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Designed By	Ken Whitman
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Published By	Archangel Entertainment
Year Published	1997
# of Players:	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 3, 4, more than 4 players (3 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	(no votes yet) (0 voters) [poll]
Category	Card Game City Building Comic Book/Strip Fantasy
Mechanic	Dice Rolling
Primary Name	Groo: the Game
Alternate Names	Groo
Expanded By	Show Expansions » Groo: The Card Game Expansion Set
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In Groo: the Game, players compete to be the first to build a large town. Of course, this is no picnic, hindered as it is by other players' rampaging armies and the frequent bumbling visitations of Groo the Wanderer. Excellent fun for the beer-and-pretzels crowd.

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Groo: The Card Game Expansion Set

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0	Variants Rule change for balance	2009-05-26	FrankLJ	0
0	General Microbadge now available!	2009-04-06	ScottE	3
2	General A new game. Part 2	2009-03-04	Echtalion	0
5	General Sacrilege or not?	2009-03-03	Robrob	7
1	General Lost Rules	2009-01-10	BartowWing	6
0	Rules Military Stable interpretation	2008-07-07	fraludico	1
1	General Wanting to buy or trade for this please	2008-06-21	ebridge	3
10	Reviews Groo-vey game	2008-01-20	mi_de	7
4	News A new game...	2007-11-11	Echtalion	7
3	Reviews Groo:Crítica em Português (Review in Portuguese)	2007-11-03	MGBM	2

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Groo the Game FAQ

A FAQ written many years ago, endorsed at the time by Archangel Entertainment.

JEFF_RDG

2009-02-05

Rules in Portuguese

Rules formated to double A5, just print and fold...

DrGrayrock

2007-12-05

Groo_-_The_Game_-_Rule_Poster.pdf

Original Rule Poster

RoSKoMaNTe

2005-03-27

Groo - Card List - Corrected.doc

Corrected listing of cards for base game & expansion set (summary numbers corrected and all on one page)

cyberkev63

2004-12-07

GROO card list.doc

listing of cards for base game & expansion set

Torbin_Bequette

2004-01-31

Groo.doc

Cards in Catalan / Cartes en català

shinnosuke

2002-10-28

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544	2008 Edition of Look what my Secret Santa sent me...	2008-10-29
265	Tell your fellow geeks about you favorite "Hidden Gem"	2009-01-10
229	LURKERS! BGG's top lurkers announced!	2008-05-01
144	A Season of Giving Continues: My Grand Give-Away--You Choose What to Win (Congratulations, Vinbot! You Win My Copy of The Princes of Florence)	2007-11-23
121	okay, I admit it: I love specialty dice	2007-07-16
112	Game Breakers Part I >> Rules That Wreck a Game	2005-02-18
110	Show off your Avatars !	2009-04-12
85	The Worst Game You've Ever Played	2003-03-03
82	The ChitChat Awards Nominations Geeklist	2008-08-27
79	Your Thrift Store/Bargain Finds: 22 - 28 June 2009	2009-06-22

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User Rank:	1476
Num Ratings:	510
Average Rating:	6.20
Standard Deviation:	1.45
Num Views:	19770
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	1

Personal Comments:	209
Users Owning:	607
Users Wanting:	54
Users Trading:	19
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	2
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	382
Plays This Month:	0

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Groo: The Card Game Expansion Set

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	262
Average Rating	6.60
Average Weight	1.50

Owned	418
Prev. Owned	18
For Trade	14
Wanted in Trade	19

Wishlist	32
Comments	99
Year Pub.	1997

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Review from the Game Report Online Website	http://www.gamereport.com/tgr19/groo.html	2001-11-02
Clarifications, Rulings, and Variants	http://www.gg.caltech.edu/~jeff/games/groo.html	2001-11-02
Groo the Game FAQ by Jeff Abramson	http://www.rainy-day-games.com/groo/index.html	2003-12-31
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-19
Some Rulings	http://waggle.gg.caltech.edu/~jeff/games/groo.html	2006-09-06

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