Games
Cryptid
Published 2018 by Osprey Games
Cryptid is a deduction game for 2-5 players, which takes about 20-30 minutes to play. Players take on the role of crytpozoologists attempting to be the first to find the habitat of strange creature living in the North American landscape. The game is played on a board of hexes. Exactly one of these hexes is the cryptid's habitat. Each player knows one bit of information about the habitat (the cryptid's habitat is within two spaces of a forest). All the clues combined fit only the one space. Players attempt to work out each others clues without giving their own away.
The game was released in autumn 2018 by Osprey Games. It has since been licensed in several other languages and countries. These include: Korea, Brazil, Spain, Italy, France, China, Japan, and Russia.
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Cryptid: Urban Legends
Published 2022 by Osprey Games
Cryptid: Urban Legends is a two player chase game where one player attempts to evade the other's attempts to pin them down, which takes about 20 minutes to play. One player takes on the role of a team of scientists attempting to capture the other player who is in the role of an elusive creature attempting to escape through the city. The game is played on a shifting board made of cards, simulating a chase through blocks of a city. Each player has a different objective, but uses the same means to achieve these; playing movement cards to manipulate the location of a fleet of sensors. The position of these sensors defines how many or few spaces the creature can move to at the end of a round. More places is good for the creature, fewer is better for the scientists.
The game will be released in spring 2022 by Osprey Games. It has also been licensed for an Italian language edition.