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Varmints!

Varmints!

2023·David Rose

2 players
15 - 30 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

Varmints is a head-to-head contest between two crowds of critters as they race to devour all the trash in the neighborhood. Populate three alleys with fluffy, adorable pests and use them to raid the bins on the other side of the block. Defend your own bins with precise critter placement and tricky abilities. Call for backup and boost your plucky pests to outmaneuver the competition. Swoop, sneak, and scurry your way to dumpster-diving dominance, and may the fullest belly win! A game of Varmints is organized into a series of shared turns, each consisting of a Day Phase and a Night Phase. During the Day Phase, players trade actions back-and-forth, playing one Varmint card from hand at a time. Varmint cards are placed in lanes (called "alleys") in order to defend their own Trash Bins while attempting to swipe Scraps from the opponent. During the Night Phase, the strategically positioned Varmint cards face off in individual alleys, and the quicker critter wins, removing one Scrap from the defending Trash Bin. The game continues through cycles of Day and Night as alleys swarm with critters and scraps start to disappear from Trash Bins throughout the neighborhood. Empty all of your opponent's Trash Bins before they empty yours, and you win the game!

Varmints!

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Learn to play

Varmints: How to Play & Review4:04

Varmints: How to Play & Review

Board Game Addicts

Board Game Addicts

Review

ShelfClips: Varmints! (Short Board Game Preview)1:52

ShelfClips: Varmints! (Short Board Game Preview)

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

Watch it played

Varmints! Gameplay - Who Can Eat The Most TRASH??30:32

Varmints! Gameplay - Who Can Eat The Most TRASH??

Card Game Crypt

Card Game Crypt

Which Varmints! video should I watch?

Varmints! has 4 videos from 4 creators: 1 review, 1 how-to-play guide and 2 playthroughs. They date from 2022 to December 2023.

To learn the rules, start with "Varmints: How to Play & Review" by Board Game Addicts, which runs 4 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "🌱ShelfClips: Varmints! (Short Board Game Preview)" by ShelfClutter. To see it played, watch "Varmints! Gameplay - Who Can Eat The Most TRASH??" by Card Game Crypt, one of 2 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Air, Land, & Sea, Smash Up: Disney Edition, For Glory or Dracula vs Van Helsing, which share several of its mechanics.

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Varmints: How to Play & ReviewHow to play4:04

Varmints: How to Play & Review

Board Game Addicts

Board Game Addicts

Varmints! Gameplay - Who Can Eat The Most TRASH??Playthrough30:32

Varmints! Gameplay - Who Can Eat The Most TRASH??

Card Game Crypt

Card Game Crypt

ShelfClips: Varmints! (Short Board Game Preview)Review1:52

ShelfClips: Varmints! (Short Board Game Preview)

ShelfClutter

ShelfClutter

VARMINTS | Gamefound PreviewPlaythrough25:48

VARMINTS | Gamefound Preview

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About Varmints!

From BoardGameGeek:

Varmints is a head-to-head contest between two crowds of critters as they race to devour all the trash in the neighborhood. Populate three alleys with fluffy, adorable pests and use them to raid the bins on the other side of the block. Defend your own bins with precise critter placement and tricky abilities. Call for backup and boost your plucky pests to outmaneuver the competition. Swoop, sneak, and scurry your way to dumpster-diving dominance, and may the fullest belly win! A game of Varmints is organized into a series of shared turns, each consisting of a Day Phase and a Night Phase. During the Day Phase, players trade actions back-and-forth, playing one Varmint card from hand at a time. Varmint cards are placed in lanes (called "alleys") in order to defend their own Trash Bins while attempting to swipe Scraps from the opponent. During the Night Phase, the strategically positioned Varmint cards face off in individual alleys, and the quicker critter wins, removing one Scrap from the defending Trash Bin. The game continues through cycles of Day and Night as alleys swarm with critters and scraps start to disappear from Trash Bins throughout the neighborhood. Empty all of your opponent's Trash Bins before they empty yours, and you win the game!

Designer

David Rose

Artist

Jessica Lowry

Publisher

Grubfellow Games

Categories

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