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Gopher It! box art
1999 Ranked #14,034

Gopher It!

A children’s push-your-luck card game has gophers collect food sets and earn three trophies first. Revealing matching food in sequence loses the turn’s cards, while exceeding six of a type wipes out that collection.

Children's Animals Card Game Pattern Building Push Your Luck

Players

2-4

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1.05/5

Rating

5.92

Harder to teach Low interaction Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.2/5

Low interaction

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?

This children's card game is about gophers collecting their winter food supply. Each supply card shows one to three apples, carrots or nuts.

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This children's card game is about gophers collecting their winter food supply. Each supply card shows one to three apples, carrots or nuts. During their turn, the active player can uncover in sequence up to four cards from the pile. If the same kind of fruit appears one after the other, then all cards uncovered in this turn are lost for the player. Since there are only three fruit sorts, this occurs regularly, so this provides tension both for children and adults. If a player has more than six of a set, then he loses everything that he collected so far from this set. If the player has exactly six pieces of a set, the player then receives a gopher trophy in exchange for the set. The first to get his third cup wins the game. This game is not only pure gambling, but also offers tactical choices so children take part enthusiastically. The minimum age indicated by the manufacturer seems applicable as long as the child can count over six.

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
10 min
Age
5+
Complexity
1.1/5
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Credits

Designers

1
Reinhard Staupe

Artists

1
Oliver Freudenreich

Publishers

5
AMIGO Berliner Spielkarten Educa Korea Playroom Entertainment Staupe Spiele

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