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Best with 4 players
Recommended with 3, 4, 5 players
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6 and up
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Each player uses small, large, wild, and exotic animals and their young to try to attract as many visitors as possible to their zoo. But be careful - the zoo must be carefully planned. Before you know it, you have too many animals and no more room for them. That brings minus points! Luckily, your zoo can expand. A zoo of a family game in which less is sometimes more...
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(German, english, dutch, hungarian, spanish, swedish)
(German, english)
15d 23h 32m
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18d 14h 5m
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22d 18h 37m
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8d 13h 57m
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15d 19h 31m
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23d 9h 26m
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10d 13h 29m
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1d 23h 28m
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25d 20h 17m
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13d 11h 23m
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Awards
2012 Recommendation Game by Game
2011 Recommendation Game by Game
2010 Recommendation Game by Game
2009 PocketGamer Silver Award (iPhone)
2009 Recommendation Game by Game
2008 JoTa - Children Game of the Year
2008 Nederlandse Spellenprijs Nominee.
2008 Games 100 Nominee, Best Family Game .
2008 Australian Games Association Winner, Game of the Year .
2008 Boardgame Australia Finalist, Best International Game .
2008 Recommendation The Book Of Games
2007 The Dice Tower Winner, Best Family Game and Nominee, Best Game of the Year
2007 Spiel des Jahres Winner.
2007 Spiel gut Winner.
2007 Boardgameratings.com Recommended Family Game.
2007 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Winner, Best Family Game and Best Children's Game .
2007 Australian Games Association Game and Puzzle of the Year Winner
2007 Schweizer Spielepreis 2nd Place, Family Game .
2007 Japanese Boardgame Prize Winner, Best Foreign Game for Beginners .
2007 Japanese Boardgame Prize Shortlist, Best Advanced Game .
2007 Deutscher Spiele Preis 5th Place.
2007 Meeples Choice Award Nominee.
2007 Vuoden Perhepeli (Game of the Year, Finland) Finalist.
2007 Spieleblitzlicht Winner.
2007 Bochumer Spieleliste Winner.
2007 Recommedation Suisse Toy Award Winner.
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Components:
16 Round Offspring Tiles (2 x 8 Animals)
112 Square Tiles:
88 Animal Tiles (11 x 8 Animals)
12 Vending Stalls (3 x 4 Types)
12 Coin Tiles
5 Zoo Boards
5 Expansion Boards
5 Delivery Trucks
30 Coins
1 Round Wooden Disc
5 Summary Cards
1 Rule Booklet
1 Pouch
This game includes the following animals:
Panda
Flamingo
Zebra
Leopard
Kangaroo
Elephant
Chimpanzee
Camel
iPhone Play
Burgers' Zoo
Publisher: 999 Games
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
Dutch
Release Date: Apr 2008
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Zooloretto
Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE
Artist: Design/Main
Year: 2007
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
German
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Zooloretto
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German second edition with Spiel des Jahres mark
Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE
Artist: Design/Main
Year: 2007
Product Code: 03071
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
German
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Zooloretto
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Design/Main
Year: 2007
Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)
English, French
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Zooloretto
Publisher: Rio Grande Games
Artist: Design/Main
Year: 2007
Product Code: 320
Size: 11.69 x 11.69 x 2.83 inches
English, French
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Recommendations
2
Extra Okapi tiles
Custom Okapi tiles and backs for Zooloretto
2012-04-19
3
Extra Hippo Tiles
Custom Hippo tiles and backs for Zooloretto
2012-04-19
2
Zooloretto Post Card Expansions
Added extra comment to Chameleon to explicitly state it is not a Post Card Expansion.
Also didn't realize size of file. Used different software to compress.
2012-03-04
20
Mini Expansions, Completely Collected, Slightly Customized
Updated version, including the Octopus, Lucky Pig, and Gift! This now spans 2 pages, with 5 animals per page. I've added nicer formatting. The animals are now on the right side, and sized closer to the originals.
2010-07-19
2
Zooloretto postcard expansions Korean Rulebook
It contains rules for the followings:
Polar Bear (2007)
The Gorilla (2008)
The Reindeer (2008)
King K. (2009)
Grizzly (2009)
Christmas Tree (2009)
Iberian Lynx (2010)
Octopus (2010)
Pig of luck (2010)
Christmas Gift (2010)
2010-04-27
10
Zooloretto (Russian)
Правила игры на русском языке
2010-04-16
7
Quick Start - Zooloretto
Summary of the rules to refresh your memory and get you and your game group up and playing faster.
2010-03-21
2
zooloretto greek rules summary-clarifications
zooloretto greek rules summary and clarifications (text only)
perilipsi kanonwn kai epeksigiseis sta ellinika (mono keimeno)
2010-01-23
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SoloPlay_Zooloretto_v1.pdf
File contains rules to play Zooloretto in a solo environment. None of the expansions were tested with this variant. The game can be tailored to fit the style that you would like to play from casual to expert.
For more solo game variants and a discussion about this game's design click the following link: ([url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/thread/481432]Zooloretto SoloPlay Design[/url])
2010-01-06
6
Zooloretto/Aquaretto 6 Player Variant
A 3 team variant for playing Zooloretto & Aquaretto from Michael Schacht's Zooloretto newsletter.
2009-12-02
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