Aquaretto (2008)

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Designer	Michael Schacht (I)
Artist	Design/Main
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Playgo Ltd (HK) Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2008
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (39 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (22 voters) [poll]
Honors	2008 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2008 Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" Nominee 2009 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee Show More »
Subdomain	Family Games (38 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals
Mechanic	Set Collection Tile Placement
Expansion	Aquaretto: The Training Camp Aquaretto: The Trains Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Zooloretto - Octopus Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2 Zooloretto XXL Show More »
Expands	Zooloretto
Family	Coloretto Series
Primary Name	Aquaretto
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"The special thing about Aquaretto is, that it is on one hand a separate game and on the other hand an expansion for Zooloretto.

The combination of both leads to a bigger and more ambitious gameplay.

In Aquaretto the players can find the typical gameplay of Zooloretto but also have to find new tactics to win the game." --from Michael Schacht's website

As in Zooloretto, the player who accumulates the most victory points throughout the course of the game is the winner.

Can be combined with:

Zooloretto

It is also playable without the base game.

Expanded by:

Trainings Camp (Postcard)
Zooloretto XXL (including some bonus material for Aquaretto)
The Trains (from the second set of Rio Grande mini expansions for Zooloretto)
Three Coworker Tiles (from the second set of Rio Grande mini expansions for Zooloretto)

Home Page & Newsletter:

www.zooloretto.com

(German, english, dutch, hungarian, spanish, swedish)

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Awards

2010 Hungarian Boardgame Prize Nominee
2009 Games 100 Nominee, Best Family Game.
2009 Recommendation, Game by Game
2008 Kinderspielexperten Winner, Category II (8-13 year olds).
2008 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Nominee, Best Family Game and Best Children's Game.

Home Page: http://michaelschacht.net/zooUS.html (english)
Home Page: http://www.zooloretto.com (german)

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Aquaretto

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Rio Grande Games edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Design/Main

Year: 2008

Product Code: RIO360

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

2.30 pounds

English, French

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Aquaretto

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Abacus Edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE

Artist: Design/Main

Year: 2007

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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Aquaretto Aquaretto Társasjáték - TULLI Webáruház

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0	Rules Trainers and baby animals	2011-08-28	Ackbar117	2
1	General Is Aquarretto more scalable to 2 players than Zooloretto?	2011-07-23	fardoche	3
3	Reviews Radar Review: Aquaretto is great light game, made deeper by the Coworker Tiles	2011-06-09	tathta	2
17	Reviews Small Changes, Big Difference (Unboxed Review)	2011-02-08	The Duke BGG	5
1	General Too light?	2011-01-01	Nekau	5
11	Reviews My first game review, take one-Aquaretto	2010-11-13	bmwrider	2
1	General High Score?	2010-09-12	jabooty3	2
1	General 3-Way Tie	2010-07-05	jabooty3	0
0	General Great Gift	2010-06-14	jabooty3	0
0	General Downloadable Expansions	2010-06-10	jabooty3	2

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0	Zooloretto XXL General point scoring question	2011-10-21	exparrot	2
0	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Variants Homebrew Coworker Expansion	2011-08-10	tathta	0
4	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Reviews Radar Review: Aquaretto is great light game, made deeper by the Coworker Tiles	2011-06-09	tathta	0
5	Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2 Reviews A Review of Rio Grande Expansion pack #2 for Aquaretto	2011-04-19	vazquezramos	1
4	Zooloretto - Octopus Strategy Of course I am going to win.	2011-01-26	timstellmach	7
3	Zooloretto - Octopus General Octopus download available	2010-10-30	GeoMan	3
2	Zooloretto XXL General Is XXL Worth It?	2010-06-30	RedArmyIan	6
1	Aquaretto: The Trains Rules Placement of Trains	2010-06-10	jabooty3	5
14	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Reviews A review of Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles	2010-04-27	vazquezramos	0
0	Zooloretto XXL Rules Adding Zooloretto XXL	2010-03-12	Zugli	3

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Cheatsheet for base game & three coworker tiles

