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Carcassonne: Safari

Game ID: GID0059715
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2018
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In the standalone game Carcassonne: Safari, players go out on a safari and try to see as many animals as they can, despite these animals hiding in the bush, in the savannah, or near watering holes. Help your friends to dig out such holes and receive bonus points. Sometimes you will see animals while taking a nap under a big baobab.

Carcassonne: Safari is the fourth title in the "Carcassonne Around the World" series.

—description from the publisher

Description

In the standalone game Carcassonne: Safari, players go out on a safari and try to see as many animals as they can, despite these animals hiding in the bush, in the savannah, or near watering holes. Help your friends to dig out such holes and receive bonus points. Sometimes you will see animals while taking a nap under a big baobab.

Carcassonne: Safari is the fourth title in the "Carcassonne Around the World" series.

—description from the publisher

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Video g9SttI0rHyg Board Game Sanctuary Top 5 List at 2:41 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • retains classic Carcassonne feel while adding wildlife-based scoring layers
  • diverse scoring mechanics (animals, watering holes, jeep bonuses) add depth
  • strong table presence and theming; easy to teach for new players
Cons
  • slightly more complex than base game due to additional scoring layers
  • requires additional components and setup compared to the base game
Thematic elements
  • wildlife spotting and animal diversity
  • Africa, savannah
  • thematic twist on tile-laying with wildlife scoring and a safari context
Comparison games
  • Carcassonne (base game) with River/Abbott expansions
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Compound Scoring — score features (roads, watering holes, animals) with bonuses tied to diversity and completion
  • feature scoring with diversity — score features (roads, watering holes, animals) with bonuses tied to diversity and completion
  • perimeter/jeep scoring — jeeps and surrounding tiles provide additional scoring opportunities and strategic positioning
  • Tile Placement — place a tile on a shared map to extend features and shape the map
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Quotes (from this video)
  • The beauty of Carcassonne is in its simplicity, and the simplicity comes with some immense depth.
  • What I like about this game is in the original game you're building these roads, and you're connecting roads, but here the diversity of animals, the more escalating victory points you'll get.
  • It's so easy to set up, so easy to play. yet the challenge factor of the game is immensely satisfying and quite difficult.
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Video lmw_YehoAh8 The Dice Tower Discussion at 2:17 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
  • Host likes the animal version of Carcassonne
Cons
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Thematic elements
  • animals
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Quotes (from this video)
  • I know it has its own little like um uh you know sub cult of people who enjoy it.
  • I don't particularly like it because I think it has a very strong rich get richer.
  • If you start winning an Outpost you were going to continue winning because if your engine gets going faster than mine there's not much I can do about it.
  • But yeah this one does not This one is one I wanted to like a lot more than I did.
  • it's a good back and forth two-player game.
  • I like the theme of it a lot. Seems like most music games I play aren't very good.
  • I I find this one amusing.
  • It almost feels like you could play it randomly and have the same amount of fun, but it's a nice way to pass some time.
  • It's a great little filler.
  • I don't think a lot of people have played this one.
  • It was replaced by Nobody is Perfect, too, because they didn't get it right the first time.
  • This is what a lot of people were talking about.
  • It was one of those games that I saw a little bit of buzz and I was like, "Ooh, I'll have to play that sometime." and then never heard anything else about it.
  • I think that's just a really solid two-player game from Catalia.
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