2025Oleg Meleshin
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 8
Mostly reviews
1 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
Cryptic Nature
2024Georgij Shugol, Alexander Krys, Oleg Meleshin
- Videos
- 19
- Creators
- 15
Mainly reviews. Cryptic Nature is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 8 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 4 unboxings, and 3 other videos.
1 - 4 players
90 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
In this game you will deal with cryptozoology, search for strange creatures and prove their existence. In this world, they really exist, they just perfectly hide from human eyes. Your task is not only to find these unique species of animals, but also to provide them with a safe habitat - for some creatures, various cities are ready to provide such places, for the rest you are building a unique reserve. Cryptic Nature is a Euro connoisseur game for 2-4 players with a game duration of 60-90 minutes. It combines Point to Point Movement and Dice Rolling elements. The winner is the player who can track down and capture the most cryptids and present them to the public in the reserve. -description from the publisher
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Which Cryptic Nature video should I watch?
Cryptic Nature has 19 videos from 15 creators: 8 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 4 unboxings and 3 other videos. They date from 2023 to April 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Cryptic Nature 🐛🌳 - Choose how you build your engine, and capture cryptid creatures" by Meeple University, which runs 8 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Cryptic Nature Preview - Look Mommy! Can I Keep It?" by BoardGameCo. 7 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Champions of Wind & Fire, Pacific Ocean, Photo Tour: North America and Winnie the Pooh: Serious Detective, also by Oleg Meleshin.
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About Cryptic Nature
From BoardGameGeek:
In this game you will deal with cryptozoology, search for strange creatures and prove their existence. In this world, they really exist, they just perfectly hide from human eyes. Your task is not only to find these unique species of animals, but also to provide them with a safe habitat - for some creatures, various cities are ready to provide such places, for the rest you are building a unique reserve. Cryptic Nature is a Euro connoisseur game for 2-4 players with a game duration of 60-90 minutes. It combines Point to Point Movement and Dice Rolling elements. The winner is the player who can track down and capture the most cryptids and present them to the public in the reserve. -description from the publisher
Designers
Georgij Shugol, Alexander Krys, Oleg Meleshin
Artists
Evgeny Shvenk, Victor Zaburdaev
Publisher
iDventure
Categories
Mechanics
Action SelectionContractsDice RollingPattern Building