Entertaining, fun, fun ... a real highlight of the game show in 2014

More than 40 years ago it is now that a gang rampaging animals have come together for a crazy football game. Elephant, lion, crocodile and hippopotamus fought a captivating and exciting duel to the end. What since then but probably no one has ever asked: What makes such an illustrious troupe actually after the final whistle? Well, the same as any modern professional athletes. First of drinking in the pub around the corner and a few beers. Goofy when the doorman is a gorilla only there. Still bummer when it reacts a little annoyed because of his non-nomination for the football game.

What is a true professional, who can not be deterred by such trifles but of course. And so lined up in Beasty Bar (Stefan lump / Zoch) animal to animal in the hope to each other that maybe somewhere a place is free. If help the animalistic abilities of our protagonists, to get one of these coveted spots the better.

Teeth, bounce and Stinkdrüsen
The square in front of the famous scene pub is manageable. Just four animals are allowed to do the same. Submerged a fifth representative on the bouncer is already palpable. While the first two are in the queue entry to the pub, is the last in the line rudely to the backyard (and thus out of the game) transported. Who is left lines up again and hopes to be in the next round of the lucky ones.

In jockeying for the coveted places, the animals are, of course, not too bad to use their Darwin-given abilities for their own benefit. Once an animal shows up at the end of the series, it starts already urging all means forward. While the lion is encountered from the other animals as king and left forward, the skunk with less elegant means must manage. The kangaroo jumps simply over the waiting, the crocodile eats what is go around and is smaller than itself.

Once each player has played its identical set of a total of 12 animals, the game ends. The winner is the one who could smuggle in the pub most animals.

Conclusion
Who regularly read my articles knows that I increased chaos in games rather scare. Also maps that consist primarily of numbers, call me not necessarily to play. After Beasty bar but was repeatedly mentioned during the games fair in Essen, I came to a deeper consideration no longer around really. And I can only say: Luckily.

Beasty Bar is actually one of the biggest trade show of surprises for me. The game is hugely entertaining and offers both quality maps and graphical presentation. The games offer a great deal of chaos and interaction, but are sufficiently planned so as not to drift into irrelevance. That control of the game with increasing number of players decreases, I accept gladly, the gloating but increases to the same extent.

Entirely without weaknesses but is not, unfortunately, Beasty Bar. As the first one doing the pictographs on the cards come to mind. Actually, they should explain the skills language neutral. In reality, however, they are hardly understanding and partly incomplete. The fall in particular negative, since only a single player help is in German. Overall, ensures an unnecessarily heavy entry.

But if one has to 1 or 2 games, the skills in the mind a game of runs quickly and easily. And if it then but is boring, who can play the expert version. Here the animals provide variable VP and there are some pre-screened.

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