Cover art for A Boar, Crab, Dung Beatle

A Boar, Crab, Dung Beatle

2025 · BGG
Avg rating
7.28
Bayes rating
0.00
Weight
1.25 (Light)
Players
2-5
Playtime
20 min
Ratings count
20

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Description

In a chaotic contest of animals with strong opinions and no fixed rules, players race to empty their hands but the rules of play change as often as the cards themselves. When you're stuck and can't play, there's only one solution: change the rules! Whether you're guided by a boar’s brute logic, a crab’s sideways thinking, or a dung beetle’s questionable taste, this game embraces absurdity and spontaneity in equal measure. A Boar, Crab, Dung Beatle is a fast-paced, rule-shifting shedding game where players take turns playing cards to the center pile, aiming to be the first to run out. But when a player can’t make a legal move, they dynamically rewrite the active rule for card strength or interaction. It’s a game of adaptation, chaos, and outsmarting both the cards and the ever-mutating system. —description from the designer

Mechanics

Ladder Climbing

Themes

None recorded

Publishers

Olin Studio キューハチドッグ (Que Hachi Dog)

Designers

イワムラ タクヤ (Takuya Iwamura)