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Neanderthal Board Game [2nd edition]

$55.00 USD
$55.00 USD
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How to play

How to play?

In this board game you will play through the critical epoch during which this change occurred. After millions of years of an uninterrupted, modest nomadic existence, we suddenly developed complex language, began forming tribes and building villages. You play as one of the human species existing at that time. The game system enables you to follow your tribe's evolution as well as that of the environment in which you live.

Content

Content

  • Placards
  • Tribesmen 
  • Large tribesmen
  • Disks
  • Cards
  • Dice
  • Achievement sheet
  • Arrowhead

Extras

Extras

Downloads

Game designer: Phil Eklund

Living rules and other files, administrated by respective game designer.

Corrected cards

card 33, 40: Paintress: Animal Whisperer, 41: Scavenger Woman, 42: Laughing Woman, 44: Weather Whisperer, 49: Basket Weaver, 50: Piper: Music, 55: Housewife

Neanderthal errata cards

Discover Magazine named Neanderthal one of its favourite scientifically accurate board games! Read more here!

Videos

Board Game Geek Neanderthal 2nd Edition





Humanity's evolution as a species has accelerated over the last 30,000-40,000 years in a manner unparalleled in the evolution of life on Earth. What triggered this change? Genetic mutation? Probably not. Our brains and anatomy have remained relatively unchanged for 4 million years. An encounter with different hominid species? Perhaps...

Expected reprint date not confirmed. 

Game designer: Phil Eklund

Artist: Karim Chakroun, Phil Enklund

Complexity: 3.70

Photo credit: Marcel from Free The Meeple