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Critters Below

Critters Below

Antler Games · 2017
1–630–60 min14+ yrs2.2/5 complexity6.3 BGG#15.320 BGG322Party
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Description from the publisher: A great war has broken out and is threatening to eradicate all of Critterkind. A few of you have made it to a shelter deep underground.

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Critters Below box art
official art · Antler Games

Description from the publisher:

A great war has broken out and is threatening to eradicate all of Critterkind. A few of you have made it to a shelter deep underground. However the lights have gone out, leaving you in the dark with limited resources. You do not know how long you have to stay down here before it is safe to go outside. How many of you will survive and will you be among them? Will you work together?

At the end of each turn players vote whether to open the bunker doors. If they do and it is peaceful outside they win the game. Otherwise they get hurt and must continue the game. Every surviving critter wins the game. It may or may not be in your interest to work together, you do not need the other critters to survive in order to win.

All Item Cards are kept face down. During your turn you take one to three actions. If you turn a card face up as part of an action you must use it regardless of its effects. There is also a limited supply of light sources you can look at some cards. You may share this information or you may even try to trick the others. Handy label cards help keep the memory aspect to a bare minimum, but still allow for backstabbing or cooperation.

You gain a starvation condition for almost every action and can also gain other conditions during gameplay. At the end of your turn must draw and apply a random card from your hand of conditions. This card is applied as damage if it is a bad condition. So if you do not discard starvation conditions by eating you will starve.

game anatomy
Complexity2.2 / 5
BGG rating6.3 / 10
Vibe
Party
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
30–60 min
Players
1–6
Recommended age
14+ yrs
BGG rank
#15.320
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Q3How do you play Critters Below?
Critters Below is a animals game, for 1–6 players, taking ~30–60 minutes, featuring memory. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Critters Below — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Critters Below support?
Critters Below is played by 1–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Critters Below take?
A game of Critters Below takes about 30–60 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Critters Below for?
Critters Below is recommended from age 14.
Q7How complex is Critters Below?
Critters Below has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 2.2 out of 5.
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