Charly (2010)

About this game

The game comes with: - Plastic honey drops of which each players gets 15 at the beginning of the game - Cards with one or more animals (dogs, monkeys, rabbits, mice and pigs) - Cards with the animals favourite food on them Except for the pigs, all animals are quite choosy and will only eat their favourite food. Pigs can be used to steal opponents food. Game-play has two phases: First, each player is dealt some random animal cards and tries to optimize his hand by discarding and drawing new cards. Then each player must feed all his animals. If a player doesn't have enough food, he has to substitute honey drops to console his animals. The game ends when there's no food left. Whoever has the most honey drops left wins.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 6.
• Rules load. At 1.4/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 6 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.