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Year Published
2005
# of Players:
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(11 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(4 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Ark
Alternate Names
Arche Opti Mix
Frank's Ark
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Noah is tearing out his beard and the time-pressure is difficult. Clouds are gathering and the rain could come anytime. The weather forecast is not good. Meanwhile, animals are gathering before the ark.
Now, a handful of people are offering to help, but they look like gamblers and game players!
The animals slowly drag along and nothing can be said to speed them up. Fortunately, the helpers manage to keep the animals from attacking each other. And, now someone has cleverly stored 2 loads of grain with the Tyranno. His reasoning was that there was room AND the animal would not eat it as it is a meat-eater!
Now, if only the ark can be launched without capsizing...

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Components:

  • 1 set of cards
  • 85 animal figures, in 5 different colors
  • 1 yellow disc
  • 22 orange discs
  • 1 rulebook

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2 Two player variant (works with the extension)
Translation of the two player variant published by Jens Bernsdorf - http://www.spielefreun.de
2009-06-23
1 Arche opti mix speelhulpje (NL)
Player aid in Dutch
2009-05-06
4 Ark Greek Translation
.doc for RIO edition
2009-02-23
1 Concise reference sheet by hecose
Concise reference sheet for teaching the game and easy reference
2007-12-29
0 Arche_opti_mix_Regolamento_ITA.pdf
Regolamento (non ufficiale) in Italiano
2007-05-17
3 Ark_sp.doc
Traducción al español
2006-06-13
3 Ark_Rules_Hungarian.PDF
hungarian translation
2006-03-17
7 Ark.pdf
Small Quick Reference Card (business card)
2005-12-14
0 Rules Summary / Quick Reference
Rules Summary (fits on one page, front and back)
2005-12-14
19 Ark Quick Reference Sheet v1.pdf
Playing restrictions, loading restrictions, and pet restrictions in one simple 4-up reference.
2005-11-28
Statistics
User Rank: 844
Num Ratings: 808
Average Rating: 6.43
Standard Deviation: 1.20
Num Views: 29282
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Avg. Game Weight: 2.2 moreinfo
Fans: 1
Personal Comments: 371
Users Owning: 959
Users Wanting: 53
Users Trading: 47
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1301
Plays This Month: 20
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Average Rating 6.66
Average Weight 2.33
Owned 439
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For Trade 14
Wanted in Trade 11
Wishlist 13
Comments 74
Year Pub. 2006
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