Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game - Review of Adaptation of the videogame classic for the hardcore gamers

The computer-based Zoo Tycoon (from 2001, in case you were feeling too young) is a legend among building strategies that you can finally try in board game form. Be warned, though, Zoo Tycoon: The Board Game is not the kind of uncomplicated fun for the whole family that the cover and artwork might suggest. That's because the cheerful zoo on the box, the animal-shaped wooden figures and the age 13+ on the packaging suggest that this will be just the sort of family-friendly, relaxed game where you can build enclosures and raise animals with your kids. And that really isn't the case.