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Players collect animals, build exhibits, hire experts, etc. After scoring round, you will know where your zoo ranks. *groan*
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Steve Ellis
United States
Aloha
Oregon
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And this one.
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Eric
Canada
Gatineau
Quebec
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This was a hit at my son's scout camp. I also brought it and it was liked when it was raining during the Cub Scout summer camp.
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Curt Carpenter
United States
Washington
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Only played once, many years ago. I recalled liking it, sorta. But not enough to play it more apparently.
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Andrew Stingel
Australia
Cairns
Queensland
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last played on 3rd June 2010
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Chris Jachimowicz
United States
Topton
Pennsylvania
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Very Good condition. Minimal shelf wear.
Weight: 4.6 oz. Will ship via USPS Sm. Flate Rate box.
Minimum bid: $1
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Betty Egan
Canada
Kingston
Ontario
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A card game suggestion: Frank's Zoo.
How could Frank object to playing a game with his name in it 
Vaguely similar to Tichu (a favourite of ours), but an easier game to learn, the cards depict various animals. A unique game in that partnerships change with each hand.
The play time can be varied as you play until a certain number of points is reached by one player.
Link to the rules pdf: rules
A video review: video1
Another video review: video2
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King Ævil
South Euclid
Ohio
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Players try to get rid of their animal cards by playing them in order or a pseudo-food web. Decreasing numbers of points are awarded to the player who does so first, second, etc.
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ronaldinho @boardspace.net
Taiwan
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Nosnhoj Kräm
Canada
St.John's
Newfoundland
“Brothers, oh brothers, my days here are done, the Dornishman’s taken my life, But what does it matter, for all men must die, and I’ve tasted the Dornishman’s wife!”
"Oak and iron guard me well, or else I'm dead and doomed to hell." - Andal proverb.
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Ascension: Chronicle of the Godslayer + Expansion (99)
Dixit + Expansions (3)
Frank's Zoo (1)
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Pretty uneventful week. I did have a game night with two new players which meant Dixit and getting to try Frank's Zoo. Also, before most people showed up that game night we were having an epic session of partnership Crokinole about 10 rounds with the score of 45 - 65 but sadly were interrupted by people showing up and thus couldn't finish it. I don't log partial sessions.
Frank's Zoo is interesting with the changing partnerships and while it's interesting how the trick-taking works I worry that it's too light. Teaching was good in that you just teach the trick taking portion in the first round and then in the next round after people have got the trick-taking part you iuntroduce the partnership and other scoring rules (Lions/Hedgehogs). That said, it seems pretty luck based in that usually someone will win a good number of tricks in a row and then someone else will until eventually people have approximately the same number of cards and then people will start going out quickly. At 19 points, it seems like you would only get about 2 rounds of changing partnerships. I guess, you could increase the number of points needed. I guess 3 rounds seems like a nice quick game for something this light.
I need a wider diversity of gamers available to me. I have too many great games sitting here unplayed 
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Joe Pastuzyn
United States
Midland
Michigan
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Most people have played card games, so this game is an easy intro to the hobby. It has comical artwork and the instructions for what beats (eats?) an animal is on the card on the table. It's also short, but has a bit of thinkiness about it.
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S H
United States
Merrillville
Indiana
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Never played, hear it's fun. They bought a zoo!
21.5 - ALAN
18.5 - Todd
16 - Greg
13 - Brian
11 - Joe
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Gary Heidenreich
United States
Milwaukee
Wisconsin
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This is the "F" lot.
Frank's Zoo and the following filler...
Fraud Squad
and
Friesematenten
All games are opened but never played.
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Davido
United States
Mather
California
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Played at Jean and Scott's. The Hunts had to leave to tend to their cats, so Simon suggested finishing w/ this Doris illustrated filler. It reminds me a wee bit of Ark for the animals and set motifs, but it's really it's own game. I sorta got it, halfway in, but while not terribly deep, the game does take a few rounds to 'get it'.
cumulative score by rounds:
Kris: 7-7-11-13 (tiebreak, most cards)
Simon: 2-6-9-13
Sarah: 4-6-8-11
Davido: 5-8-8-8
ok, so maybe I *don't* get it... 
