Jumbo & Co

Players draft animals into a personal holding pen by playing numbered animal cards from a shared hand over multiple rounds. Each round every player chooses one card from their hand and reveals simultaneously; animal interactions follow a rock–paper–scissors cycle (dogs beat cats, cats beat mice, mice beat elephants, elephants beat dogs). The unique or highest-valued card of a type captures all prey of the dominated type on the table and those played that round; ties cancel and the next-strongest resolves captures. Unclaimed animals remain on the table for later rounds. After all cards are played, players sum the values of the animals they collected; the highest total wins.

Players: 3–6 best 4
Playing time: 15 min
Age: 8+
Complexity: 1 / 5