
2025Chris Dahlman
From BoardGameGeek
Sir Ocelot and Professor Penguin are exploring a newly discovered cave system and competing for precious gemstones found inside. To locate and collect gemstones, players use tools - compasses, lamps, and pickaxes - and their trusty companion's good instincts. Gemstones, geodes, celestites - the deeper the rivals go into the cave, the more valuable the treasures to be found! To set up Sir Ocelot's Cave, place the amethyst tokens for each of the three cave levels into their appropriate bag, then randomly place the level 1, 2, and 3 cave tokens on the empty spaces in the appropriate levels. Each player starts with a companion and a set of fifteen double-sided tool tokens that have different tools on opposite sides. Each turn, place one of your tokens - either tool or companion - on the game board. After placing a tool or your companion, check to see whether any cave token is "seen" on three different sides by all three tool types. If so, you claim that token by removing it from the board. If you collect a geode or a complete set of celestites, you draw a random amethyst tile from the bag matching the appropriate level. Each amethyst has a fixed value or scores based on the cave tokens you collect or the cave tokens left behind. Once both players have taken sixteen turns and placed all of their tokens, the game ends, and whoever has the more valuable collection of gemstones wins. Manufactured from FSC-certified material.
Sir Ocelot's Cave has 3 videos from 3 creators: 1 review and 2 how-to-play guides. They date from May to July 2025.
To learn the rules, start with "Sir Ocelot's Cave | How to Play | Learn to Play in 6 Minutes!" by kovray, which runs 7 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "What’s New to BGA – Sir Ocelot's Cave | Sharp Abstract Strategy Showdown" by Digital Board Gamer.
If you like it, try Through the Desert, My Shelfie, Portals or Castles of Mad King Ludwig, which share several of its mechanics.
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From BoardGameGeek:
Sir Ocelot and Professor Penguin are exploring a newly discovered cave system and competing for precious gemstones found inside. To locate and collect gemstones, players use tools - compasses, lamps, and pickaxes - and their trusty companion's good instincts. Gemstones, geodes, celestites - the deeper the rivals go into the cave, the more valuable the treasures to be found! To set up Sir Ocelot's Cave, place the amethyst tokens for each of the three cave levels into their appropriate bag, then randomly place the level 1, 2, and 3 cave tokens on the empty spaces in the appropriate levels. Each player starts with a companion and a set of fifteen double-sided tool tokens that have different tools on opposite sides. Each turn, place one of your tokens - either tool or companion - on the game board. After placing a tool or your companion, check to see whether any cave token is "seen" on three different sides by all three tool types. If so, you claim that token by removing it from the board. If you collect a geode or a complete set of celestites, you draw a random amethyst tile from the bag matching the appropriate level. Each amethyst has a fixed value or scores based on the cave tokens you collect or the cave tokens left behind. Once both players have taken sixteen turns and placed all of their tokens, the game ends, and whoever has the more valuable collection of gemstones wins. Manufactured from FSC-certified material.
Designer
Chris Dahlman
Artist
Marion Sonet
Publisher
Lookout Games
Categories
Mechanics