Very enjoyable and instructive video. I was surprised by all the tie-breaker rules but I like the idea of winning by getting the most awards. Seems a little more fun than just calling them "points".
I'm not sure I like the way the award cards work. They seem to often be mutually exclusive (ex. Most Diverse vs Best Themed) and come up at random. So, If I go for diversity and my opponent goes for matching animals, the one who gets the pay off will be determined by the sheer luck of the draw. With only three awards granting victory, each one is highly valuable, so the winner of an award likely being decided at random is too much.
Thanks for watching and for the comment! Yes, it's true that there is luck of the draw with the award order, but as you build your zoo you will need to continually position yourself in order to win as many awards as you can in order to increase your odds of being the final victor. This actually ends up being one of the favorite moments for players as they've assembled the zoo of their dreams and anxiously await to see how it plays out. It regularly will take going through most/all awards (and even some a second time) in order to get a winner! Let us know if you would like to see it in action on Tabletop Simulator! We'd be more than happy to give a quick demo.
Very enjoyable and instructive video. I was surprised by all the tie-breaker rules but I like the idea of winning by getting the most awards. Seems a little more fun than just calling them "points".
Thank you N20 Games aka Carl :)
Thank you to Meeple University and The Dice Tower for the video!
It's our pleasure!
One of my favorite games from saltcon. Happy to see it on the dice tower!
Thank you for popping by to our zoo :D
Can't wait to get this one
I'm not sure I like the way the award cards work. They seem to often be mutually exclusive (ex. Most Diverse vs Best Themed) and come up at random. So, If I go for diversity and my opponent goes for matching animals, the one who gets the pay off will be determined by the sheer luck of the draw. With only three awards granting victory, each one is highly valuable, so the winner of an award likely being decided at random is too much.
Thanks for watching and for the comment! Yes, it's true that there is luck of the draw with the award order, but as you build your zoo you will need to continually position yourself in order to win as many awards as you can in order to increase your odds of being the final victor. This actually ends up being one of the favorite moments for players as they've assembled the zoo of their dreams and anxiously await to see how it plays out. It regularly will take going through most/all awards (and even some a second time) in order to get a winner!
Let us know if you would like to see it in action on Tabletop Simulator! We'd be more than happy to give a quick demo.