2023 · Animals
Rattus: Big Box
Players represent communities across medieval Europe and North Africa as the Black Death spreads through the regions. Each round, players recruit or use medieval professions—peasants, bakers, monks, knights, and others—to grow population, protect against disease, or inadvertently spread the plague. Cards and modules introduce events, special roles, and region effects that alter who survives. The game combines base play with multiple expansions and optional modules that add additional professions, bonus cards, and upgrade tiles for greater variety and replayability. Play ends when the plague recedes and the surviving population determines the winner.
- Players
- 2–6 best 4
- Playing time
- 30–60 min
- Age
- 10+
- Complexity
- 2.1 / 5
About the game
- Design
- Publisher
Where to buy it
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On Ludoya's tables
Full stats in Ludoya- 7
- Plays logged
- 16
- Players
- 58m 30s
- Average play
- 7
- In collections
2.6/10
from 3 Ludoya reviews
Garfield2.0 From the first turn on you doing the same over and over again. Nothing special happens, no thrill at all. Pretty boring. [c] Theme: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Little --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Quite boring, always the same --> Interaction: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]A lot of direct interaction --> Artwork: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Nice cards, ugly board --> Luck: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Random events --> Strategy: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very little --> Components: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Good --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Quite easy (15min) --> Rules quality: <!-- size 7]not read --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Almost no downtime --> Replay value: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]I don't see anything changes --> [/c]
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