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Zoo Run

Free animals or race them

Zoo Run offers two games - a cooperative one in which animals need to be freed from the Zoo, and a competitive one racing the animals.

For the cooperative game Befreit die Tiere, intended for players of ages 4+, you prepare the board with path tiles, in relation to player numbers. You play rounds until all animals are freed or the zookeeper has reached the compound. In a round, you have three cards that you set down, side by side, to complete as many animals as possible. For each completed animal, you take one tile off the board, first on your cards and then into the box, this animal is freed. When all are done, the zookeeper moves one step. If he reaches the compound, the game is lost; when all animals are freed before that, the game is won by all.

For Das Rennen des Jahres, intended for players ages 6+, you select your favorite animal, set out the board with the competitive side up and put your animal on the start case. Each player receives four cards to put them together in a way that complete animals are formed. For each completed animal on your cards your animal on the board moves one step; if you completed your animal, it moves two steps and you take a crown token. Those tokens are used to decide a tie if several animals cross the finish in a round. Then you keep one card, discard three cards and draw three cards. If you are first to cross the finish line with your animal, you win.

A very rare mechanism in games for children and an excellent training for pattern recognition and pattern completion; there is even an element of tactic in the keeping of one card out of four. A very well-working game that is fun to play!

Players: 1-5

Age: 4/6+

Time: 10+

Designer: Florian Sirieix

Artist: David Tosello

Price: ca. 16 Euro

Publisher: Loki 2019

Web: www.loki-kids.com

Genre: Complete, race

Users: For children

Version: multi

Rules: de en es fr it nl

In-game text: no

Comments:

Features two games

Very rare mechanism

Animals easy to distinguish

Compares to:

First game of its kind

Other editions:

Mancalamero (it)

Chance (pink): 1

Tactic (turquoise): 1

Strategy (blue): 0

Creativity (dark blue): 0

Knowledge (yellow): 0

Memory (orange): 0

Communication (red): 2

Interaction (brown): 1

Dexterity (green): 0

Action (dark green): 0