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Overview

Be the first player to collect enough animal triplets in your zoo. A triplet is 3 cards of the same animal species placed face-up in your zoo. The number of triplets needed to win depends on the number of players:

2 players: 5 triplets 3 players: 4 triplets 4–5 players: 3 triplets

On Your Turn

On their turn, the active player draws cards one at a time from other players' hands. Each drawn card is placed face-up on the table for all to see. The player may keep drawing from any opponent (one card at a time) for as long as they wish, or stop voluntarily.

When the active player voluntarily stops drawing, all cards on the table go to their hand. They may then place up to (number of cards drawn − 2) animal cards from their hand face-up into their zoo. Special cards (Eagle, Mole, Magpie) cannot be placed in the zoo.

After the active player's turn (including any zoo placement), all other players refill their hands from the draw pile up to the hand limit (8 cards for 2 players; 7 for 3–5 players). Play then passes to the next player clockwise.

Zoo & Triplets

Each player has their own zoo where animal cards are placed face-up. Three cards of the same species in your zoo form a triplet and count as 1 point. A fourth card of the same species may be held in the zoo but does not score an additional point (it protects against the Thieving Magpie).

Card Effects

Animal Cards (Tiger, Penguin, Crocodile…)

The card is placed on the table. The active player may continue drawing or stop.

Black Sheep

The Black Sheep is immediately returned to the player it was drawn from. All other cards currently on the table go to the active player's hand. No zoo placement is allowed after a Black Sheep — the turn ends immediately and play passes to the next player.

Eagle

The Eagle is placed on the table. The active player may (optionally) ask one specific opponent for one specific animal species:

• Success: the opponent hands over that card; it goes on the table and the active player continues their turn. • Failure: the opponent doesn't have that animal. All table cards go to the active player's hand. They may still place cards in their zoo (see Zoo Placement below), then their turn ends. • The active player may also skip the Eagle without asking for anything.

Mole

The Mole is placed on the table. The active player privately sees all of the cards in the hand of the player they drew from, then may take 1 animal card (not a special card) from that hand and place it on the table. Their turn then continues.

Thieving Magpie

The Magpie is placed on the table. The active player may steal 1 card from any opponent's zoo and place it on the table. Their turn then continues.

Note: The Magpie starts beside the draw pile and only enters the game the first time a player places their 3rd distinct species in their zoo, or places a species that already exists in another player's zoo.

Winning

As soon as a player places the winning number of triplets in their zoo, the game ends and that player wins!