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In Aquaretto, the players are managing the planning and selection of animals for their water themed zoo, in the hope of acquiring the most victory points. The players can expand the size of their water park and victory points can be earned in a number of ways. The most common way is to collect a large number of animals to your park in a variety of species.

Become the owner of your own zoo and try to fill it with the most animals you possibly can before the grand opening! but you will need to organize your zoo wisely if you want to stand out from the competition. If you do not have enough room in your enclosures you will need to place the new arrivals in your overcrowned barn! try to take advantage of every situation that arises and your zoo will surely rise above the rest.

Good coworkers and charitable donations make life easier for the zoo director. If he uses the donations skillfully he will acquire additional animals and vending stalls. If done right he can make the zoo even more attractive and new to those who visit. In this way he will attract more visitors and earn more income. With correct management of these new resources a player can become the Zoo BOSS.

The zoo grows and prospers: new animals are added regularly and the animals provide offspring from time to time. Once a zoo is full and few new animals are added, it can become boring. Also, zoo managers find it useful to share their animals by sending them to other zoos. Of course, the new zoos like the additions and reward those who sent them.

Normal Zooloretto rules enhanced with mission cards. At the beginning of the game, every player gets one of the five cards coming with this expansion. Each card shows three animal types. This card has to be kept secret.

An expansion for Zooloretto, available as a free download from the Spiele aus Timbuktu website.