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Designed By	Christophe Boelinger
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Published By	Descartes Editeur Eurogames
Year Published	2001
# of Players:	2 − 6
User Suggested # of Players	(Not best with any number) (Not recommended with any number) (1 voter) [poll]
Playing Time	90 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	8 and up
User Suggested Ages	5 to 10 (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (2 voters) [poll]
Category	Adventure Animals
Mechanic	Action Point Allowance System Pick-up and Deliver Variable Player Powers
Primary Name	A Dog's Life
Alternate Names	Dogville So ein Hundeleben Une vie de chien
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Families

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The object of the game is for a dog to locate four bones and carry them safely back to his home. Bones tend to be found in trash cans and are sometimes given as rewards for successfully delivering newspapers to various establishments. Players must also pay close attention to their bellies as their hunger level drops with each passing round. So, finding food is also a top priority.

Life on the streets is tough as not only must players search for food and bones, but they also must fend off rival dogs and that pesky dog catcher.

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0	General 2 player?	2008-04-02	Rastak	2
1	Rules So what is the rule on dog movement?	2007-09-19	tomski	2
0	General This or walk the dogs	2007-02-18	johnnyLik...	2
5	Sessions Laying down a covering fire of piddle	2006-12-23	ccarlet1	0
0	Rules getting newspapers, remaining in restaurants	2006-10-09	arolfe	2
6	Reviews A Dog's Life - Review	2006-08-17	gschloesser	4
0	Reviews Going to the dogs and having fun along the way	2006-05-02	KrackerJack	0
0	Rules Piddle Mark Clarification	2006-02-05	craniac	2
0	Reviews A grand simulation.	2006-01-27	Kobra1	2
0	Sessions Woof-Woof	2005-08-28	angelotti	0

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Language independent charts for Struppi and Susi

English: Language independent, graphic chart of the single dog cards for a quicker appraisal of the single strengths and weaknesses of a dog. This file contains the tables for the dogs Struppi (brown) and Susi (red). German: Sprachen unabhängige, grafische Übersichtstabelle der einzelnen Hundekarten zur schnelleren Einschätzung der einzelnen Stärken und Schwächen eines Hundes. Diese Datei beinhaltet die Tabellen für die Hunde Struppi (braun) und Susi (rot).

JanMS

2007-12-05

Language independent charts for Rex (green) and Rudi (blue)

English: Language independent, graphic chart of the single dog cards for a quicker appraisal of the single strengths and weaknesses of a dog. This file contains the tables for the dogs Rex (green) and Rudi (blue). German: Sprachen unabhängige, grafische Übersichtstabelle der einzelnen Hundekarten zur schnelleren Einschätzung der einzelnen Stärken und Schwächen eines Hundes. Diese Datei beinhaltet die Tabellen für die Hunde Rex (grün) und Rudi (blau).

JanMS

2007-12-05

Language independet charts for Belle and Fritz

English: Language independent, graphic chart of the single dog cards for a quicker appraisal of the single strengths and weaknesses of a dog. This file contains the tables for the dogs Fritz (yellow) and Belle (pink). German: Sprachen unabhängige, grafische Übersichtstabelle der einzelnen Hundekarten zur schnelleren Einschätzung der einzelnen Stärken und Schwächen eines Hundes. Diese Datei beinhaltet die Tabellen für die Hunde Fritz (gelb) und Belle (rosa).

JanMS

2007-12-05

A Dog's Life.doc

A graphical analysis of each dog's strengths as well as a breakdown of each action.

rdjanssen

2006-10-18

know your dog.doc

labels for each dog laying out odds of success for various strategies

smithhemb

2006-01-31

Dog Card Statistics.xls

Analysis of Breed Stengths & Weaknesses

fizzix

2005-07-26

A Dog's Life.pdf

Corrected english rules.

fractaloon

2005-07-14

A Dog's Life.pdf

The rules in english.

fractaloon

2005-03-13

A Dog's Life House Rules V1.3.doc

Variant to clean up gameplay from the original rules.

rdbret

2004-09-24

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Board Game Rank:	4668
Num Ratings:	374
Average Rating:	5.52
Standard Deviation:	1.59
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.8
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Personal Comments:	176
Users Owning:	433
Users Wanting:	27
Users Trading:	25
Has Parts For Trade:	1
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Review and photos in French on JesWeb	http://jesweb.free.fr/critique/chien/chien.html	2002-06-17

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