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Rules assistance for Kavango: Lodges Expansion
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- 10+
Rules assistant for Kavango: Lodges Expansion
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Kavango: Lodges Expansion is an expansion for Kavango released in 2026 for 1–5 players, 40–60 minutes per game, and ages 10 and up. It was designed by Matt Brown and Zara Reid and its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Set Collection.
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About the game
Build ecotourism lodges to keep your nature reserve thriving New card placement mechanics add strategic depth, new tactics and crucial bonuses! With beautiful, tactile, screen-printed wooden lodges elevating the table presence of Kavango. The Kavango Lodges Expansion adds a wonderful puzzly dimension to the game, with card placement mechanics now vital to building and growing your nature reserve. This gives the game added strategic depth and complexity, and allows for a more diverse approach to gaining the most points to be crowned the conservation expert! The Lodges Expansion tells more of the human story of conservation. You must now bring in ecotourism as a way to sustainably finance your conservation work, just like the incredibly successful ecotourism industry in real life in Southern Africa. But you also have to consider the communities around your nature reserve. For conservation efforts to be successful and sustainable, it is vital that people living alongside wildlife benefit from it. In order to keep expanding your nature reserve with new species, you must invest in community protection to keep people, their land, and their businesses safe from conflict with wildlife. —description from the publihser
Editions
- Kavango: Lodges ExpansionenMazaza Games2026
Questions and answers
Kavango: Lodges Expansion supports 1–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Kavango: Lodges Expansion is 40–60 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Kavango: Lodges Expansion for ages 10 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Kavango: Lodges Expansion belongs to these categories: Card Game, Animals, and Educational. Its main mechanics are Variable Player Powers, Hand Management, and Set Collection. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Kavango: Lodges Expansion are: Matt Brown and Zara Reid. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Kavango: Lodges Expansion as an expansion for Kavango. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Kavango to use it. Check that your edition of Kavango is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.