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Kiboko Hippo
United States
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Last played in 2007, and averaged 5 games a year from 2003-2007, and probably more often before that. This was one of the main gateway games I used for the first several years after I got it.
Verdict: Keep. It's the same size as Blindes Huhn (see above), and I obviously enjoyed it much more.
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Dan Cashmore
United States
Waltham
Massachusetts
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Rio Grande, English.
Box is a little dinged up but no splits. Cards open but all there (including the blank spares that came with the game)and in near-unplayed condition.
Starting bid $2
I'm at UG all day.
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Played with my parents. We've played this once before, a couple of months ago so they needed a quick reminder of the rules. We play the whole game with the rules for round one, so no pairing up and no special rules for hedgehogs and lions. Makes it easier for them.
Rules difficulties: They initially found it hard to remember that a mosquito combined with an elephant is no longer a mosquito, so you can't beat it with the animals that usually beat the mosquito.
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Johan L
United Kingdom
Buckinghamshire
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After Sticheln it looked like Brian, Adele, Russall, James and Torsten moved onto Zoff im Zoo.
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Rob Derrick
United States
Los Alamos
New Mexico
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Nestel’s Bestiary (6,3)
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Fabio Binder
Brazil
Curitiba
Parana
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Estado: jogado uma vez.
Idioma: Inglês, jogo independente de idioma.
Sai de Curitiba em até 7 dias após o resultado.
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Justus Pang
United States
Houston
Texas
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Purchased 1/18 as a throw-in in to get up to free shipping
I forgot to pick this up last time. But as a climbing game afficinado, I "need" to own this game. It means I will own the top 5 climbing games on the geek. With #6 as the impossible to get Lexio and #7 as the (imho) unlikable Who's the Ass, the first five is good enough.
TWS: $10
$16
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peter mumford
United States
Somerville
Massachusetts
ceci n'est pas une pipe
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Did you Amoebas all have a good Thanksgiving? And you guys in Europe, do you have a November feast?
Thanksgiving of course is always on a Thursday, which is my 18xx night. I did propose to the 18xx bunch that we meetup as usual and simply eat turkey sandwiches, but I was totally joking. Like I'd really play 18xx instead of having Thanksgiving dinner with my sweetie. Impossible.
Frank's Zoo 2x
My wife/girlfriend (same person: Adriana) and I did have a Thanksgiving dinner to go to. So I put Frank's Zoo in my jacket pocket. I can take only so much conversation. Real estate prices? Yawn. Our parents' Alzheimer's? Save me. The perfidy of the evil banks? I know, its dreadful. That's all just Real Life. I'd rather play a game.
So I ask the host's kids if they want to play a card game. This never fails to save a dull party or holiday dinner. I taught Frank's Zoo to the two shy teenagers. Their mom joined us and she won.
Later Adriana and I went to a different party. I brought out Frank's Zoo again around midnight and taught it to a second group. It makes a good late night closer. This sort of gaming is every bit as fun as an 18xx session.
Zarcana 2x.
A four way session this time. I was hoping my opponents had learned that sometimes in Zarcana you have to attack. They have learned! It ended up being a close game, and I came in second or third.
Bottle Imp 1x. Awesome game, 3 player. I came in last. I suck at these cards games anyway. And I want to play more of them.
Chess. Multiple games of chess, online at Gameknot.com at the cafe on Sunday. I'm playing one game with Out4blood, who is about to stomp me off the board.
No Few Acres of Snow this week, unfortunately.
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peter mumford
United States
Somerville
Massachusetts
ceci n'est pas une pipe
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Frank's Zoo is a perfect game to bring to folks' homes if you don't know how into games they are. Yesterday my wife and I were invited to a family thanksgiving and I knew there would be two teen agers there. Before the dinner I proposed a card game to them and then they brought in their mom and we had a fine game.
Later we went to a different party and I taught the game to a different bunch for a late night closer.
What nice about Frank's Zoo is that is scales well from 3-7 players (with 5 being optimum). Second, the easy game is pretty good, and if players can handle the partnership and advanced scoring, it makes it even batter.
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Gregory Smith
United States
Newark
California
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AND THE WINNER IS....Savagecupid
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