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Prehistory and survival
Paleo
Cooperative Stone Age survival, deciding with incomplete information
1–4Players
45–60 minDuration
~10 minSetup
MediumComplexity
CooperativeDynamic
A cooperative survival game set in the Palaeolithic. Each player leads a group of the tribe with different skills: they explore the surroundings, gather resources, craft tools, build shelters and work together on a cave painting. At the end of each day the tribe must be fed and the dangers of the night faced.
The distinctive mechanic is decision-making with incomplete information: each round you choose a card seeing only the illustration on its back, and only when it is flipped is the outcome revealed. It is, in essence, continuous team risk management. Winner of the Kennerspiel des Jahres 2021.
Classroom value
- A powerful tool for teamwork and communication dynamics: it brings out leadership, task allocation and disagreement handling.
- Deciding from the backs of cards alone is a good trigger for discussing decision-making under uncertainty and handling mistakes.
- Adjustable difficulty (10 modules) to calibrate the session to the group.
- An honest note: the historical content is mostly setting; its value is in skills (transversal), not content.
In the classroom
No. of players1–4
TeamsNo
People per gamemax. 4
Game MasterNo
Sessions1 session (45–60 min)
SpaceA standard table
MaterialPhysical game
★Kennerspiel des Jahres 2021Quality + accessibility
Technical details
DesignPeter Rustemeyer
PublisherHans im Glück · Z-Man
LanguagesSpanish · English