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2025BGG rank #8,997

Animal Rescue Team

by Matt Leacock, Lisa Towell · Play to Z

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Players1–4
Time45–60m
ComplexityMedium-Light
Age8+

About the game

What is Animal Rescue Team?

Calling all animal rescuers! When disaster strikes, animals will need your help to escape floods, fires, and earthquakes. Do you have what it takes to succeed in Animal Rescue Team? Test your skills against the worst disasters that nature has to offer. Can you free a cat trapped in a collapsed building, rescue a goat from a rushing river, or save a pair of dogs caught behind a fire line? In this fully cooperative game, you'll work with a team of expert specialists to safely evacuate animals to shelters, before time runs out and a second team must arrive to save the day! Animal Rescue Team is the first title in the "Shut Up & Sit Down Presents" game line.

How it plays

Mechanics

Action PointsArea MovementCooperative GameDice RollingPick-up and DeliverSolo / Solitaire GameVariable Player Powers

On the shelf

Categories

Animals

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