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2017 Ranked #20,071

Food Chain

This simultaneous prediction game has players reveal animals, anticipate rivals’ choices, and collect opposing cards as points. Each animal defeats another in the chain, so choosing the right counter can capture a full round or lose it.

Animals Card Game Simultaneous Action Selection Hand Management

Players

3-6

Play time

15-30 min

Age

8+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.68

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 3.8/5

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?

Food Chain brings all the animals to the yard! The birds like the worms, the dogs scare the cats, and the fleas LOVE the dogs!

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Food Chain brings all the animals to the yard! The birds like the worms, the dogs scare the cats, and the fleas LOVE the dogs! Anticipate which animals your opponents will play and counter with the right animals to be at the top of the food chain! Everyone has a set of animals: worms, birds, cats, dogs, and fleas. Each turn, you try to guess what the other players are going to reveal, and hope that you pick something higher in the food chain than them. If you do, you claim their cards as points, but if something is higher than you, they collect your cards from the round. An exciting game of prediction and prey!

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3
Play time
15–30 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.0/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Kevin G. Nunn

Artists

1
Klemens Franz

Publishers

2
AMIGO Mayfair Games

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