If I Ran the Zoo...Con

NESFA Press · 1986

1–40120 min0+ yrs5.5 BGG5Kids

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If I Ran the Zoo...Con: The Smofcon 3 game is a simulation of organizing a WorldCon event.

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If I Ran the Zoo...Con: The Smofcon 3 game is a simulation of organizing a WorldCon event. Players form committees, perform actions, make decisions, and follow through on those decisions through the bidding, planning, and convention phases of the process using a choose-your-own-adventure style situation resolution book. By conserving goodwill, utilizing people, and balancing finances one committee will produce the most successful event and be crowned WonderCon, while the others will bear the label BlunderCon.

game anatomy

BGG rating5.5 / 10

Vibe

Kids

Play time

120 min

Players

1–40

Recommended age

0+ yrs

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If I Ran the Zoo...Con is played by 1–40 players.

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A game of If I Ran the Zoo...Con takes about 120 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)

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