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Zooloretto

Game ID: GID0399348
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Description

In Zooloretto, each player uses small, large, wild, and exotic animals and their young to try to attract as many visitors as possible to their zoo – but be careful! The zoo must be carefully planned as before you know it, you might have too many animals and no more room for them. That brings minus points! Luckily, your zoo can expand. A zoo of a family game in which less is sometimes more...

Can be combined with

Aquaretto
Zooloretto Mini

Year Published
2007
Transcript Analysis
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • family-friendly, accessible
  • compact play area with charming components
Cons
  • some players may find it lighter or more luck-driven
Thematic elements
  • family-friendly zoo building
  • zoo management and animal acquisition
  • light, theme-saturated with cute animal icons
Comparison games
  • Carcassonne
  • Ticket to Ride
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • set collection — players collect animals and arrange enclosures for scoring
  • set_collection — players collect animals and arrange enclosures for scoring
  • tile placement — placing animal tiles into exhibits across the zoo
  • tile_placement — placing animal tiles into exhibits across the zoo
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Quotes (from this video)
  • the biggest one ever in the history of the modern board gaming possibly the biggest one ever
  • Ticket to Ride is a hand management game that's what it is
  • Dominion... it's the deck building game
  • Bear Park feeling
  • it's essentially root building right it's a root building game, much like Ticket to Ride in some way
  • Treat yourself
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