2023Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
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1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight

2023Simone Luciani, Danilo Sabia
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Rats of Wistar is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 25 reviews, 14 how-to-play guides, 13 recorded sessions, 6 unboxings, and 1 other video.
From BoardGameGeek
In Rats of Wistar, you play the role of one of the four rats who organized the escape from a lab. As such, you will have to lead your family to prove that you are the most deserving of leading the entire colony. Thanks to your extraordinary skills, you will be able to explore the Farm until you reach the pantry to be able to grab the appetizing cheese; exploiting the artifacts abandoned by humans at the edge of the Wood, you will create new inventions and expand your lair under the trees, digging new rooms and building new beds. You will meet native rats and mice that you will welcome into your family, and when necessary, you will visit the Alchemist mouse to gain some extra advantage. The game takes place over 5 rounds (equal to the 5 days in which the challenge takes place) and you will earn victory points (VPs) as follows: build beds, excavation rooms, by solving missions within the Farm, welcome host mice, build new Inventions, claim Achievements. At the end of the game, the player with the most VPs wins. In case of a tie, the player furthest in the turn order wins. Note: Rats of Wistar is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. -description from the publisher
Rats of Wistar has 59 videos from 52 creators: 25 reviews, 14 how-to-play guides, 13 playthroughs, 6 unboxings and 1 other video. They date from 2023 to December 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Game in a Nutshell - Rats of Wistar (How to Play)" by Nithrania - Game in a Nutshell, which runs 36 min. For a quicker teach, "Tutorial - Ratas de Wistar" by Me Robo Una runs 14 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Rats of Wistar Review: Sailing The Seas of Cheese" by The Dice Tower. 23 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Rats of Wistar - Round One Playthrough" by Man vs Meeple, one of 13 playthroughs.
If you like it, try Darwin's Journey, Nucleum, Tiletum and Barrage, also by Simone Luciani. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2023.
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2023Simone Luciani, Nestore Mangone
1 - 4 players60 - 120 minHeavy weight
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1 - 4 players60 - 150 minVery heavy weight
2022Simone Luciani, Daniele Tascini
1 - 4 players60 - 100 minHeavy weight
2019Tommaso Battista, Simone Luciani
1 - 4 players90 - 180 minVery heavy weight
From BoardGameGeek:
In Rats of Wistar, you play the role of one of the four rats who organized the escape from a lab. As such, you will have to lead your family to prove that you are the most deserving of leading the entire colony. Thanks to your extraordinary skills, you will be able to explore the Farm until you reach the pantry to be able to grab the appetizing cheese; exploiting the artifacts abandoned by humans at the edge of the Wood, you will create new inventions and expand your lair under the trees, digging new rooms and building new beds. You will meet native rats and mice that you will welcome into your family, and when necessary, you will visit the Alchemist mouse to gain some extra advantage. The game takes place over 5 rounds (equal to the 5 days in which the challenge takes place) and you will earn victory points (VPs) as follows: build beds, excavation rooms, by solving missions within the Farm, welcome host mice, build new Inventions, claim Achievements. At the end of the game, the player with the most VPs wins. In case of a tie, the player furthest in the turn order wins. Note: Rats of Wistar is not affiliated, associated, authorized, endorsed by, or in any way officially connected with The Wistar Institute of Anatomy and Biology. -description from the publisher
Designers
Simone Luciani, Danilo Sabia
Artists
Candida Corsi, Sara Valentino
Publisher
Cranio Creations
Categories
Mechanics