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Zoowaboo

Do all ten animals fit on the raft? Vote yes and you'll have to prove it against the timer.

Ten animals want onto one raft. Everyone secretly votes yes or no on whether they'll all fit — and if the votes split, the yes-voters have to actually prove it against the sand timer. Right guess scores, wrong guess doesn't. Six rounds, two to four players.

Your guess gets physically tested, not just scoredYes-voters work as a team against the timerHalf an hour, from about five years old

Who it's for

Families and mixed groups who like estimating and then being spectacularly wrong in front of everyone.

Not for you if…

Spatial estimation is a weak spot for someone at your table — they will vote badly all game. Six rounds is the whole game, and there is little variety between them.

Vibe's take

Delicious tension: you commit to a gut feeling, then either sit back smugly or scramble to fit a giraffe onto a raft in thirty seconds.

#8,107 on BGG

of over 30,000 ranked board games

Published 2009 · 17 years ago

older than 80% of games

In 819 collections

collected more than 25% of games

2–4 players · ages 4+

Best with 4 · publisher: 5+

20–30 min

shorter than 69% of games · typical 30–90 min

Complexity: light

Explained in 5 minutes · 1.1 out of 5 · lighter than 93%

Opinions: usual spread

A normal range of ratings

Language: no text

Playable without the language

Play style: in teams