zoo king It’s been a mainstay of management games for over two decades, and frankly I’m shocked and appalled that it took this long to let someone make a board game about it.
There are so many adaptations with monsters and sword-holding plastic minis, and very few for games where you can build pretty things for cute animals, so it’s great to see Treecer get the chance to do just that in an officially licensed release.
Currently on Kickstarter—where he already doubled his asking target–zoo king It is a game for 2-4 players where everyone is trying to “find the perfect balance between popularity and protection”. This means that as the zookeeper, you need to build attractions that will get people through the gates, but also make sure you work hard enough on things like breeding programs and buying/selling animals at the market.
There are also quite a few strategies involved in your construction business:
All major species (represented by 22 different Animal Meeples) have different characteristics, e.g. number of animals per enclosure tile, behavior of males, biome, tolerance towards other species, etc. It is also important to keep in mind at all times. level of happiness of each type, consisting of the following needs: (1) experience, (2) free space, (3) number of retreats, and (4) group size.
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Despite its cold premise, this is essentially a competitive game and players find the best compromise between the two key pillars and become winners. The goal is to “build the most recognizable zoo in the city” and I find it hilarious to think about this city. four in zoos. That’s a lot of zoos!
oh and I hope you like meeples because zoo king ships on 200 of these represent 34 different speciesand in the fancier version of the game these colorful and laser engraved then look great.
You can see more pictures and videos of the game On the Kickstarter page.
