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Ark (2005)

Average Rating: 6.37/10
Board Game Rank: 1175
Strategy Game Rank: 577
Family Game Rank: 323
Information
Designer
Artist
Publisher
Year Published
2005
# of Players
3 − 5
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 3 players
Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players
(19 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
8 and up
User Suggested Ages
10 and up
(4 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(8 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain
Category
Mechanic
Expansion
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Family
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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Frank's Ark
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Dutch First Edition
Publisher: PS-Games
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2006
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Ark
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Rio Grande English Edition
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2005
Product Code: UPC 655132-002820
Size: 9.50 x 6.60 x 1.20 inches
0.75 pounds
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German First Edition
Publisher: Doris & Frank
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2005
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Chinese First Edition
Publisher: Wargames Club Publishing
Artist: Doris Matthäus
Year: 2005
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1 Ark Quick reference guide French / Aide-mémoire en Francais (XLS editable version)
Basic rules + lots of useful informations about animal placement and special abilities. Includes extra mix information as well. Someone should take the time to translate it. I believe it is most likely the best sheet you can give to your friend for his first few games! If you find errors, please let me know Fits 2 times in a 8.5 x 11
2009-10-23
2 Ark Quick reference guide French / Aide-mémoire en Francais (JPG version)
Basic rules + lots of useful informations about animal placement and special abilities. Includes extra mix information as well. Someone should take the time to translate it. I believe it is most likely the best sheet you can give to your friend for his first few games! If you find errors, please let me know
2009-10-23
7 Two player variant (works with the extension)
Translation of the two player variant published by Jens Bernsdorf - http://www.spielefreun.de
2009-06-23
2 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
minor updates
2007-12-29
0 Arche_opti_mix_Regolamento_ITA.pdf
Regolamento (non ufficiale) in Italiano
2007-05-17
6 Ark_sp.doc
Traducción al español
2006-06-13
3 Ark_Rules_Hungarian.PDF
hungarian translation
2006-03-17
10 Ark.pdf
Small Quick Reference Card (business card)
2005-12-14
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1175
Strategy Game Rank: 577
Family Game Rank: 323
Num Ratings: 1043
Average Rating: 6.37
Standard Deviation: 1.20
Num Views: 48692
GeekBuddy Analysis: Analyze
Similarly Rated: View
Avg. Game Weight: 2.2
Fans: 5
Personal Comments: 443
Users Owning: 1290
Users Wanting: 56
Users Trading: 81 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade: 0
Want Parts In Trade: 0
Price History: View
Total Plays: 1743
Plays This Month: 4
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Num Ratings 195
Average Rating 6.59
Average Weight 2.25
Num Owned 609
Prev. Owned 38
For Trade 34
Want in Trade 9
Wishlist 19
Comments 95
Year Published 2006
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