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Engineering Ants

Engineering Ants

Broadway Toys LTD · 2015
2–45+ yrs1.0/5 complexity4.8 BGG#28.868 BGG165KidsCo-opCouples
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How do you play Engineering Ants?

Engineering Ants is a cooperative game for 2–4 players. The players take turns rolling a die to move the shared engineering ant token around the board in search of blocked ants.

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Engineering Ants is a cooperative game for 2–4 players. The players take turns rolling a die to move the shared engineering ant token around the board in search of blocked ants. Upon finding a blocked ant, the players work together to build something that will help the blocked ant get around the obstacle. The games includes 12 tubes (4 tall, 8 short), 8 clips, 8 connectors, 8 caps, and an assortments of cardboard pieces giving you wings, propellers, ladders, etc. If the players free all three blocked ants before the anteater token (which moves on certain die rolls and based on the engineering ant landing on certain spots on the board) arrives at the central anthill, then the players win.

From the box:

A creative cooperative building game for 2–4 players, aged 5+.

Beat the Obstacle and Rescue the Ants!

Use your creativity to build solutions to help free the ants.

But watch out! The Anteater is on his way to the anthill! If you can free all of the ants and get them back to the anthill before the Anteater gets there, you all win as a team! Engineering Ants is a game that inspires kids to invent, design and build.

game anatomy
Complexity1.0 / 5
BGG rating4.8 / 10
Vibe
KidsCo-opCouples
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Players
2–4
Recommended age
5+ yrs
BGG rank
#28.868
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Q3How do you play Engineering Ants?
Engineering Ants is a children's game game, for 2–4 players, taking ~15 minutes, featuring cooperative game. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about Engineering Ants — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does Engineering Ants support?
Engineering Ants is played by 2–4 players.
Q5How long does a game of Engineering Ants take?
A game of Engineering Ants takes about 15 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Engineering Ants for?
Engineering Ants is recommended from age 5.
Q7How complex is Engineering Ants?
Engineering Ants has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.0 out of 5.
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