Wildlife Adventure (1985)

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Designer	Wolfgang Kramer Ursula Kramer
Artist	Gerhard Schmid
Publisher	Ravensburger
Year Published	1985
# of Players	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 3, 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 players (15 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	60 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (3 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	Moderate in-game text - needs crib sheet or paste ups (6 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Family Games (8 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals Exploration Transportation
Mechanic	Point to Point Movement Route/Network Building
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Primary Name	Wildlife Adventure
Alternate Names	Abenteuer Tierwelt Grand Safari Het Grote Dierenspel Viaggio nel Mondo degli Animali
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Players guide expeditions around the world to locate endangered species. Each player gets to extend one expedition on their turn, and travel vouchers allow the player to make extra moves, place obstacles, or change their mission. The game ends when one player locates all their animals.

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Expedition
Schatzsucher (children's version)

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1985 Essener Feder winner.
1985 Grand Prix du Jouet winner.

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Grand Safari

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French edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Gerhard Schmid

Year: 1987

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Wildlife Adventure

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English first edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Gerhard Schmid

Year: 1986

Product Code: 01 152 0

Size: 11.75 x 17.00 x 2.19 inches

2.76 pounds

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Abenteuer Tierwelt

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German first edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Gerhard Schmid

Year: 1985

Product Code: 01 082 0 / 604 5 148 6

Size: 16.93 x 11.81 x 1.97 inches

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Het Grote Dierenspel

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Dutch first edition

Publisher: Ravensburger

Artist: Gerhard Schmid

Year: 1985

Product Code: 01 087 5

Size: 16.93 x 11.81 x 1.97 inches

2.87 pounds

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Wildlife Adventure - Quick Reference.pdf

1-page rules summary

delta1119

2005-06-10

Wildlife Adventure Chance Cards.pdf

Chance Card Manifest

cbrua

2003-12-28

Wildlife Adventure - Quick Reference.doc

1-page summary for quick setup & play (fits in box)

delta1119

2003-03-27

Wildlife Adventure.doc

English translation of Wildlife Adventure Rules and Cards

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2003-01-03

Wildlife Adventure - Quick Reference.doc

1-page quick reference for setup & play

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Board Game Rank:	1057
Family Game Rank:	243
Num Ratings:	393
Average Rating:	6.93
Standard Deviation:	1.31
Num Views:	35438
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.9
Fans:	7

Personal Comments:	182
Users Owning:	538
Users Wanting:	41
Users Trading:	43 [find trade matches]
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Dutch rules	http://spelarch.khbo.be/PDFspelregels/208.pdf	2011-12-10
Dutch review on speldatabase.be	http://speldatabase.be/spelinfo.php?id=208&zoekcri...	2011-12-10
German review at spielphase.de	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2010-08-01
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/a.html#abe...	2010-03-02
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-19
Le site perso de Ludo le gars (français)	http://lgimet.free.fr/GrandSafari.htm	2003-06-04