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Party Animals box art
2004 Ranked #17,873

Party Animals

A party reaction game has players mimic animal sounds and race to respond when matching identities appear. Special cards shift identities or demand sudden gestures, while winning exchanges builds the largest card pile.

Animals Card Game Acting Race

Players

3-5

Play time

Not listed

Age

10+

Complexity

1.18/5

Rating

5.70

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 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.6/5

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 simple but hilarious party game in which players have to mimic animal sounds. At the beginning of the game, everyone is given an identity in the form of an animal and makes the corresponding sound.

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A simple but hilarious party game in which players have to mimic animal sounds. At the beginning of the game, everyone is given an identity in the form of an animal and makes the corresponding sound. Then each player is dealt a pile of cards, of which they take turns turning one face up. If two players have the same animal in front of them, they must reproduce each other's sound as quickly as possible. Whoever does this the fastest gets the other player's discard pile. There are also special cards, which make the game even more difficult. For example, players change identities during the game or they suddenly have to shake hands or hit the table quickly. Whoever has the most cards at the end of the game is the winner.

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Category

4

Mechanism

2

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All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
3–5
Best with
3
Play time
45 min
Age
10+
Complexity
1.2/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Chris Childs

Artists

1
François Bruel

Publishers

1
999 Games

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