2014 · Dice

Ancient Terrible Things

Players take the roles of pulp-era adventurers navigating a dark jungle river in search of forbidden secrets. Each turn a player travels to a Fateful Location, resolves an Ominous Encounter and attempts to unlock Ancient Secrets by rolling dice and spending tokens and cards. Dice form combinations (runs, pairs, three+ of a kind, or a single die at or above a target) to meet Encounter requirements and claim points or resources. Resources include Focus (re-roll individual dice), Courage (pay before rolling to overcome an Encounter), Treasure (buy permanent Swag from the Trading Post) and Feat (play one-shot Feat cards). The game ends at the Unspeakable Event; highest total of recovered Secrets wins.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

60 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

2.1 / 5