Groo: The Game (1997)

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Board Game Rank: 1920

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Designer	Sergio Aragonés Ken Whitman
Artist	Sergio Aragonés
Publisher	Archangel Studios
Year Published	1997
# of Players	2 − 4
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, more than 4 players (6 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence	Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet (1 voter) [poll]
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Subdomain	Thematic Games (14 voters) [vote]
Category	Card Game City Building Comic Book / Strip Fantasy
Mechanic	Dice Rolling
Expansion	Groo: The Game - Expansion Set
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Alternate Names	Groo
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In Groo: the Game, players compete to be the first to build a large town by playing 'building' cards that give them victory points. Of course, this is no picnic, hindered as it is by other players' rampaging armies and the frequent bumbling visitations of Groo the Wanderer, determined by the roll of a set of dice, which can also grant players resources with which to build and 'Groo heads' with which to damage the unfortunates who have Groo in their village. Players can also develop armies to attack other players' cities Excellent fun for the beer-and-pretzels crowd.

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Groo: The Game - Expansion Set

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Year: 1997

Size: 2-deck card box (e.g. Coloretto)

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0	Rules Rulebook Example 3: Questions on the Use of "A Fray" and "Chakaal"	2011-10-25	jollypirate	2
3	General any essential Groo reading?	2011-09-20	newuser	11
0	General looks like San Juan or something :)	2011-07-07	Neo42	4
0	General Will they ever reproduce this?	2011-04-26	MainManDe...	5
0	General Value?	2010-02-05	Groo Lover	12
2	General Protecting My Stickered Dice	2009-08-16	Yokiboy	8
1	Variants Rule change for balance	2009-05-26	FrankLJ	2
1	General Microbadge now available!	2009-04-06	ScottE	3
2	General A new game. Part 2	2009-03-04	Echtalion	0
5	General Sacrilege or not?	2009-03-03	Robrob	8

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Card list with equivalences between English and Spanish names

Card list with equivalences between English and Spanish names, incluyes both basic game and expansion.

garea37

2011-04-15

Groo the Game Sequence of Play Cards

PDF file with 4 ready to print, playing card size, summary of the sequence of play. I find these handy to keep in card sleeves and hand out to each player.

RollD6

2010-02-08

Groo the Game FAQ

A FAQ written many years ago, endorsed at the time by Archangel Entertainment.

JEFF_RDG

2009-02-05

Rules in Portuguese

Rules formated to double A5, just print and fold...

DrGrayrock

2007-12-05

Groo_-_The_Game_-_Rule_Poster.pdf

Original Rule Poster

RoSKoMaNTe

2005-03-27

Groo - Card List - Corrected.doc

Corrected listing of cards for base game & expansion set (summary numbers corrected and all on one page)

cyberkev63

2004-12-07

GROO card list.doc

listing of cards for base game & expansion set

Torbin_Bequette

2004-01-31

Groo.doc

Cards in Catalan / Cartes en català

shinnosuke

2002-10-28

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Board Game Rank:	1920
Thematic Rank:	283
Num Ratings:	614
Average Rating:	6.22
Standard Deviation:	1.45
Num Views:	37868
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Avg. Game Weight:	1.5
Fans:	16

Personal Comments:	246
Users Owning:	806
Users Wanting:	72
Users Trading:	32 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	1
Want Parts In Trade:	2
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	695
Plays This Month:	5

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Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	315
Average Rating	6.56
Average Weight	1.59

Num Owned	550
Prev. Owned	46
For Trade	20
Want in Trade	31

Wishlist	35
Comments	112
Year Published	1997

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Review for Groo by the Board Game Bureau	http://www.boardgamebureau.com/Reviews/Groo.html	2011-09-07
Bruno Faidutti's ideal game library	http://www.faidutti.com/index.php?Module=ludothequ...	2004-10-19
Game review a La Tana dei Gobin	http://nuke.goblins.net/modules.php?name=Reviews&r...	2004-04-03
Review from the Game Report Online Website	http://www.gamereport.com/tgr19/groo.html	2001-11-02