SNORTA!®, regardless
of the number of table cards that
player has remaining.

The Swap Card

There is one Swap
Card in the deck.
When a player
flips over this
card, the player
must select a
new animal from
the Animal Grab
Bag and return
his or her old
animal to the bag. The
player must make the sound of his
or her new animal and then place it
in the barn. Other players should
try to remember the sound of
that player’s new animal and play
continues.

Notes:

1. Each card should be flipped

outward so that all players
see the animal on the card
at the same time, including the
person who played that card.

2. Players can control the speed

of the game by how fast they
play their cards. The faster the
pace—the wilder the game!

3. Once play begins, a player is

not required to reveal the
animal in his or her barn—even
if other players ask.

4. During a match, players

must make the exact sound
that an animal’s owner
assigned it. However, if you
would like to simplify the game,
you can allow players to make
any animal sound that correctly
identifies the animal in the
barn. For example, a dog could
be identified by “woof,” “bow­ wow,” or “arf.”

5. If a match is missed and a third

matching card is played, only
the first match is allowed. The
two players involved in that

match race to make the sound
of each other’s hidden animal.

6. Because players occasionally

identify a match after additional
cards have been played, it is
possible for more than one
match to be in play at the
same time.

7. If a player is playing the last

card from his or her cards
in-hand and it results in a
match, that player must win
that match in order to win
the game.

Junior Version

SNORTA!® can be played with
younger players by simply leaving
the animals outside of the barns.
When players see that their animal
cards match, they look at the
animal in front of the player with
the matching card and make the
sound of that animal.

Family Version

For mixed ages and abilities, some
of the animals may be covered with
barns while other animals are not.
Novice players’ animals stay in the
barn, while experienced players’
animals are outside.

CONFORMS TO THE SAFETY REQUIREMENTS OF ASTM F963.

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N1390-0920

N1390 – SNORTA!® RULES

FROM: TADD CALLIES (EXT. 4778)
TOY NAME: SNORTA!®
TOY #: N1390
DATE: 10.03.07
STATUS: FINAL DRAFT (INCLUDES COMMENTS FROM LEGAL; 1.24.08 –

APPROVED BY STEPHEN LAU; BRIAN TOMASIN; KEVIN MCCARRON –
ADDED DESIGNERS’ NAMES TO LEGAL BLOCK; JESSICA – CORRECTED
SPELLING ERROR; 2.5.08 – REMOVED REDUNDANT CREATOR CREDIT
FROM LEGALS, AND MOVED PARAGRAPH ABOUT MAKING SOUND OF
ANIMALS IN BARN RATHER THAN ON CARDS TO IMMEDIATELY
FOLLOWING THE EXAMPLE BECAUSE IT SEEMS TO MAKE MORE SENSE)

(LOGO)

SNORTA!®

(AGES)

Ages 8 to Adult

(NUMBER OF PLAYERS)

4-8 Players

(DURATION)

20-30 Minutes per Game

What’s in the Box

o 97 SNORTA!® Cards – 8 cards for each of the 12 animals and one Swap

Card

o 12 SNORTA!® Animals – cat, cow, dog, donkey, duck, frog, mouse, owl, pig,

rooster, sheep, and snake

o 8 SNORTA!® Barns
o Animal Grab Bag
o Quick Play Rules

The Object of SNORTA!®

In SNORTA!®, players quickly play animal cards. Those who match cards race to
make the sound of each other’s hidden animal. The first person to play all the
cards in his or her hand wins SNORTA!®

Setting Up