Safari Jack

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Safari Jack is a 1998 board game published by Cheapass Games.

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Gameplay

Safari Jack is a game in which the players use cards to create a safari landscape and then hunt the animals that live there. [1]

Reception

The online second version of Pyramid reviewed Safari Jack and commented that "It's a clever, simple design with lots of replay value, lots of animals with silly names, and enough strategy to keep most gamers interested until they break out, well, probably some other Cheapass game." [2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Safari Jack". BoardGameGeek.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  2. ↑ "Pyramid: Pyramid Pick: Safari Jack". Sjgames.com. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
  3. ↑ "Backstab Magazine (French) Issue 12". Archive.org. Retrieved 26 November 2021.
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