Z-Man Games announces Junggle

June 16, 2017 - 2:23am
That isn't a typo in the title, Z-Man Games has announced a new game called Junggle, with two G's, designed by Bruno Faidutti and Anja Wrede.  This game promises to give you five games in one using just a deck of cards and a single card showing the hierarchy of all the animals.  With these two components they have come up with different styled games, like a push your luck game called King of the Jungle.  In this variation you have cards out on the table face down, and one by one you will look at face down cards on your turn.  What you are doing is trying to figure out what animal will be left that is highest up in the hierarchy.  This is hard to figure out because animals are scared away by the things directly above them on the hierarchy, so those top animals may be scared off and left with someone near the middle of the ladder.  Either way if you manage to figure it out first, you win. Another variation is a bluffing style game called Jungle Party.  In this version of the game you have two face-up cards, constituting your party, and two cards in your hand.  On your turn you draw a card and then pass one of your three hand cards to another player face down.  They then have to decide to keep it or give it back to you, and whichever choice is made, the recipient has to flip the card and add it to their party.  Like before if the animal is directly above them in the hierarchy they will be scared off or scare off other members of your party.  First person to collect five of the same animal at the end of their turn is the winner. So that is two out of the five possible variations, and more will be revealed on the Z-Man Games website as the release date gets closer.