Survive The Serengeti

Survive the Serengeti represents a major milestone for me: my first published and released board game. The game was officially released in April 2024 by HenMar Games, initially distributed in the Netherlands and Belgium. With the publisher taking the game to Essen Spiele 2024, both HenMar and I are hopeful of the game reaching a wider audience around the world.

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The game itself is a simultaneous bidding game for 2-5 players, that plays in about 10-15 minutes. Its short and snappy, with moments of chaos and excitement.

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Each player represents a herd of 12 wildebeest, and tries to score points by keeping them alive. Though with hungry predators in the savannah, this is easier said than done. 

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A predator is revealed, which will stipulate under what conditions a wildebeest gets eaten. The all players must choose and reveal simultaneously a card from their hand. Then we check to see who, if anyone, got eaten! If you survive, your card goes in your score pile. Otherwise it is discarded, but on the next turn you get to play 2 cards!

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Play continues until all players have played all their cards, and it is recommended to tactically sacrifice some of your cards to help improve your chances of keeping others alive.

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There are 12 different scoring cards, to provide different game experiences and increase replayability.