Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game

A project in Zug, Switzerland by Marc Dür
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Your zoo in a box with more than 230 Animal Meeples. A highly thematic board game experience for 1-4 players.
Backers: 5054
Average Pledge Per Backer: CHF105

Funded: CHF532,202 of CHF75,000
Dates: Oct 25th -> Nov 23rd (30 days)
Project By: Marc Dür
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Latest News

Only one more Stretch Goal to reach :)

November 23rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) Some minutes ago we reached Stretch Goal no. 16, so there is only one more Stretch Goal to reach :D Many backers joined in the last 24h and I'm sure that after the "8h" reminder from Kickstarter many more will join! Thank... (Read More)

Final 2 Stretch Goals 🦒

November 22nd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) Yesterday we had again a very good day, moreover we started strong into the last 48h :) for this reason we unlocked Stretch Goals 13-15 in a very short time. Now there are only 2 stretch goals left to reach! Here you can... (Read More)

Playthrough + Kicktraq

November 21st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, Just a short update for the start of the week :) today at 0:00 (CET / Central European Time) we will enter the final 48h of this campaign. We are very excited for this, since Kickstarter campaigns normally speed up a lot during these... (Read More)

Stretch Goal no. 13 / Storage solution :)

November 19th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, The campaign is still going strong. In less than 48h we reached another Stretch Goal :D now we already have 13 Stretch Goals unlocked and many are not coming anymore. Thanks to each and every one of you for being part of this campaign... (Read More)

Stretch Goal no. 12 🐘🐘🐘

November 17th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, I hope you had a great day :) today we reached Stretch Goal no. 12 and then immediately moved on with great speed. Since the night from Monday to Tuesday the campaign has accelerated a lot! This is awesome and definitely earlier than... (Read More)

Stretch Goal no. 11 :)

November 14th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, Just a short update for the beginning of the week :D today we reached Stretch Goal no. 11 and now we are already on the way to Stretch Goal no. 12, 13 etc. Thank you so much! I also hope that you will like Stretch Goal no. 14, which was... (Read More)

It's official, Zoo Tycoon gets a solo mode :D

November 12th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you, are you enjoying the weekend? :) We are making big steps towards Stretch Goal no. 11, I'm optimistic that we will unlock it tomorrow! And then it goes on towards SG no. 12, 13 etc. Thank you for your continued support. It... (Read More)

Half Time :) (live stream, solo mode, color blindness etc.)

November 10th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) this campaign has now reached half time. Thanks a ton for all your support! It really means a lot to us. It's incredible that at the halfway point, we've already far surpassed our best campaign. This is now officially the... (Read More)

Ready to test our solo mode? :)

November 8th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everybody, Here I am, as promised yesterday :) I finished writing the rules for the solo mode, you can find them HERE in this dropbox. And  HERE on TTS I already created a mod for solo play. Some comments on this: In the Dropbox (with the rules)... (Read More)

SG 9 + Livestream + GB shipping + 1 Question :) (1 need one more day for the solo mode)

November 7th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) I hope you had a great start in the week. The campaign definitely had a good weekend, because we reached Stretch Goal no. 9 and are very close to no. 10. I'm very excited that we will now have a male and female meeples... (Read More)

Solo Mode update :) + 1 Questions

November 5th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, I promised you an update today and here it is :) hope you are enjoying your weekend to the fullest right now. The campaign continues to make great progress every day and that's why we will soon (most likely tomorrow afternoon) reach... (Read More)

8 Stretch Goals / Solo mode etc. :)

November 3rd - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you?  I hope you had a great day :) the campaign is still making great progress and we are now moving towards Stretch Goal #9. I think this is definitely one of the most popular Stretch Goals so far. In addition I also revealed... (Read More)

7 unlocked Stretch Goals / Giraffe update 🦒/ One species for you to choose etc.

November 1st - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) Have you collected a lot of candy? 🍬🍭 First a great news, we have unlocked our 7th Stretch Goals some minutes ago. This means that the game will now feature individual shapes for male and female Bornean orangutans.... (Read More)

6th Stretch Goal unlocked + Storage option / solo mode / 🦒 etc.

October 30th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, I hope you are enjoying your weekend :) the campaign is still making good progress and that's also the reason why we unlocked our 6th Stretch Goal during the night! Thanks to this Stretch Goal all 4 Zoo boards will now get an individual... (Read More)

3 incredible days :O + 1 Question ;)

October 28th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) are you ready for the weekend? First a big thank you for all your animal suggestions, I took a note about every single one. Next week Samuel and I will have a look at our game and will brainstorm if there is any... (Read More)

We are going strong :) + What animal are you missing in our game?

October 27th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) are you having a great day. We now have reached the first 48h and already reached more than 157k O.O soon we will "beat" our first campaign Darwin's Choice, which collected around 190k in 30 days. It's unbelievable. Thank... (Read More)

So much to tell xD

October 26th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, How are you? :) I hope all of you are having a great day! First again a big thank you from our side to all of you. After the first 24h we already reached 122k, this is unbelievable! Our third strongest campaign (the expansion of Darwin's... (Read More)

Classic Strategy Series Zoo Tycoon Gets Official Board Game

October 26th - via: kotaku.com
Currently up on Kickstarter—where it’s already doubled its asking goal—Zoo Tycoon is a game for 2-4 players, where everyone is trying to “find the perfect balance between popularity and conservation”. Which means that as the person running the zoo you need to build attractions that will get people through the gates, but at the same time make sure you’re doing enough work on stuff like breeding programs and buying/selling animals on the market. (Read More)

Funded and now? :) Stretch Goals!

October 25th - via: kickstarter.com
Hi Everyone, For the ones that don't know me, I'm Marc :) I usually write the updates in our team. You will "read me" a lot in the upcoming weeks/months ;) if you have questions feel always free to write a comment, a KS personal message or an email... (Read More)

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