I’m always on the lookout for good “cute animal” games, since my daughter is more likely to want to play such games with me.
She is very adamant that those animals must not be hurt in any way during the game, however abstractedly it may occur. I’m happy to report that no animals are harmed in the playing of Arctic from Ludonaute, a set collection game for 2-4 players, with a play time of 10 minutes per player.
The deck of cards is divided into four sets and each player is dealt three cards, then six cards are placed faceup on the table to create what is called “the river”.
A numbered track of six “Landscape” cards is also placed above the river, then six animal tokens are placed on the three space of this track.
Players are given a secret Animal Totem tile which will correlate with one of the animal tokens on the landscape. During the game, players will take turns playing cards from their hand, faceup, one on top of another, to their personal score pile.