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Zooloretto Würfelspiel

Monkey or lion and where to put the Croco?

For the Game of the Year 2007 in Germany, Zooloretto, there is now the dice game based on the board game; again we must fill enclosures with animals by taking carriers. The carriers are not physically present, but are printed on the small board, three carriers on the side for two and three players, and four carriers on the side for four players. In your turn you always roll two dice taken from a total of 6, 8 or 10 dice in case of 2, 3 or 4 players; then you place the dice into carriers. You can place both dice in one carrier or put them into different carriers. There is room for three dice in each carrier. Instead of rolling two dice you can “take” a carrier. For this you take the dice from one carrier and mark the symbols on the dice on your scoring sheet; one cross for each symbol in the corresponding row, from left to right, When the row is full, you must cross off the animal in the stable, afterwards dice with that animal are void. If you are the first to complete an enclosure you get the corresponding bonus. The dice taken are out of the game for the round, the carrier can be used again for other dice. When each player has taken a carrier a new round begins. When after taking a carrier a player has only room in one enclosure the game ends at the end of the round and is scored according to the markings; the player with most points wins.

An attractive conversion of the game mechanics from board to dice, the flair of the original game was nicely preserved, albeit there being very little chance to influence something, most often the choices are obvious. You now can fill your enclosures where ever you like!

Players: 2-4

Age: 7+

Time: 20+

Designer: Michael Schacht

Artist: Design/Main

Price: ca. 11 Euro

Publisher: Abacusspiele 2012

Web: www.abacusspiele.de

Genre: Dice game based on the board game

Users: For families

Version: de

Rules: de

In-game text: no

Comments:

Practical, small box

Nice implementation of the Zooloretto mechanism

Best with four players

Short playing time, flair was kept intact

Compares to:

Zooloretto, Coloretto

Other editions:

Currently none

Chance (pink): 3

Tactic (turquoise): 3

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 0

Interaction (brown): 3

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0