Kariba Review - with Zee Garcia

Zee takes a look at this super-filler card game from Reiner Knizia.

00:00 - Introduction
00:49 - Game overview
04:42 - Final thoughts

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[CreatedBy_official]

Super simple game, great for kids. The most chasing away the elephant is a cute touch, too

[ButOneThingIsNeedful]

Looks pretty nifty. A few comments: The word "Kariba" means "where the waters have been trapped", and the African savanna theme in this little game works for me. It reminds me of Nat Geo specials I have seen where animals do indeed become territorial over water sources during droughts. I just wish the designers had been a little more creative in making the watering hole look like ... a watering hole! Was it that hard? Lastly, surely the great Reiner Knizia thought of this, but I wondered what this game would be like if, when tallying the points at the end, the cards counted for the number of points corresponding to the number on their corner. In other words, elephants = 8 points, rhinos = 7, zebras = 3, and so on -- instead of just counting the total number of cards. Maybe the game wouldn't be as good. Just a thought that occurred.

[matthewharris-levesque]

5:30 - Shows how much I was paying attention; I hadn't even noticed there were animals.

[maplesyrupcloud]

we threw away the circle cardboard and just play with the cards in a line. Love this game.

[srs-bznss]

Couldn't help but laugh when Zee said "...I suppose [counting cards] would probably ruin the end of the game for you, but uh...this is probably the wrong game for you to play if you can count cards."

[nebelung]

looks pretty cool actually, something I even could teach my parents who are not into games really.

[KArmstrong]

10:37 - Michael Scott, "that's what she said".

[zoby]

Another great review Zee. Where/when will it be available for purchase? 🤔

[nuarneo]

How many animal each card ? I mean, how many copies ostrich, merkat, mouse, elephant cards in deck.

[travissmith]

This looks like a really cool game. However, I can't find anywhere that actually sells it. Maybe someday I can get it.

[EveeLover]

One rule I'm unsure of is: if you have 3 Zebra, can you play just 1 or 2 or do you have to play all 3?

[ski]

This looks really good, but this seems like a very weird time to do a review. A game from 8 years ago that doesn't appear to be in print, and isn't currently available on Amazon or even eBay.