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Ancient Terrible Things

Ancient Terrible Things

Pleasant Company Games · 2014
2–460 min14+ yrs2.1/5 complexity6.7 BGG#2.920 BGG3,8 K
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In Ancient Terrible Things, a pulp horror adventure game for 2-4 players, you play the role of an intrepid adventurer, exploring a dark jungle river. Each turn you must travel to a Fateful Location, face an Ominous Encounter, and attempt to unlock its Ancient Secrets.

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In Ancient Terrible Things, a pulp horror adventure game for 2-4 players, you play the role of an intrepid adventurer, exploring a dark jungle river. Each turn you must travel to a Fateful Location, face an Ominous Encounter, and attempt to unlock its Ancient Secrets. If you succeed (using a combination of dice, tokens and cards), you add the Secrets to your score; if you fail, you unleash a Terrible Thing, which counts against your score at the end of the game. The object of the game is to be the player with the most Ancient Secrets when the game ends at the Unspeakable Event.

Game play involves rolling dice to achieve combinations: runs, pairs, three or more of a kind, and single die showing a particular number or higher. Dice combos are used to overcome Encounter cards that are worth points at the end of the game, and/or to acquire the four resource tokens in the game: Focus, Courage, Treasure and Feat.

Focus tokens are used to re-roll individual dice. 
Courage tokens are spent to overcome an Encounter, before rolling your dice. 
Treasure tokens are spent to purchase Swag cards from the Trading Post, which give you a permanent game effect.
Feat tokens are spent to play Feat cards from your hand, which activate one-shot effects.
🔬 game anatomy
Complexity2.1 / 5
BGG rating6.7 / 10
Language dependence
Moderate text — a crib sheet helps
Play time
60 min
Players
2–4
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#2.920

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Q4How many players does Ancient Terrible Things support?
Ancient Terrible Things is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Ancient Terrible Things take?
A game of Ancient Terrible Things takes about 60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Ancient Terrible Things for?
Ancient Terrible Things is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Ancient Terrible Things?
Ancient Terrible Things has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.1 out of 5.
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