Aquaretto (2008)

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Designer	Michael Schacht
Artist	Design/Main
Publisher	ABACUSSPIELE Playgo Ltd (HK) Rio Grande Games
Year Published	2008
# of Players	2 − 5
User Suggested # of Players	Best with 4 players Recommended with 2, 3, 4, 5 players (41 voters) [poll]
Playing Time	45 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages	10 and up
User Suggested Ages	8 and up (16 voters) [poll]
Language Dependence	No necessary in-game text (22 voters) [poll]
Honors	2008 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee 2008 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2008 Kinderspielexperten "8-to-13-year-olds" Nominee 2009 Boardgames Australia Awards Best International Game Nominee 2009 Golden Geek Best Children's Board Game Nominee Show More »
Subdomain	Family Games (39 voters) [vote]
Category	Animals
Mechanic	Set Collection Tile Placement
Expansion	Aquaretto: The Training Camp Aquaretto: The Trains Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Zooloretto - Octopus Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2 Zooloretto XXL Show More »
Expands	Zooloretto
Family	Coloretto Series
Primary Name	Aquaretto
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"The special thing about Aquaretto is, that it is on one hand a separate game and on the other hand an expansion for Zooloretto.

The combination of both leads to a bigger and more ambitious gameplay.

In Aquaretto the players can find the typical gameplay of Zooloretto but also have to find new tactics to win the game." --from Michael Schacht's website

As in Zooloretto, the player who accumulates the most victory points throughout the course of the game is the winner.

Can be combined with:

Zooloretto

It is also playable without the base game.

Expanded by:

Trainings Camp (Postcard)
Zooloretto XXL (including some bonus material for Aquaretto)
The Trains (from the second set of Rio Grande mini expansions for Zooloretto)
Three Coworker Tiles (from the second set of Rio Grande mini expansions for Zooloretto)

Home Page & Newsletter:

www.zooloretto.com

(German, english, dutch, hungarian, spanish, swedish)

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Awards

2010 Hungarian Boardgame Prize Nominee
2009 Games 100 Nominee, Best Family Game.
2009 Recommendation, Game by Game
2008 Kinderspielexperten Winner, Category II (8-13 year olds).
2008 BoardGameGeek Golden Geek Nominee, Best Family Game and Best Children's Game.

Home Page: http://michaelschacht.net/zooUS.html (english)
Home Page: http://www.zooloretto.com (german)

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Aquaretto

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Rio Grande Games edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE, Rio Grande Games

Artist: Design/Main

Year: 2008

Product Code: RIO360

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

2.30 pounds

English, French

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Aquaretto

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Abacus Edition

Publisher: ABACUSSPIELE

Artist: Design/Main

Year: 2007

Size: Medium Square (e.g. Ticket to Ride)

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4	Reviews Aquaretto Review	2012-05-08	vmp0514	0
14	Sessions Coins. Like in Real Life.	2012-03-26	TaleSpinner	2
6	Reviews Review: Aquaretto	2012-03-05	aldaryn	3
0	Rules Trainers and baby animals	2011-08-28	Ackbar117	2
1	General Is Aquarretto more scalable to 2 players than Zooloretto?	2011-07-23	fardoche	3
3	Reviews Radar Review: Aquaretto is great light game, made deeper by the Coworker Tiles	2011-06-09	tathta	2
18	Reviews Small Changes, Big Difference (Unboxed Review)	2011-02-08	The Duke BGG	5
1	General Too light?	2011-01-01	Nekau	5
11	Reviews My first game review, take one-Aquaretto	2010-11-13	bmwrider	2
1	General High Score?	2010-09-12	jabooty3	2

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0	Zooloretto XXL General point scoring question	2011-10-21	exparrot	2
0	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Variants Homebrew Coworker Expansion	2011-08-10	tathta	0
4	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Reviews Radar Review: Aquaretto is great light game, made deeper by the Coworker Tiles	2011-06-09	tathta	0
5	Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2 Reviews A Review of Rio Grande Expansion pack #2 for Aquaretto	2011-04-19	vazquezramos	2
4	Zooloretto - Octopus Strategy Of course I am going to win.	2011-01-26	timstellmach	8
3	Zooloretto - Octopus General Octopus download available	2010-10-30	GeoMan	3
2	Zooloretto XXL General Is XXL Worth It?	2010-06-30	RedArmyIan	6
1	Aquaretto: The Trains Rules Placement of Trains	2010-06-10	jabooty3	5
15	Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles Reviews A review of Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles	2010-04-27	vazquezramos	0
0	Zooloretto XXL Rules Adding Zooloretto XXL	2010-03-12	Zugli	3

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Cheatsheet for base game & three coworker tiles

