Dance of Ibexes

Dance of Ibexes, which was first released as Tanz der Hornochsen! ("Dance of the Horned Oxen") challenges players to place their ibexes/cows on the game board without being pushed over the edge.

Players start with a random assortment of numbered tiles in hand. The game board depicts multiple rows that will hold tiles, with the rows being of varying lengths and with symbols in some spaces. Draw four tiles at random, and place one in the leftmost space of each of the first four rows.

Each round, each player selects and reveals a tile at the same time. Tiles are placed on the board in order, from lowest to highest, and which row a tile is placed in is determined according to these rules:

Lowest number: If the played tile's number is lower than that of the end tile of all four rows, place this tile at the end of the row with the highest number.

Increasing number value: The number on the tile must be higher than the number on the tile that is currently the last tile in that row, but...

Smallest difference: The tile must be placed at the end of the row where there will be the smallest difference between it and the tile currently at the end of that row. All four active rows must be examined to determine which has the smallest difference.