All in for Abducktion
![Abducktion Game](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-2.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
This week, the kids and I learned to play Abducktion, “a weirdly strategic duck kidnapping game” we got from Timberdoodle.
![Abducktion](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-4.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
First, we tried the game out with a few friends. There was a little bit of a learning curve as we worked together to decipher the action cards and determine the most effective way to use them.
![Learning Moves](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-5.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Action cards are used to manipulate the ducks on your board in an attempt to match one of the patterns on three formation cards.
![Abducktion Spaceship](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-15.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
If you succeed in getting your ducks in formation, you get to keep that formation card, but the ducks get “beamed up” into the spaceship and the remaining ducks swim downstream.
![Abducktion](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-11.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Each action card can only be played once, but you draw replacement cards at the end of your turn for any cards you surrendered after use.
![Drawing Ducks](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-3.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
You also draw replacement ducks for any that were “abduckted” during play. The new ducks follow the old ducks on their swim downstream.
![Setting Up the Gameboards](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-13.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The tiny duckies come in a variety of colors and are super cute. But they’re also choking hazards, so you’ll want to keep them out of the reach of young children.
![Small Parts](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-7.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The game can be played by up to six players — and it’s a good thing, since the boys saw their sisters playing the game and wanted to join in the fun.
![Abducktion](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-8.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Abducktion is a thinking game, for sure. Winning requires some strong strategizing…
![Abby with Game](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-17.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
…although a lot depends on the luck of the draw, as well.
![Playing Abducktion](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-12.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The deluxe version of Abducktion Timberdoodle sells includes an “IntergalaDuck Research” expansion kit.
![Abducktion Expansion Set](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-14.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
The expansion kit makes the game even more fun, although we waited until we were comfortable (and quicker) at standard play before adding in the new elements.
![Family Game Night](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-10.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Doing so allowed for more varied and difficult formations and made strategizing even more important.
![Gabriel with Game](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-16.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
Note all the serious contemplation going on between these competitive sons of mine:
![Abducktion](https://i0.wp.com/www.flandersfamily.info/web/wp-content/uploads/2024/06/Abducktion-9.jpeg?resize=1024%2C768&ssl=1)
If your family loves boardgames as much as mine does, you’ll definitely want to give Abducktion a try. It’s such a cute concept — and unlike anything else we’ve ever played.
You can buy the deluxe edition individually through Timberdoodle or as a part of their 2024 10th Grade Curriculum Kit. Either way, I know you’re going ot love it!
And while you’re on the Timberdoodle website, I’d encourage you to look around. We love everything we’ve ever ordered from this small family-owned company!
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PLEASE NOTE: As a member of the Timberdoodle blog team, I routinely receive free or deeply discounted products in exchange for writing honest reviews. Opinions expressed in these posts are 100% my own. I’ve been a happy and enthusiastic Timberdoodle customer for decades — long before I ever started blogging for their company.