Savannah Café (2001)

About this game

A fast card-based game with beautiful graphics. Each player manages 3 animals: a lion, a gazelle and an hippopotamus. The goal is to move one animal so that it reaches the bar at the top of the board. To do this, players must wisely use their action cards. The lion can eat a gazelle, the hippopotamus can make the lion go back, and the gazelle can jump very far, but not very often. A player can steal another player cards during the game, or spend one of his cards.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.2/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 7 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.