ZOO HEIST

Zoo Heist is one of the deduction games in the "Hidden in Plain Sight" series.


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Zoo Heist


In Zoo Heist, players step into the shoes of elite detectives tasked with solving a daring crime - the theft of precious animals from the city zoo by the infamous Zoo Crew.

Players simultaneously unravel which creatures were stolen, identify each getaway vehicle and uncover their license plates. With information at hand, each player must recover their stolen critter.


How To Play

Each player is given four secrets to decipher: animal, vehicle, license plate (letters + numbers). Outward-facing holders keep these secrets in plain sight for all to see.
But here's the twist: while you can see everyone else's secrets, yours remain a mystery.

Players take turns asking questions for all players to answer simultaneously. Record your clues on your decoding form, eliminate possibilities and figure out each of your secrets. Be first to discover your mystery to win.

Use your detective skills to unravel the animal stolen and decode the getaway vehicle and its license plate to win.

For example, the walrus might be surmised from the clues aquatic, land, arctic, tusks.
While some of the clues for license plate MEN 27 include: A,D,U (AMEN, MEND, MENU) and sum of digits 9.

Additional clues can be bought: the starting letter of your animal or its species.

Instructions 


What's in the Game

The game comes with over 200 quality lasercut components.

Game Components:

  • 6 proprietary dry erase decoding forms
  • 6 dry erase markers
  • 6 secrets holders
  • 1 game board with worldly animals
  • 99 animal cards
  • 40 license plate numbers & 25 trigrams
  • 30 vehicle cards
  • 18 “Take a Guess” cards
  • 36 possibility markers
  • 18 coins
  • 1 zookeeper
  • Solo play web app & quick info app.


Zoo Heist is available locally at York Region markets or on Etsy.

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