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Galapa Go

Galapa Go

MJ Games · 2011
2–615 min8+ yrs1.5/5 complexity5.5 BGG#26.392 BGG283PartyFamily
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How do you play Galapa Go?

In Galapa Go! (aka Kroko Togo), players have come across a newly discovered island teeming with animals both normal and not-so-normal. To be honest, they're mutants - animals with a giraffe body and alligator head.

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Galapa Go box art
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In Galapa Go! (aka Kroko Togo), players have come across a newly discovered island teeming with animals both normal and not-so-normal. To be honest, they're mutants - animals with a giraffe body and alligator head. That kind of thing. Hunters are preparing to descend on the island to take home a few trophy animals, so it's up to you to save as many animals as you can. Save more than anyone else, and you win the game.

The game includes a deck of 30 animal cards – each showing one or two animals of the normal or mutant variety – along with 48 criteria cards and 18 special cards. Fifteen animals are laid out face-up on the table, then a player turns over a criteria card that shows animal-claiming restrictions (e.g., you cannot claim an animal card showing any part of a lion) or requirements (e.g. you can claim only those animal cards showing a blue starfish and a giraffe).

Each player has a color-coded island card, and once the criteria card is revealed, everyone races to slam their island card on an appropriate animal. Once everyone has done so or passed, they claim the card if it meets the criteria or lose a previously-claimed card if it doesn't.

Once most of the animals have been claimed, the second set of 15 animal cards is added to the table. Once at most one animal card is on the table, the game ends.

Galapa Go! contains two variants, one in which two criteria cards are revealed each round with animals being claimable only if they match both criteria cards, and a second in which the special criteria cards are shuffled into the deck at the start of play. These cards include conditions like claiming a non-mutant animal or claiming the animal that appears most or least frequently in play.

game anatomy
Complexity1.5 / 5
BGG rating5.5 / 10
Vibe
PartyFamily
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
15 min
Players
2–6
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#26.392
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Q3How do you play Galapa Go?
Galapa Go is a animals game, for 2–6 players, taking ~15 minutes, featuring pattern recognition. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Galapa Go — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Galapa Go support?
Galapa Go is played by 2–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Galapa Go take?
A game of Galapa Go takes about 15 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Galapa Go for?
Galapa Go is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is Galapa Go?
Galapa Go has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.5 out of 5.
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