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Australian Menagerie box art
1999 Ranked #21,606

Australian Menagerie

A wildlife collection game has players gather animal cards for habitats in their nature reserves to score each hand. Threats can damage rival habitats in the advanced game, while the first player or team to one hundred points wins.

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Players

2-3

Play time

Not listed

Age

6+

Complexity

1.13/5

Rating

5.55

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

A competitive game of chance and strategy which highlights the diverse range of Australia's wildlife and habitats.

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A competitive game of chance and strategy which highlights the diverse range of Australia's wildlife and habitats. The aim is to collect as many animal cards as you can for each habitat of your nature reserve You score points for each animal card you have in your nature reserve at the end of each hand. The first player, or team to gain 100 points wins the game. There is the second level of difficulty, where players can cast threats on other player's habitants, e.g. fire, pollution, feral animals.. And can protect their habitants from threats.

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Play and group

Players
2–3
Best with
2
Play time
10 min
Age
6+
Complexity
1.1/5
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Credits

Designers

2
Pat Darlington Dan Nicholls

Publishers

1
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