Frank’s Zoo

Cards show an animal and also the animal that can beat it, for instance, elephants beat lions.  Cards are distributed and you try to be first to shed your hand. You play one or several cards of the same animal, the next player must beat or pass; you either beat with more cards of the same animal or with the same number of cards of the animal that beats the animal on the table. If it is your turn again and all have passed, you take the trick and lead. If only one player has cards in hand, the round ends and you score in order of going out = being out of cards. There are special rules for chameleons and mosquitoes. In the team version you swap cards at the start, the junior player of a team can ask for help in beating from the senior player. Teams are formed according to results of the previous rounds.

New edition; original edition at: Spiele von Doris & Frank, 2000

Card game for 3-7 players, ages 10+

Publisher: Heidelbär Games 2025

Designer: Frank Nestel

Development: Roland Goslar

Editing: Don Eskridge, Sabine Machaczek

Art: Doris Matthäus, Marina Fahrenbach, Sofia Reibel

Web: www.heidelbaer.de

Stock #: HG018E

Users: Families

Special: Many players

Version: en * Rules: de en * In-game text: no