This is a cheatsheet that summarizes all the game rules, including brief descriptions of each money action and coworker placement. It's designed to be printed and then glued into a quarter of a letter sized page (double-sided). This is the cheatsheet that I use when playing :)

tathta

2011-03-29

Cheat Sheet for Beginners

This cheat sheet is intended for beginners. It includes a lot of information, broken into five headings: Game Play, Animal Placement Rules, Money Actions, Worker Placement and Scoring. 2 copies fit on one legal size piece of paper. The print is fairly large, because I used this cheatsheet when playing with the inlaws.

tathta

2011-03-29

Aquaretto player aid

One-page WORD cheatsheet for key features of play.

debwentworth

2011-03-02

Aquretto rules in hungarian

MicroSoft Word format

csabull

2010-11-02

Scoring sheet for Aquaretto

Print this simple scoring sheet to help with score calculations at game end. Also helpful during the game as a reminder of how co-workers will influence players' final scores.

jouslare

2009-09-27

Manual translated in Korean

Korean Language Manual based on Original Manual artwork,

jade2e

2009-06-28

Teaching aid for Aquaretto - in Hebrew

המערך אינו הסבר ממצה של חוקי המשחק אלא אמצעי עזר לשחקן המסביר את חוקי המשחק לשחקנים חדשים

koby_shachar

2009-04-27

Aquaretto Quick Start

Rules Summary fo Aquaretto to refresh your memory and get you up and playing quickly

cowhollow

2009-04-03

Aquaretto Player Aid

Summary of turn options, species limitations/bonuses, and scoring. Prints four on single 8.5"x11" page. (v2: Revised for clarity).

pastabatman

2008-08-24

Concise reference sheet by hecose

Concise reference sheet for looking up easy-to-forget rules quickly. Useful if you haven't played the game for some time and need a refresher. Provides a summarised and structured outline to help in teaching a game.

hecose

2008-07-22

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452	The origins of my games (Michael Schacht)	2009-02-27

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Board Game Rank:	334
Family Game Rank:	47
Num Ratings:	1697
Average Rating:	7.13
Standard Deviation:	1.11
Num Views:	72989
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Avg. Game Weight:	2.1
Fans:	34

Personal Comments:	545
Users Owning:	1953
Users Wanting:	162
Users Trading:	39 [find trade matches]
Has Parts For Trade:	0
Want Parts In Trade:	0
Price History:	View
Total Plays:	3323
Plays This Month:	20

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Aquaretto: The Training Camp

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	40
Average Rating	7.27
Average Weight	1.83

Num Owned	155
Prev. Owned	18
For Trade	7
Want in Trade	19

Wishlist	28
Comments	27
Year Published	2008

Aquaretto: The Trains

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	42
Average Rating	7.16
Average Weight	2.33

Num Owned	183
Prev. Owned	17
For Trade	5
Want in Trade	11

Wishlist	22
Comments	30
Year Published	2008

Aquaretto: Three Coworker Tiles

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	48
Average Rating	7.15
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	176
Prev. Owned	16
For Trade	6
Want in Trade	10

Wishlist	21
Comments	29
Year Published	2008

Zooloretto - Octopus

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	58
Average Rating	6.90
Average Weight	1.60

Num Owned	274
Prev. Owned	11
For Trade	20
Want in Trade	27

Wishlist	32
Comments	18
Year Published	2010

Zooloretto - Rio Grande Games Expansion Pack #2

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	85
Average Rating	6.99
Average Weight	2.09

Num Owned	420
Prev. Owned	12
For Trade	3
Want in Trade	43

Wishlist	47
Comments	28
Year Published	2009

Zooloretto XXL

Rank	N/A
Num Ratings	216
Average Rating	7.03
Average Weight	2.00

Num Owned	754
Prev. Owned	24
For Trade	9
Want in Trade	80

Wishlist	127
Comments	65
Year Published	2008

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Czech review of Aquaretto on DeskoveHry.com	http://www.deskovehry.com/s-pribehem/751/recenze-a...	2012-05-10
French rules	http://zooloretto.com/p/aquarF.pdf	2012-04-09
English rules	http://zooloretto.com/p/aquarUS.pdf	2012-04-09
German rules	http://zooloretto.com/p/aquarD.pdf	2012-04-09
Dutch rules	http://zooloretto.com/p/aquarNL.pdf	2012-04-09
German review - spieletest.at	http://www.spieletest.at/spiel.php?ID=2091	2012-03-11
German review - Spiele-Check	http://www.spiele-check.de/review/4295-Aquaretto.h...	2012-03-11
German review - Spiele-Akademie	http://www.spiele-akademie.de/aquaretto/	2012-03-11
German review - Ratgeberspiel	http://www.ratgeberspiel.de/spielwelt/spieltests/b...	2012-03-11
German review - Pöppelkiste	http://www.poeppelkiste.de/frame/frame.htm?/gutesp...	2012-03-11