Fugitive Fauna

The animals have escaped and the hunt is on! Can you capture them all?

Welcome to Fugitive Fauna, a family strategy and adventure board game for 2–5 players. As a zookeeper, you’ll travel through the zoo, gather capture equipment, and track down escaped animals while competing to finish with the most points.

Plan your route. Gather your equipment. Make the capture.

Each turn, choose whether to collect Capture Items, draw new Escaped Animal cards, or roll and move through the zoo.

Every animal has specific capture requirements. You’ll need to gather the right equipment and reach its location to bring it back. Maintenance Tunnels offer shortcuts across the board, while Zookeeper Events can provide extra supplies, change your route, or disrupt your plans.

And sometimes, an animal you’ve already captured escapes again.

Choosing which animals to pursue is part of the challenge. Captured animals earn points, but animals left in your hand at the end count against your score. Taking on more animals could put you ahead—or leave you with more than you can handle.

From a game idea to the tabletop

I’m developing Fugitive Fauna with the goal of creating an engaging game that families and friends can enjoy together. The prototype is ready for playtesting, and I’m using player feedback to refine the rules, pacing, and balance.

The next steps include completing professional illustrations and graphic design, finalizing the components, and preparing the game for manufacturing.

What Kickstarter will help make possible

Funding will support the first production run of Fugitive Fauna, including manufacturing, final artwork and design, freight, and packaging.

The current plan is a first run of approximately 1,000 games. Production details and delivery estimates will be finalized before the campaign launches.

A note about the artwork

The images currently shown include AI-generated prototype artwork and mockups used to explore the game’s visual direction. Final game artwork is planned to be created by a human illustrator. Components and artwork may change during development.

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