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Osprey Games  |  SKU: OSPGAM019

Cryptid

$43.95 CAD $46.95 CAD
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Description

Designers Hal Duncan
Ruth Veevers
Publisher Osprey Games
Players 3-5
Playtime 30-50 mins
Suggested Age 10 and up
Honors
  • 2022 Kennerspiel des Jahres Nominee
  • 2020 Tric Trac Nominee
  • 2020 Palme d'Or for Best Family Game
  • 2019 Origins Awards Best Board Game Nominee
  • 2019 Juego del Año Finalist
  • 2019 Dragon Awards Best Science Fiction or Fantasy Board Game Nominee
  • 2019 American Tabletop Strategy Games Recommended
  • 2018 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee

  • You've studied the footage, connected the dots, and gathered what meager evidence you could. You're close — soon the whole world will know the truth behind the Cryptid. A group of like-minded cryptozoologists have come together to finally uncover the elusive creature, but the glory of discovery is too rich to share. Without giving away some of what you know you will never succeed in locating the beast, but reveal too much and your name will be long forgotten!

    Cryptid is a unique deduction game of honest misdirection in which players must try to uncover information about their opponents' clues while throwing them off the scent of their own. Each player holds one piece of evidence to help them find the creature, and on their turn they can try to gain more information from their opponents. Be warned; give too much away and your opponents might beat you to the mysterious animal and claim the glory for themselves!

    The game includes a modular board, five clue books, and a deck of set-up cards with hundreds of possible set-ups across two difficulty levels. It is also supported by an entirely optional digital companion, allowing for faster game set-up and a near-infinite range of puzzles.

    —description from the publisher

    Note: some copies have a delta clue booklet with misprints in eight clues:

    1. 2,#9,#13,#64 states cougar, should be bear
    2. 3,#63,#72,#95 states bear, should be cougar

    The official website with an online tool to randomly generate more clues is http://playcryptid.com/

    Customer Reviews

    Based on 16 reviews
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    A.Y.

    There is no storage at all. Should have some plastic bags for the tokens.

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    Dirk Lehman
    Fantastic Game

    Loved it. Loved the idea of it, and then played it and loved it even more! I only wish that it had more cubes and discs. There are three of us playing, and we're not quick enough to figure out the clues with the cubes provided.

    J
    Jasmeer Sangha
    So good

    Such a simple rule set yet so much goodness in this box. Notes: 1.Make sure to TRULY understand all types of clues that can be given, it may seem infinite but they are actually limited somewhat. 2. Make sure to ask "ARE YOU SURE" after anybody gives any clues as one wrong cube can mess up everyone's mental logic maps.

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    Clara
    Recommend The Search for Planet X for an advanced version

    It’s nice enough

    D
    Duy Anh Le
    Love this game

    Great for both gamer and non gamer alike