Llama Llama Game Review

I consider my year a failure if I don't watch The Emperor's Groove at least once. Luckily, the kids have really been digging that movie until recently (shoutout Monsters Inc), so I've been fortunate to get my fill of llama-based hijinks for the foreseeable future. And then Allplay releases Llama Llama with gorgeous artwork by the talented Sai Beppu and I knew I had to double down and check it out. Yay, I'm a gamer again!

Llama Llama Overview

Llama Llama is designed to play best with four players, but there are rules to play with dummy hands if you only have two or three. Over the course of four rounds, players exchange cards with each other, shaping their hands to score the most points based on the soon-to-be revealed Goal cards. Once a player scores 100 points, whoever has the highest total score is the winner.

As a part of the setup, each player receives eight cards into their hand. Out of those cards, each player selects one to be one of the four Goals used during the game. These are shuffled together and placed facedown in the center of the play area, underneath the 4 Display cards.

Each turn, the next unrevealed Goal card is flipped over.…

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