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Belly Bashimi is definitely not the sort of game we would usually select in a toy shop. We tend to lean toward the sit down board game when we are looking for something we can all play together. Belly Bashimi is definitely NOT that sort of a game
Moose was instantly drawn to the game as soon as he saw the box. Adorning the front of it is an illustration of a Japanese Sumo wrestler – cue plenty of questions about what that was and a couple of YouTube videos when, frankly, I realised I know precious little about Sumo.
What’s in the box?
Inside the Belly Bashimi box you will find instructions, sushi counters, a spinner, two inflatable bellies and a foam ring to put together. The bellies can deflate and the foam ring comes apart so that it can be packed back into the box when finished.
How do you play it?
The very first thing you need to do is to connect the foam tubes together to form a ring. This is really simple and I recommend getting a child to do it. It will help with their coordination (probably).
Next you need to scatter the sushi counters inside the ring. I have illustrated what I mean with a pic but frankly the house was a tip so I made the ring smaller. So, yeah,like this, but bigger. Make sure the counters are face up.
The Bellies come with an elasticated strap which fixes with velcro. We found this to be slightly problematic for the younger ones as the straps are all a little long. We got around this by having them hold their bellies in place. They didn’t seem to mind.
When your bellies are in place it’s time to play. Player 1 spins first. Wherever the spinner lands, that indicates where the players feet should be placed. Then you have to bounce the other players belly to knock them out of the “ring”. It’s best of 3 to find the Belly Bashimi champion.
What did we think?
Well it was definitely something new for us. It was great fun though! I think it will be a great game for Moose to play with his cousins – the trouble we had was that nobody was the same height as Moose so it made it a bit difficult.
Belly Bashimi was quick to set up and easy to play. Moose loved it and we will definitely be getting out on rainy days!
Belly Bashimini is available at Very and other retailers.
