Hippos & Crocodiles (2009)

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Board Game Rank: 3510

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Designer	Néstor Romeral Andrés
Artist	Néstor Romeral Andrés
Publisher	igGameCenter nestorgames
Year Published	2009
# of Players	2
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 2 players Recommended with 2 players (4 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	10 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	6 and up
User Suggested Ages	6 and up (5 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (7 voters) [poll]
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Subdomain	Abstract Games (11 voters) [vote]
Category	Abstract Strategy Animals
Mechanic	Tile Placement Variable Player Powers
Expansion	Buffalos
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Family	Animal: Hippopotamus Animals: Alligators / Crocodiles
Primary Name	Hippos & Crocodiles
Alternate Names	Flusspferde & Krokodile Hipopótamos y Cocodrilos Hippos & Crocs Hippos and Crocs
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HIPPOS AND CROCODILES is a board game for 2 players designed by Néstor Romeral Andrés in 2007. It takes 10 minutes to play.

The object of the game is to fill up the river with hippos and crocodiles. If a player can’t place a piece on the board, he loses.

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Online Play

http://www.iggamecenter.com/ - igGameCenter (real-time, bot, iPhone app)

Mobile devices

i-phone version: http://itunes.apple.com/us/app/hippos-crocs/id490086932?mt=8

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Buffalos

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I play with Hippos.

Awards

"Spanish designer of the year 2009-2010" - Córdoba games fair - Jugamos Tod@s

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0	Hippos & Crocodiles Demo video of Hippos & Crocodiles	English	n_r_a	2
4	Hippos & Crocodiles [Video Review] Hippos & Crocodiles	English	TomVasel	0

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6	News Hippos & Crocodiles on iPhone!	2011-12-21	artyomch	1
3	General 4-way orientable, 90 degree reflection symmetry, decominoes with tessellation patterns	2011-10-19	Mingy Jongo	1
14	News The Hippo-Crocco-Botto contest!	2011-05-09	n_r_a	7
1	News Something will happen on May the 10th	2011-05-06	n_r_a	7
3	News igGameCenter bot that plays Hippos & Crocodiles!	2011-05-06	n_r_a	0
11	Reviews Could you park your crocodile a bit to the left? Tessellation in the Dark Continent	2010-08-28	thepackrat	0
12	Sessions A bit like Ubongo, but more African. A great 2-player abstract	2010-07-28	thepackrat	0
13	News Expansion contest [Page 1,2,3]	2009-12-25	n_r_a	62
2	General Availability in US?	2009-11-21	wheels4he...	2
4	General Statistics	2009-11-19	n_r_a	4

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2	Buffalos Variants More Shapes to Consider	2011-11-04	Astrobot7000	8
10	Buffalos General Buffalos contest. Win GG. CLOSED. Winner announced. [Page 1,2]	2010-12-15	n_r_a	31
4	Buffalos Reviews Is it a croc? Is it a 'plane? No, it's a Buffalo!	2010-08-29	thepackrat	0
5	Buffalos Sessions Can you even spin a Buffalo? Giving Buffalos a spin anyway.	2010-07-31	thepackrat	0
4	Buffalos Rules 2-player games with buffalos	2010-03-29	n_r_a	2
2	Buffalos News January 2010	2009-12-31	n_r_a	6

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Portuguese translation by Rodrigo Exterckötter Tjäder

n_r_a

2010-04-29

Hippos & crocodiles - Dutch Rules

Dutch translation of the Rules Nederlandse vertaling van de spelregels

stofke

2009-12-18

Hippos & Crocodiles - Cyberboard Version

Hippos & Crocodiles Cyberboard Gamebox & Scenario file. [imageid=561643medium] [b]See my [url=http://www.boardgamegeek.com/geeklist/18537/my-cyberboard-conversions]Geeklist Here[/url] for all my other Cyberboard Conversions.[/b] Don't forget to Thumb!

zombiegod

2009-09-13

HIPPOS & CROCODILES regeln Deutsch

HIPPOS & CROCODILES regeln Deutsch (NESTORGAMES)

n_r_a

2009-07-30

HIPPOS & CROCODILES reglas en español

HIPPOS & CROCODILES reglas en español por NESTORGAMES

n_r_a

2009-07-30

HIPPOS & CROCODILES rules english

HIPPOS & CROCODILES rules in english by NESTORGAMES

n_r_a

2009-07-30

Video capture (Hippos & Crocodiles)

Video capture (Hippos & Crocodiles) NESTORGAMES

n_r_a

2009-07-28

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Board Game Rank:	3510
Abstract Games Rank:	217
Num Ratings:	58
Average Rating:	6.68
Standard Deviation:	1.68
Num Views:	12097
GeekBuddy Analysis:	Analyze
Similarly Rated:	View
Avg. Game Weight:	1.4
Fans:	8

Personal Comments:	31
Users Owning:	55
Users Wanting:	17
Users Trading:	0 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	279
Plays This Month:	0

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Buffalos

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	20
Average Rating	7.53
Average Weight	1.50

Num Owned	34
Prev. Owned	0
For Trade	0
Want in Trade	5

Wishlist	10
Comments	10
Year Published	2010

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Hippos & Crocodiles for iPhone	http://click.linksynergy.com/fs-bin/stat?id=Smq3RC...	2011-12-21
Dice Tower video review of Hippos & Crocodiles	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJo2zphhdsY	2009-11-17
Vassal module by VassalForge	http://www.vassalforge.org/index.php?option=com_do...	2009-09-29
Short demo video	http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HlU7nSQdfnw	2009-09-28
Rules in German (PDF file)	http://www.nestorgames.com/rulebooks/HIPPOS%20&%20...	2009-09-28
Rules in German	http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/de/hippocroc.html	2009-09-28
Rules in russian	http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/ru/hippocroc.html	2009-08-02
Rules in portuguese	http://www.iggamecenter.com/info/pt/hippocroc.html	2009-08-02