GAME SUMMARY
Crazy Animals
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Short Game Summary
Each player has 4 cards placed face down next to each other on the table, the values of the cards range from 0 to 9 and there are three types of special cards. The players try to get the cards with the lowest values and avoid the cards with the highest values. Since the cards are covered, players must remember where each card is. This is not so easy, because the cards change places regularly. At the end of the round the players view the values of the four cards in front of them and note their score on the scorepad. The player with the lowest score at the end of the game is the winner.
Preparation

The oldest player shuffles the cards and gives each player 4 of them, these cards are placed face down on the table next to each other without looking at them (no peeking!).
Starting position
Place the remaining cards on the table as a covered pile, turn over the top one of the pile and place it face up next to it. This is the first card from the open discard pile. Each player now looks briefly at the 2 outermost of his 4 covered cards. (peek, memorize and put back covered).

Game Flow

The player to the left of the oldest player starts. After that, the game proceeds clockwise. Each player must choose one of the two following actions (A or B) and perform it.
Action A

The player takes the top card from the face-up discard pile. They must swap it with one of their 4 face-down cards, choosing which one without looking at their own cards. After the swap, the chosen card is placed face up on the discard pile.
Note: If the top card of the discard pile is a special card, the player may not take it. In this case, the player must perform Action B instead.
Action B

The player draws the top card from the face-down draw pile and examines it. They now have 3 options, and must choose one:
- Place the card on the discard pile
If the card is not a special card, the player can place it face up on the discard pile. - Swap the card with one of their 4 face-down cards
If the card is not a special card, the player can swap it with one of their 4 face-down cards. The drawn card does not need to be shown to the other players. The swapped card is placed face up on the discard pile. - Perform the special action of the card
If the card is a special card, the player may perform the action specified on the card.
Note: The player may also choose to discard a special card without performing the action. A special card can never be swapped with one of the player’s 4 face-down cards.
Special Cards

If a player draws a special card during Action B, they may perform the action indicated on the card.
After completing the action, place the special card on the face-up discard pile.
Swapping

The player takes one of their own face-down cards and swaps it with one of the face-down cards of another player. Neither card may be viewed during the swap.
Peeking

The player may look at one of their own 4 face-down cards. After viewing the card, place it back face down in its original position.
Draw Twice

The player takes the top card from the draw pile and examines it. If the card is suitable, they use it as described under Action B (this ends their turn). If the card is not suitable, they place it on the discard pile and draw a new card from the draw pile. They must then use this second card as described under Action B.
Important: Special cards do not have a fixed value. If a special card is among a player’s 4 face-down cards at the end of a round, they must set it aside and draw a replacement card from the face-down draw pile to replace the special card. If they draw another special card, they continue drawing until they receive a card with a number. If the player has multiple special cards, they must replace each one in the same manner with a card that has a number.
End of the round

When a player believes that the value of their 4 face-down cards is low enough after taking their turn, they knock on the table and declare, “Last round!”
Note: A player may only knock after every player has had at least one turn. Once a player has knocked, all other players get one more turn. After that, the round ends. The player who knocked does not take another turn.
Each player then reveals their 4 face-down cards and sums up their values. Don’t forget: special cards must be exchanged with the top cards of the face-down draw pile. If multiple players need to exchange special cards, the player who knocked goes first, followed by the others in clockwise order.
Record each player’s score on the scorecard. Shuffle all the cards and start the next round in the same way as previously described. The player to the left of the current starting player becomes the new starting player for the next round. Play as many rounds as there are players (exception: in a 2-player game, play 4 rounds).

End of the game

The player with the fewest points after the agreed number of rounds wins the game.
Scorecard
Players | Round 1 | Round 2 | Round 3 | Round 4 | Round 5 | Round 6 | Total |
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