# Paleo

Paleo is a board game for 2–4 players. It plays in 45–60 minutes and is meant for ages 10 and up. Ludoya players call it best with 2. It is rated 7.5 out of 10 by 158 Ludoya reviewers. The cheapest copy in stock is $41.35 (United States).

- **Players:** 2–4 (best with 2)
- **Playing time:** 45–60 minutes
- **Minimum age:** 10+
- **Complexity:** 2.7 out of 5
- **Year published:** 2020
- **Categories:** Exploration, Card Game, Prehistoric
- **Mechanics:** Variable Set-up, Scenario / Mission / Campaign Game, Cooperative Game, Deck, Bag, and Pool Building, Memory, Action / Event, Simultaneous Action Selection
- **Ludoya rating:** 7.5 out of 10, from 158 reviews
- **Owned by:** 381 Ludoya players
- **Plays logged on Ludoya:** 1,917
- **Unique players:** 668

**Designers:** Peter Rustemeyer

**Artists:** Dominik Mayer, Franz-Georg Stämmele, Ingram Schell

**Publishers:** Hans im Glück

## Where to buy in United States

| Shop | Price | Link |
| --- | --- | --- |
| Gamers Guild AZ | 41.35 $ | https://gamersguildaz.com/products/paleo-zman-games |
| Atomic Empire | 51.19 $ | https://www.atomicempire.com/Item/291372 |
| Rampi Games | 33.02 € | https://www.rampigames.com/juego-de-mesa/paleo/ |
| 401 Games | 60.95 $ | https://store.401games.ca/products/paleo |
| Mathom | 39.6 € | https://mathom.es/es/paleo/45234-paleo-8436589621800.html |
| eFantasy | 47.99 € | https://www.efantasy.gr/en/products/board-games/203843-board-game-paleo-%CE%B5%CE%BB%CE%BB%CE%B7%CE%BD%CE%B9%CE%BA%CE%AE-%CE%AD%CE%BA%CE%B4%CE%BF%CF%83%CE%B7 |
| Juegos de la Mesa Redonda | 40.46 € | https://juegosdelamesaredonda.com/10431-paleo-castellano-8436589621800.html |
| Zacatrus | 40.49 € | https://zacatrus.es/paleo.html |
| La Gameria | 40.5 € | https://gameria.es/juegos-de-mesa/paleo-1334.html |
| Dungeon Marvels | 40.5 € | https://dungeonmarvels.com/paleo-49609.html |
| Ludifolie | 41.9 € | https://www.ludifolie.com/9785-paleo.html |
| Milan Spiele | 42.9 € | https://www.milan-spiele.de/paleo-p-27935.html |
| El Nucli | 45 € | https://www.elnucli.es/products/paleo |
| Jugar x Jugar | 45 € | https://www.jugarxjugar.com/shop/familiares/5435-paleo-8436589621800.html |
| Fantasiapelit | 49 € | https://www.fantasiapelit.com/index.php?main=ai&kat=single&mista=indeksi&etsittava=_212281 |
| Zatu Games | 44.95 £ | https://zatu.com/products/paleo |
| Good Games | 103.48 $ | https://www.goodgames.com.au/products/paleo |
| Alphaspel | 799 kr | https://alphaspel.se/491-bradspel/133172-paleo-eng-regler |

## Expansions

- [Paleo: A New Beginning](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-a-new-beginning)
- [Paleo: The Terror Birds](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-die-terrorvogel)
- [Paleo: The Initiation Rite](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-der-initiationsritus)
- [Paleo: The Hornets](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-the-hornets)
- [Paleo: The White Whale](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-der-weie-wal)
- [Paleo: The Flash of Wit](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-the-flash-of-wit)
- [Paleo: The Caves](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-the-caves)
- [Paleo: The New Secrets](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-die-neuen-geheimnisse)
- [Paleo: Blanko-Menschen-Karten](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-blanko-menschen-karten)

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## Rules questions

### 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).

## Links

- [This page](https://www.ludoya.com/games/paleo-2)
- [Paleo in the Ludoya app](https://app.ludoya.com/g/paleo-2)
- [BoardGameGeek entry](https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/300531)

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