# Ancient Terrible Things

Ancient Terrible Things is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 60 minutes and is meant for ages 14 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 3. It is rated 6.6 out of 10 by 8 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 3)
- **Playing time:** 60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 14+
- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2014
- **Categories:** Mythology, Dice, Horror
- **Mechanics:** Re-rolling and Locking, Dice Rolling, Hand Management, Push Your Luck, Worker Placement, Set Collection
- **Ludoya rating:** 6.6 out of 10, from 8 reviews
- **Owned by:** 13 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 14
- **Unique players:** 10

**Designers:** Simon McGregor

**Artists:** Rob van Zyl

**Publishers:** Pleasant Company Games

## Expansions

- [Ancient Terrible Things: The Lost Charter](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things-the-lost-charter)
- [Ancient Terrible Things: Madness of McGuffin](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things-madness-of-mcguffin)
- [Ancient Terrible Things: Expedition '23 Promo Pack](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things-kickstarter-2023-promo-pack)
- [Ancient Terrible Things: Unnatural Mystic Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things-unnatural-mystic-promo-card)
- [Ancient Terrible Things: Easy Focus and Doomed Scrawls Promo Cards](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things-easy-focus-and-doomed-scrawls-promo-cards)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/ancient-terrible-things)
- [Ancient Terrible Things in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/ancient-terrible-things)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/137031)

_Data from Ludoya, updated 2026-09-19. Ratings, ownership and play counts are Ludoya's own._