Osprey Games Cryptid

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To question, place the pawn on a space on the map, and ask any other player 'Could the creature be here?' Mistakes are rare, but do happen from time to time. If a player realizes they have made a mistake and placed a cube where they should have placed a disc (or vice versa), they should announce this to the other players as soon as they spot their mistake. The player who made If one of your discs is already on that space, you must place a disc on a different space which could be the habitat according to your clue, and which does not already contain one of your discs.

We have not reviewed this game yet but we can tell you that it is a great mix of strategy and deduction bundled in a very cool theme. You are using the information around you to be the first to find one of these legends and it is a bunch of fun. Read Our Cryptid Review (Coming Soon) Go to Top

You may never interact with a space that contains any cube. This means that you cannot question, search, or place any of your pieces on that space. The goal of the game is to correctly identify the only space on the board which can be the cryptid's habitat. Every game begins with the initial sharing: the starting player must place a cube in a space on the board which could not be the habitat, according to their clue. 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!

On a player’s turn they will question one other player. The question is always ‘Could the Cryptid live in this space?”. Cubes and discs are placed on the board to show that it either could or couldn’t live there. If a player answers no to your question by placing a cube then you also must place a cube, giving away valuable information about what you know. Players may receive negative as well as positive clues, so some clues may include the phrase 'the habitat is not here'. If they placed a cube, you must now also place a cube on a different space which cannot be the habitat according to your clue. The turn now passes to the player on your left. Example:'The habitat is within one space of desert.' The desert spaces are all within one space of themselves, so they could be the habitat. A cube would be placed on any space which is more than one space away from a desert space.

If you make someone place a cube on your turn, you must also place one of your cubes somewhere on the board. This applies whether you questioned or searched.