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Paleo

2020 · Card Game

Paleo

Players cooperate as members of a Stone Age band trying to keep their people alive while completing mission goals. Each player controls a few humans with skills and life points and sends one person per turn to a location where the encounter is unknown until revealed: gains include food, resources, crafting components, allies, or hazards such as injury or death. At the end of each day the group must feed everyone and meet quest requirements; shortfalls add risk tokens and collective failure ends the campaign. The base game includes modular scenarios, varied locations, and evolving objectives that span multiple sessions.

Players
2–4 best 2
Playing time
45–60 min
Age
10+
Complexity
2.7 / 5
7.5 on Ludoyafrom $41.35ExplorationPrehistoricCooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingScenario / Mission / Campaign Game
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Expansions

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  • Paleo on the table, photo by Artur Rodríguez Coma
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Cris
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Alessia Celadin
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Cris
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Cris
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Cris
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Cris
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Daniel
  • Paleo on the table, photo by MartaJ
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Artur Rodríguez Coma
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Zapico
  • Paleo on the table, photo by Artur Rodríguez Coma

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Full stats in Ludoya
1,915
Plays logged
668
Players
51m 28s
Average play
378
In collections
37
On wishlists
1
Pre-ordered

7.5/10

from 158 Ludoya reviews

  • Fun8.0
  • Interaction8.7
  • Replayability8.0
  • Uniqueness9.3
  • Looks9.3
  • Accessibility10.0

  • Garfield3.0

    Not very good coop game. It's just about hunting and painting. It's too repetetive, the cards are too similar. [c] Theme: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Repetetive --> Interaction: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Talking a lot --> Artwork: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ugly cards --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random cards, maybe you get what you need just in time --> Strategy: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Not much --> Components: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Play duration: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]A little bit too long for what it is --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Simultaneous play --> Replay value: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different difficult levels --> [/c]

  • Daniel8.0

    Venut al Carlos

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Rules questions

Answered from the rulebook by Ludoya's rules assistant.

Can I look at the fronts of the top three cards when I choose a card?

No — you may only look at the card backs (not the fronts), choose one to place facedown, and then return the other two to the top of your deck in the order you choose (Rulebook p.4).

If I decide to 'go to sleep' early, can I still resolve cards or help other players that day?

No — if you discard the rest of your deck to go to sleep you immediately stop participating in the day phase and cannot resolve cards or assist other players (Rulebook p.4).

When I help another player, do I have to pay their discard costs or can I take wounds instead?

When helping you add your group's abilities to theirs and you and the helped group split the rewards; you cannot discard cards from your deck to pay costs while helping, but you may suffer wounds in their place (Rulebook p.6).

If I discard red-backed cards to pay an action cost, do those discards cause wounds?

Yes — when you discard red cards to pay a cost you suffer 1 wound for each red card discarded (Rulebook p.6).

What happens at night if there isn't enough food to feed everyone?

Each player must pay 1 food per person from the shared storage; for each unfed person place 1 skull token on the night board (unfed people do not die) (Rulebook p.9).

If a person gives me a one-time tool and later that person dies or is removed, do I keep the tool token?

Yes — one-time tool tokens are taken when the person joins your group and you keep the token even if that person is later removed or dies; tool tokens are spent (discarded) when you use their ability (Rulebook pp.5, 8).

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