2022Alicja Bator, Wojciech Wons, Bartłomiej Zielonka, Paweł Zygar
- Videos
- 10
- Creators
- 8
2 - 4 players30 - 50 minLight weight

2025Bartosz Szopka, Bartłomiej Zielonka
Mostly how-to-play and reviews. Oh Crab! is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, and 3 recorded sessions.
From BoardGameGeek
Race to safety in the sea! With a modular two-sided board, each game is a new challenge. Build your deck wisely to outsmart the others! In the game Oh, Crab!, players take on the role of crabs that have escaped from the fry-house and run away along the beach to hide in the safe waves of the sea. On their way they will face various obstacles like sandcastles, rubbish, voracious gulls and other crabs clumsily making their way towards the water. Players move their crabs across a modular board by playing one card from their hand face down each round, and then performing actions and moves from it on their turn. Cards played on following rounds can be chained by matching the halves of the icons on the sides, allowing for even more moves or gaining shells that can be spent on special actions. When crabs move or are pushed into the obstacles on the board, players will need to discard the cards from their hands, forcing them to spend a turn to rest. When resting, players retrieve all their cards back, and gain one new card, with additional special actions and more options for chaining. The first crab to get into safe waters of the sea wins the game!
Oh Crab! has 10 videos from 8 creators: 3 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides and 3 playthroughs. They date from 2023 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Oh Crab - How to Play Board Game with Stella and Tarrant." by The Dice Tower, which runs 13 min. For a quicker teach, "Oh Crab - Crab race with Concordia card play" by Meeple University runs 6 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "OH CRAB! | Run crab...RUN!!!" by Life of a Board Gamer. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Oh crab! - gameplay, zasady, recenzja" by Planszówki online, one of 3 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Bedeville Carnival: Collector's Box Edition and Oh Crab!: Adventure Pack, also by Bartłomiej Zielonka, or After Us and Charioteer, which share several of its mechanics.
2022Alicja Bator, Wojciech Wons, Bartłomiej Zielonka, Paweł Zygar
2 - 4 players30 - 50 minLight weight
2025Adam Foland, Bartosz Szopka, Bartłomiej Zielonka
2 - 5 players0 min
2023Florian Sirieix
1 - 6 players40 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Race to safety in the sea! With a modular two-sided board, each game is a new challenge. Build your deck wisely to outsmart the others! In the game Oh, Crab!, players take on the role of crabs that have escaped from the fry-house and run away along the beach to hide in the safe waves of the sea. On their way they will face various obstacles like sandcastles, rubbish, voracious gulls and other crabs clumsily making their way towards the water. Players move their crabs across a modular board by playing one card from their hand face down each round, and then performing actions and moves from it on their turn. Cards played on following rounds can be chained by matching the halves of the icons on the sides, allowing for even more moves or gaining shells that can be spent on special actions. When crabs move or are pushed into the obstacles on the board, players will need to discard the cards from their hands, forcing them to spend a turn to rest. When resting, players retrieve all their cards back, and gain one new card, with additional special actions and more options for chaining. The first crab to get into safe waters of the sea wins the game!
Designers
Bartosz Szopka, Bartłomiej Zielonka
Artist
Radosław Jaszczuk
Publisher
Smart Flamingo
Categories
Mechanics