Table feel
Moderate level of direct and strategic confrontation with high interaction frequency, but low emphasis on cooperation.
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Up The Creek
Players
2-5
Time
?-?
Age
5+
Weight
1.22
Rating
5.73
Fit
Teach
2.4
Teaching signal
Replay
4.1
High replayability
Interaction
3.6
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.6
Deep strategy
Control
2.8
Luck-sensitive
Replay value
Up the Creek has a high replayability score due to its high variability gameboard, strategic depth, and scalability. The presence of expansions and moderate easiness to learn also contribute to its replay value. The game offers different experiences each time it is played, allows players to improve their strategy over time, and adapts well to different player counts.
Luck profile
The final luck score for Up the Creek is 5.67, indicating a moderate influence of luck in the game. Random elements have a notable but not exclusive impact on the game outcome, and players have some ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with neither element dominating the outcome.
Overview
An interesting card game where players try to complete three canoes using various cards with parts of the canoes on them. These include: Indians or empty sections of the canoe, Prey or Booty (Birds, Skins, Tobacco, Firewater, Teepees, Powder Kegs), Hunters (Bear hunter, Buffalo hunter, Cowboy, Gold prospector, Lumberjack, Soldier), Hunters Prey (Bear, Buffalo, Horse, Gold, Log, Cannon {each prey coming split on two cars}), Medicine Man, and Totem Pole. Players strive to finish the game with the most valuable canoes where length of completed canoes, prey and booty, Hunter with Prey and special cards all add to your score. Players can use Indians with a bow or lasso to affect other players canoes. They can also use completed canoes to attack others with devastating results. The original Pelikan edition (Ogallala), in their flat box series, included player mats and allowed for 2 to 4 players. The Waddingtons edition (Up the Creek) also includes player mats for 2 to 4 players.
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Credits
Designers
1
Rudi Hoffmann
Artists
3
Oliver Freudenreich
Guido Hoffmann
Rudi Hoffmann
Publishers
4
AMIGO
ASS Altenburger Spielkarten
Dal Negro
Edition Perlhuhn (Göttinger Spiele)