2023Pauline Kong, Haymen Lee, Marie Wong
- Videos
- 73
- Creators
- 49
2 - 5 players40 - 60 minLight weight

2025
Mostly unboxings and how-to-play. Twisted Cryptids is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 2 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 4 unboxings.
From BoardGameGeek
It's so hard to feel seen as a Cryptid these days. In this immersive strategy game, you'll navigate your love-hate relationship with humans and outwit your fellow Cryptids to earn your status as a true legend. As hunters, hikers, and researchers scatter across the wilderness hoping to catch a glimpse of you, you'll stage elaborate hoaxes, plant perfect decoys, and lurk discreetly in the shadows to build up your myth. You might even expose your true self once in a while, but be warned: vulnerability can come at a price. In Cryptid, players choose a Cryptid with unique powers and hiding spots and use Action cards to determine the effects if they are spotted. Players also get Hidden Trait cards with objectives that you'll try to achieve by the end of the game in order to score bonus Myth. Once you have completed 5 rounds, flip over the remaining Sightings in your Stacks and your Hidden Trait before determining the winner of the game. The player with the greatest total Myth wins the game and is deemed the True Legend, while the others scurry home before the Humans catch them.
Twisted Cryptids has 10 videos from 10 creators: 2 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 1 playthrough and 4 unboxings. They date from 2024 to January 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "Twisted Cryptids How to play" by The Quest for Games, which runs 38 min. For a quicker teach, "Twisted Cryptids | How to Play | Boardgame | @Teeturtle" by Fictional Focus runs 16 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Twisted Cryptids: Enter the woods if you dare!!!" by Table The Game. To see it played, watch "Twisted Cryptids Live Gameplay | Mothman, Jackalope, & Nessie" by TeeTurtle.
If you like it, try Steam Up: A Feast of Dim Sum, Falling, Origin Story or The Breach, which share several of its mechanics.
8 of 10
2023Pauline Kong, Haymen Lee, Marie Wong
2 - 5 players40 - 60 minLight weight
2026Kentaro Yazawa (矢沢 賢太郎)
1 - 4 players90 - 120 minMedium weight
2025Jamey Stegmaier, Pete Wissinger
1 - 5 players45 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
It's so hard to feel seen as a Cryptid these days. In this immersive strategy game, you'll navigate your love-hate relationship with humans and outwit your fellow Cryptids to earn your status as a true legend. As hunters, hikers, and researchers scatter across the wilderness hoping to catch a glimpse of you, you'll stage elaborate hoaxes, plant perfect decoys, and lurk discreetly in the shadows to build up your myth. You might even expose your true self once in a while, but be warned: vulnerability can come at a price. In Cryptid, players choose a Cryptid with unique powers and hiding spots and use Action cards to determine the effects if they are spotted. Players also get Hidden Trait cards with objectives that you'll try to achieve by the end of the game in order to score bonus Myth. Once you have completed 5 rounds, flip over the remaining Sightings in your Stacks and your Hidden Trait before determining the winner of the game. The player with the greatest total Myth wins the game and is deemed the True Legend, while the others scurry home before the Humans catch them.
Publisher
Unstable Games
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Mechanics