This is a cheatsheet that summarizes all the game rules, including brief descriptions of each money action and coworker placement. It's designed to be printed and then glued into a quarter of a letter sized page (double-sided). This is the cheatsheet that I use when playing :)

tathta

2011-03-29

Cheat Sheet for Beginners

This cheat sheet is intended for beginners. It includes a lot of information, broken into five headings: Game Play, Animal Placement Rules, Money Actions, Worker Placement and Scoring. 2 copies fit on one legal size piece of paper. The print is fairly large, because I used this cheatsheet when playing with the inlaws.

tathta

2011-03-29

Aquaretto player aid

One-page WORD cheatsheet for key features of play.

debwentworth

2011-03-02

Aquretto rules in hungarian

MicroSoft Word format

csabull

2010-11-02

Scoring sheet for Aquaretto

Print this simple scoring sheet to help with score calculations at game end. Also helpful during the game as a reminder of how co-workers will influence players' final scores.

jouslare

2009-09-27

Manual translated in Korean

Korean Language Manual based on Original Manual artwork,

jade2e

2009-06-28

Teaching aid for Aquaretto - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-04-27

Aquaretto Quick Start

Rules Summary fo Aquaretto to refresh your memory and get you up and playing quickly

cowhollow

2009-04-03

Aquaretto Player Aid

Summary of turn options, species limitations/bonuses, and scoring. Prints four on single 8.5"x11" page. (v2: Revised for clarity).

pastabatman

2008-08-24

Concise reference sheet by hecose

Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.

hecose

2008-07-22

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448	The origins of my games (Michael Schacht)	2009-02-27

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Board Game Rank:	317
Family Game Rank:	48
Num Ratings:	1639
Average Rating:	7.14
Standard Deviation:	1.10
Num Views:	68524
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	30

Personal Comments:	526
Users Owning:	1861
Users Wanting:	170
Users Trading:	37 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
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Total Plays:	3180
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Aquaretto: The Training Camp

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	38
Average Rating	7.26
Average Weight	1.83

Num Owned	158
Prev. Owned	15
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	17

Wishlist	25
Comments	26
Year Published	2008

Aquaretto: The Trains

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	37
Average Rating	7.13
Average Weight	2.33

Num Owned	173
Prev. Owned	13
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	10

Wishlist	20
Comments	26
Year Published	2008

Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	43
Average Rating	7.15
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	166
Prev. Owned	12
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	9

Wishlist	20
Comments	26
Year Published	2008

Zooloretto - Octopus

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	49
Average Rating	6.84
Average Weight	1.60

Num Owned	258
Prev. Owned	8
For Trade	20
Want in Trade	26

Wishlist	25
Comments	16
Year Published	2010

Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	80
Average Rating	7.01
Average Weight	2.09

Num Owned	398
Prev. Owned	9
For Trade	4
Want in Trade	38

Wishlist	48
Comments	28
Year Published	2009

Zooloretto XXL

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	206
Average Rating	7.02
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	719
Prev. Owned	23
For Trade	12
Want in Trade	78

Wishlist	124
Comments	66
Year Published	2008

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German review - Ludoversum	http://www.ludoversum.de/cgi-bin/lv.pl?action=show...	2012-01-05
German review - Reich der Spiele	http://www.reich-der-spiele.de/kritiken/Aquaretto	2011-09-18
Russian rules	http://www.igroved.ru/games/zooloretto-series/aqua...	2010-11-11
German review at spielphase.de	http://sunsite.informatik.rwth-aachen.de/keirat/tx...	2010-09-17
Dutch user reviews on Bordspelmania.eu	http://www.bordspelmania.eu/spellen/detail/aquaret...	2010-09-08
Obsessed Board Gamers Video Review	http://www.mevio.com/episode/120651/episode-25-aqu...	2010-05-24
English Review on Spotlight on Games	http://spotlightongames.com/list/nights/a.html#aqu...	2010-03-02
Aquaretto @ michaelschacht.net	http://michaelschacht.net/flaquar0.html	2010-02-26
Reseña, Overview, Vídeos, Tutoriales y Recursos sobre el juego en español	http://fritoxjugar.netau.net/aquaretto.htm	2009-11-09
German Review on Cliquenabend	http://www.cliquenabend.de/index.php?page=spiel&ku...	2009-10-07