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2019 Ranked #7,468

Cutthroat Caverns: Anniversary Edition

A semi-cooperative dungeon battle game has adventurers survive monsters while seeking credit for each kill. Holding back to land a final blow risks the party’s survival, turning teamwork into betrayal.

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Players

3-6

Play time

30-90 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.14/5

Rating

7.04

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.9/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

"Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you'll never win." An artifact of untold power lies in your hands.

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"Without teamwork, you will never survive. Without betrayal, you'll never win." An artifact of untold power lies in your hands. To claim it, you must escape the caverns alive. No less than nine horrific beasts stand in your way — that, and the greed of the other players. In the kill-stealing game Cutthroat Caverns, you decide whether to swing for a whopping 50 points of damage or hold back, awaiting a more opportune time to strike. Only the final blow matters if you are to score the kill. Hold back or sabotage other's plans too much, and the entire party will die without a winner. The adventurers jockey for position during combat with their lives and their own selfish desire for power in the balance, so things get very funny and very deadly very quickly. Cutthroat Caverns: Anniversary Edition is a complete reboot of the well-known semi-co-operative game Cutthroat Caverns, with the game experience being updated in significant ways. Enhanced encounters, epic finish rules, scaling play times, enhanced components, updated cards, rules and keywords to streamline play and a ground up re-envisioning of the illustrations and graphics are all among the updates you can look forward to in this anniversary edition of the game. —description from the publisher Also available on mobile devices iOS https://apps.apple.com/us/app/cutthroat-caverns/id1436417431 Android https://play.google.com/store/apps/details?id=com.cellblocstudios.cutthroatcavernsmobile

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Play and group

Players
3–6
Best with
3–6
Play time
30–90 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.1/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Curt Covert

Artists

1
Lindsey Look

Publishers

1
Smirk & Dagger Games

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