2025 · Exploration

Ants

Manage a growing ant colony through cycles of digging, exploring, and foraging to expand the nest and secure resources. On a turn, take one of six main actions—Dig, Explore, Gather, Incubate, Play Cards, or Defeat Enemies—and spend specialized ants (1–4) to determine the action’s strength. Place room tiles to build nest areas, reveal hexagonal garden tiles to find resources and foes, and deploy gatherers to form continuous supply networks. Track the colony life cycle across eggs, larvae, and adult ants with specializations for diggers, explorers, and gatherers; incubate to produce ants, complete enterprises, and feed larvae. Score by completing nest areas, controlling territory, growing population, and defeating enemies.

groupPlayers

2–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

90 min

cakeAge

13+

psychologyComplexity

3.7 / 5