Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Petris is a game about bacterial control for 2-3 players, 10 + years old and about 10 minutes of playing time. Each player embodies a scientist who should control the propagation of the bacteria under their supervision.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Area Majority
Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Grid Movement
Move pieces between adjacent spaces on a regular grid.
Automatic Resource Growth
Resources increase automatically when defined rounds or conditions are reached.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Variable Phase Order
The order of phases changes according to player choices or game state.
Hexagon Grid
Use a hexagonal map where each space connects evenly in six directions.
Read the full game description
Petris is a game about bacterial control for 2-3 players, 10 + years old and about 10 minutes of playing time. Each player embodies a scientist who should control the propagation of the bacteria under their supervision. Those bacteria are hungry and they are always looking for food in the adjacent Petri dishes. Watch out! The bacteria that remain alone in a Petri dish will eat a lot and they will reproduce… making it more complicated to control them! During the game you must manage the propagation of your bacteria, for them to reproduce less, thus not to risk the culture in the Petri dishes. At each phase of contamination, you will get contamination points for each Petri dish where you have more bacteria than your opponent. At the end of the game, the player with fewer contamination points will be the winner! —description from the publisher