
Cryptid: Urban Legends
Osprey Games (Publisher)
Published on 28. April 2022
Other
Game
978-1-4728-5030-0 (ISBN)
Description
There's something hiding among us: an elusive cryptid is prowling our city streets. The evidence is clear but, without definitive proof, the scientific community will never believe you. There's nothing else to be done - you must track down this cryptid yourself!
Play as a determined Scientist manipulating heat, movement, and sonic sensors to scan the city, identify your quarry's true location, and capture them. Or take the role of a Cryptid, snaking your way through the shadows and back alleys of the metropolis that surrounds you, eliminating all evidence of your existence as you go, desperately avoiding capture. Emerging victorious in this high stakes cat-and-mouse chase, played out across a sprawling urban landscape, will require all your ingenuity and foresight.
Cryptid: Urban Legends is a tense asymmetric game of competitive deductive reasoning for two players from the creators of Cryptid.
Players: 2
Ages: 14+
Playing Time: 20-40 minutes
Contents: 41 cards, 10 plastic cubes, 9 plastic discs
Play as a determined Scientist manipulating heat, movement, and sonic sensors to scan the city, identify your quarry's true location, and capture them. Or take the role of a Cryptid, snaking your way through the shadows and back alleys of the metropolis that surrounds you, eliminating all evidence of your existence as you go, desperately avoiding capture. Emerging victorious in this high stakes cat-and-mouse chase, played out across a sprawling urban landscape, will require all your ingenuity and foresight.
Cryptid: Urban Legends is a tense asymmetric game of competitive deductive reasoning for two players from the creators of Cryptid.
Players: 2
Ages: 14+
Playing Time: 20-40 minutes
Contents: 41 cards, 10 plastic cubes, 9 plastic discs
Reviews / Votes
A very cool concept, a very cool game -- Bryan Drake * The Dice Tower * Combines the chin-scratching of a classic abstract, with card-driven movement that gives it an edge of randomness and timing -- Matt Thrower * Senet 8 * A very clever, very tricky, two-player abstract puzzle. * Punchboard * ...very unique, very interesting. It is definitely an entertaining and fun game. * MarcoOmniGamer * It's tense, mechanically tight, and encourages repeat play. * Staying In Podcast *More details
Language
English
Place of publication
United Kingdom
Publishing group
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Target group
Interest Age: From 14 years
Dimensions
Height: 160 mm
Width: 117 mm
Thickness: 33 mm
Weight
220 gr
ISBN-13
978-1-4728-5030-0 (9781472850300)
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Persons
Ruth Veevers is a computer scientist and board game enthusiast living in Norwich, UK. Hal Duncan has been playing board games in Norwich for a decade, with a particular love of tricky deduction games. More recently, the two have started designing games together, with Cryptid: Urban Legends their second published game from this design duo after their hugely popular debut title, Cryptid.
Kwanchai Moriya is a prolific illustrator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, primarily working with board games and children's books. Beloved for his versatility, playful style, and striking colours, he's known for titles such as Dinosaur Island, Under Falling Skies, Cryptid, and many more.
Kwanchai Moriya is a prolific illustrator and graphic designer based in Los Angeles, primarily working with board games and children's books. Beloved for his versatility, playful style, and striking colours, he's known for titles such as Dinosaur Island, Under Falling Skies, Cryptid, and many more.