Widlife Rescue - The Endangered Animals Game
Players: 2 - 6
Ages: 7 - adult
Children as young as 4 years can play the basic game with adult supervision.
Duration: 30 mins
Price: £9.99
"We use this game in the board games clubs we run for schools. It is really liked by children and adults. A great family game with educational value."
Nigel Scarfe, founder, Imagination Gaming.
"The great thing about the game is it's easy to pick up and the game is played in its box so it can be played anywhere."
Camping and Caravanning Magazine, July 2008.
"It is very entertaining, comes in a compact package, and ten percent of profits go to charity, so you're supporting a good cause too."
Which Motorcaravan Magazine, July 2008.
An example wildlife card. The animal symbol on the card is also found on the dice.
Don't let it be the last roll of the dice for eight endangered animals
In Wildlife Rescue players take the role of conservation officers and aim to save as many endangered species for their zoos as possible. The objective of the game is to collect the highest scoring hand of wildlife cards, which are obtained by rolling six wildlife dice.
Each die contains animal symbols, representing the eight critically endangered species featured on the wildlife cards. The eight species featured are: dama gazelle, Ceylon rose butterfly, harlequin mantella frog, Rodrigues fruit bat, mountain gorilla, California condor, Amur leopard and Javan rhinoceros.
On a turn, a player aims to obtain at least three symbols of the same species on the wildlife dice - if this is achieved within three throws then the player takes the appropriate wildlife card, each having a different points value depending on the relative difficulty of obtaining that species in the game. Players score a bonus if they collect the three species wanted by their zoo and can also take a wildlife card from an opponent using a zoo transer card. The game is simple to learn - the six rules fit onto a playing card. Yet despite its elegant simplicity there is a surprising tactical depth to Wildlife Rescue.
Tactics revolve around understanding that not all the species have the same odds of being collected in the game. A Javan rhinoceros is much less likely to be collected on a turn than a Ceylon rose butterfly, for example. Details on the game tactics can be found in our Playing To Win guide. However, a child of four can enjoy rolling the unique dice simply trying to obtain a favourite animal.
Educational and Topical
Each card contains interesting information on an endangered spieces. A good rule variation is for a player to read out a category of information each time a wildlife card is collected.
Contents
A game of Wildlife Rescue comprises the following:
1 dice arena (box bottom)
1 info book (including information on endangered species)
6 wildlife dice
See home page for a close-up of two of these beautiful and unique dice
18 wildlife cards
1 x Javan rhino, 2 x Amur Leopard, 2 x California Condor, 3 x Mountain Gorilla
2 x Rodrigues Fruit Bat, 3 x Harlequin frog, 2 x Ceylon Rose, 3 x Dama Gazelle
6 zoo transfer cards
6 zoo collection cards
1 score card
1 rules card