
2019 · Fighting
Bad Bones
Players defend their tower and village against endless waves of skeletons, raising troops, building walls, laying traps and casting spells to slow or redirect the bony hordes. Each round players move a single hero to fight skeletons, place or remove traps on their personal board, advance skeletons toward structures, and spawn new undead at the board edges. The invasion is inevitable, so the objective is to outlast opponents—points determine the winner when others are wiped out. Plays 1–6 (expandable by combining sets), uses simultaneous turns on separate player boards for a compact playtime, and offers both basic competitive and optional cooperative variants.
- Players
- 1–6 best 4
- Playing time
- 30–45 min
- Age
- 8+
- Complexity
- 2.1 / 5
About the game
- Design
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Full stats in Ludoya- 23
- Plays logged
- 42
- Players
- 36m 21s
- Average play
- 5
- In collections
- 1
- On wishlists
6.9/10
from 2 Ludoya reviews
Garfield7.0 29.3 Very entertaining kind of tower defense game. I like competitive mode more than coop. [c] Theme: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]You get overrun by skeletons --> Gameplay: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]A little bit repetitive, but ok --> Interaction: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Give your opponents some of your skeletons --> Artwork: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok, nothing special --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random drawing of skeletons --> Strategy: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Obvious ones --> Components: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nothing special --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very easy --> Rules quality: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Setup time: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Not much to setup --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Little to none, because you can play simultaneously --> Replay value: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random drawing of skeletons --> [/c]
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