Table feel
Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction and limited emphasis on cooperation.
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Barking Up The Wrong Tree
In Barking Up The Wrong Tree, players must try to collect the most trees, preferably of different types. To do this, they place dogs barking up the trees of their choice, and the most dogs wins the tree. Normally a player can place only one breed of dog per tree, but if a player...
Players
2-5
Time
10-30
Age
14+
Weight
1.3
Rating
5.54
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Moderate level of direct confrontation and strategic depth, with high frequency of interaction and limited emphasis on cooperation.
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.0
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.4
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.0
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Barking Up The Wrong Tree has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, impactful expansions, deep strategic possibilities, and good scalability. While it may not be the easiest game to learn, it offers a fresh and engaging experience each time it is played.
Luck profile
The final luck score for Barking Up The Wrong Tree is 6. The game has a notable but not exclusive impact of random elements on the outcome. There is some room for players to influence and mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions. The game has a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating the outcome.
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In Barking Up The Wrong Tree, players must try to collect the most trees, preferably of different types. To do this, they place dogs barking up the trees of their choice, and the most dogs wins the tree. Normally a player can place only one breed of dog per tree, but if a player plays a cat card, then more dogs can join the throng. The game is played over five lively game rounds, with increasing numbers of dogs, cats and trees available each round. Deceptively simple, this game works a treat.
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Designers
3
Gary Dicken
Steve Kendall
Phil Kendall
Artists
2
Marco Primo
Elena Shluikova
Publishers
2
GaGa Games
Ragnar Brothers
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