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2022 Ranked #16,688

Alien Petshop

A dice-placement and set-collection game has shopkeepers gather pets, hire workers, mutate creatures, and earn awards. Dangerous animals can create pests, slime, or fire, so running the most valuable shop requires careful care.

Card Game Dice Set Collection Worker Placement with Dice Workers

Players

2-4

Play time

30-90 min

Age

11+

Complexity

1.5/5

Rating

7.39

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Alien Petshop is a light, dice placement and set collection game for 2 to 4 players. In Alien Petshop, players compete to run the most efficient shop.

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Alien Petshop is a light, dice placement and set collection game for 2 to 4 players. In Alien Petshop, players compete to run the most efficient shop. Gather cute, exotic, and even dangerous pets from across the galaxy. Be careful with dangerous pets as they can overwhelm your shop with pests, slime, or fire!! Hire workers to care for your pets, sell goods, and even mutate your pets into the ultimate designer pets! Collect sets of pets to earn awards worth Victory Points. Money you have at the end of the game, plus the value of your awards determines your pet shop value and the winner! —description from the designer

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2
Play time
30–90 min
Age
11+
Complexity
1.5/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Gregory Grimsby

Artists

1
Gregory Grimsby

Publishers

1
(Self-Published)

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