Board game · 2007

Cutthroat Caverns

"Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you’ll never win." Cutthroat Caverns is played over 9 rounds, each with a random encounter. Essentially a game of 'kill stealing'. Each round, any monster encountered…

Players: 3 to 6
Duration: 90 min
Age: 12 and up
Complexity: Family

Curt Covert · Iello

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01 Intro 00:00 02 Présentation 00:14 03 Matériel et Mise en Place 00:25 04 But du Jeu 02:37 05 Déroulement 03:31 06 Préparation du Combat 05:22 07 Initiative 06:23 08 Choix d'Attaque 06:46 09 Cartes Attaque (rouges) 07:55 10 Ordre d'Attaque 08:50 11 Cartes Coup Bas (bleues) 09:22 12 Fin de Tour d'Attaque 11:03 13 Redistribution d'Initiative et Attaque de la Rencontre 11:40 14 Capacité Spéciale de Créature 12:09 15 Utilisation de Potion (carte verte) 12:50 16 Créature Achevée 14:18 17 Défausse et Pioche de Cartes 14:51 18 Rencontre Suivante 15:14 19 Points de Prestige 15:49 20 Fin de Partie 16:33 21 Mort d'un Personnage 17:15 22 Conclusion 18:18
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"Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you’ll never win."

Cutthroat Caverns is played over 9 rounds, each with a random encounter. Essentially a game of 'kill stealing'. Each round, any monster encountered will have a prestige value of 1 through 6. The player that successfully jockeys for position and lands the killing blow gets the prestige value for the encounter. Some encounters will not have a specific monster, such as a trap room for the heroes to pass through (and in this case, earning no prestige). The surviving player with the most prestige after the 9 encounters is the winner. If the players do not survive all 9 encounters, no one wins the game.

A unique combination of cooperative game play and opportunistic backstabbing.

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