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Kariba

#84732BGG ↗

2010 · 2-4 players · 15min · weight 1.06 · 2,681 ratings

v2 v3

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ID
84732
Name
Kariba
Year
2010
Rank
5355
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
15
Min playtime
15
Max playtime
15
Avg weight
1.0588
Num weights
85
Bayes avg
6.28158
Average
7.01958
Users rated
2681
Num owned
5971
Wanting
81
Wishing
548
Num comments
499
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:22:17 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (2)
Hand ManagementRock-Paper-Scissors
Categories (2)
Card GameChildren's Game
Description (1027 chars)

All animals are thirsty after an adventurous day in the savannah, so they've all trekked to the drinking grounds. Every animal wants to be the first to drink, but watch out! The elephant scares the rhino, the rhino scares the ostrich, and the ostrich scares the zebra. Anything can happen... The mice might even scare the elephant! The player who scares away the most animals wins. To set up Kariba, shuffle the cards and deal five to each player, placing the remainder face down as a deck. Place the game board in the center of the table. During a round, a player lays down one or more cards of the same animal, placing the cards in the corresponding position (1-9) around the lake. If at least 3 cards of the same animal are placed in front of the lake, then these animals scare weaker animal(s) (closest lower number) while they are drinking. The player picks all the cards from the weaker animal off the board and puts them face down in front of her/him. Each card is worth 1 point, and whoever has the most points wins.

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).