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Kangaroo box art
2009 Ranked #18,775

Kangaroo

This card-collection game has players capture kangaroos from their hands and protect the ones they have claimed. Once the deck is exhausted, guarding a collection matters as much as adding to it because the largest herd wins.

Children's Animals Children's Game Move Through Deck Set Collection

Players

3-6

Play time

Not listed

Age

5+

Complexity

1/5

Rating

5.70

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.1/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.4/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.7/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Catch the kangaroos before they bounce away! In Kangaroo the players collect kangaroos by playing cards from their hand. Once collected, the kangaroos can also be defended by playing the right card. When all the cards have been played, the player with the most kangaroos wins!

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

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

Credits

Designers

1
Reiner Knizia

Artists

1
Pekko Repo

Publishers

4
Brainbox Games Pty Ltd Piatnik Story Factory Tactic

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