# Cutthroat Caverns

Cutthroat Caverns is a board game for 3–6 players. It plays in 90 minutes and is meant for ages 12 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 5. It is rated 4.8 out of 10 by 10 Ludoya reviewers.

- **Players:** 3–6 (best with 5)
- **Playing time:** 90 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 12+
- **Complexity:** 2.1 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2007
- **Categories:** Fighting, Humor, Card Game, Adventure, Fantasy
- **Mechanics:** Take That, Hand Management, Kill Steal, Semi-Cooperative Game, Simultaneous Action Selection, Player Elimination
- **Ludoya rating:** 4.8 out of 10, from 10 reviews
- **Owned by:** 17 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 13
- **Unique players:** 21

**Designers:** Curt Covert

**Artists:** Justin Brunetto, Curt Covert, Morgan Rashand, Ian Field-Richards, Paul Adam, Steve Messenger, Mats Holmgren, Eric R. Martin, Henri Härkönen, William Teo, Bruno Krippahl, Tim Wollweber, Adam Vehige, Noel Hill, Mark Jernstrom, Loïc Muzy, Chad Savage

## Expansions

- [Cutthroat Caverns: Deeper & Darker](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-deeper-and-darker)
- [Cutthroat Caverns: Relics & Ruin](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-relics-and-ruin)
- [Cutthroat Caverns: Tombs & Tomes](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-tombs-and-tomes)
- [Cutthroat Caverns: Fresh Meat](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-fresh-meat)
- [Cutthroat Caverns Adventures: B1 – Savage Arena  /  B2 – Errand of Evil](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-adventures-b1-savage-arena-b2-errand-of-evil)
- [Cutthroat Caverns: Death Incarnate](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-death-incarnate)
- [Cutthroat Caverns: Hex Room Promo Card](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns-hex-room-promo-card)

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## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/cutthroat-caverns)
- [Cutthroat Caverns in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/cutthroat-caverns)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/28259)

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