The ultimate game of canine chicken.

agaroo is a family card game of nerve and timing, built on the bones of Scopa — the beloved Italian classic — with all the arithmetic swept away. The local dog park is filling up with adorable pups, and everyone's angling for the same thing: to send their big dog strutting in at just the right moment to clear the whole pack.

Because it's a game of chicken. Little yappers pile up as bait while you hide your powerful big dogs, waiting for the park to grow fat enough to raid. But you get only one capture per round — and the instant you take it, you're out. Strike too soon and you'll scoop a thin pile; wait too long and a rival's bigger dog beats you to it.

Rules you can teach in a minute hide a tense decision on every turn. With short, sharp rounds for 2–6 players in 20 minutes, an elegant deck where a card's number tells you everything you need to know, and a cast of cartoon dogs kids adore, Wagaroo is the rare family game that keeps everyone shouting "just one more!"