2022Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
- Videos
- 29
- Creators
- 23
2 players20 - 40 minMedium weight

2018Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
Mainly reviews. Cryptid is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 37 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 10 recorded sessions, 8 unboxings, and 5 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
You've studied the footage, connected the dots, and gathered what meager evidence you could. You're close - soon the whole world will know the truth behind the Cryptid. A group of like-minded cryptozoologists have come together to finally uncover the elusive creature, but the glory of discovery is too rich to share. Without giving away some of what you know you will never succeed in locating the beast, but reveal too much and your name will be long forgotten! Cryptid is a unique deduction game of honest misdirection in which players must try to uncover information about their opponents' clues while throwing them off the scent of their own. Each player holds one piece of evidence to help them find the creature, and on their turn they can try to gain more information from their opponents. Be warned; give too much away and your opponents might beat you to the mysterious animal and claim the glory for themselves! The game includes a modular board, five clue books, and a deck of set-up cards with hundreds of possible set-ups across two difficulty levels. It is also supported by an entirely optional digital companion, allowing for faster game set-up and a near-infinite range of puzzles. -description from the publisher Note: some copies have a delta clue booklet with misprints in eight clues: 2,#9,#13,#64 states cougar, should be bear 3,#63,#72,#95 states bear, should be cougar
Cryptid has 70 videos from 50 creators: 37 reviews, 10 how-to-play guides, 10 playthroughs, 8 unboxings and 5 other videos. They date from 2018 to August 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play Cryptid | Roll For Crit" by Roll For Crit, which runs 5 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Cryptid Review - with Zee Garcia" by The Dice Tower. 31 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Cryptid - GameNight! Se10 Ep7 - How to Play and Playthrough" by BoardGameGeek, one of 10 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Cryptid: Urban Legends, also by Hal Duncan, or Gunsen: The Battle for Toshi Ranbo, Paint the Roses and Joyride: Survival of the Fastest, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Gen Con 2018.
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2022Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
2 players20 - 40 minMedium weight
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From BoardGameGeek:
You've studied the footage, connected the dots, and gathered what meager evidence you could. You're close - soon the whole world will know the truth behind the Cryptid. A group of like-minded cryptozoologists have come together to finally uncover the elusive creature, but the glory of discovery is too rich to share. Without giving away some of what you know you will never succeed in locating the beast, but reveal too much and your name will be long forgotten! Cryptid is a unique deduction game of honest misdirection in which players must try to uncover information about their opponents' clues while throwing them off the scent of their own. Each player holds one piece of evidence to help them find the creature, and on their turn they can try to gain more information from their opponents. Be warned; give too much away and your opponents might beat you to the mysterious animal and claim the glory for themselves! The game includes a modular board, five clue books, and a deck of set-up cards with hundreds of possible set-ups across two difficulty levels. It is also supported by an entirely optional digital companion, allowing for faster game set-up and a near-infinite range of puzzles. -description from the publisher Note: some copies have a delta clue booklet with misprints in eight clues: 2,#9,#13,#64 states cougar, should be bear 3,#63,#72,#95 states bear, should be cougar
Designers
Hal Duncan, Ruth Veevers
Artist
Kwanchai Moriya
Publisher
Osprey Games
Mechanics