1999 · Card Game
Frank's Zoo
Players compete over several hands to be the first to empty their hands, earning points based on the order they go out. The game is a climbing-style card game where cards depict animals with rank relationships: each animal can be driven off only by specific other animals. On a turn a player leads any number of identical-animal cards, and subsequent players must either beat that set with a larger set of the same animal or an equal-sized set of an animal that scares the led animal. Hands can be played with fixed seating or rotating partners, and bonus points are awarded for collecting lions and a hedgehog.
- Players
- 3–7 best 4
- Playing time
- 60 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 1.5 / 5
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Full stats in Ludoya- 17
- Plays logged
- 42
- Players
- 38m 24s
- Average play
- 15
- In collections
5.8/10
from 4 Ludoya reviews
Tom4.6 An okay ladder climbing game, doesn't really grab us, though. Substituting animals for numbers doesn't work as well as you might think.
Free, on web, Android and iOS
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