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Mar 28, 2023·How to play·12:41·0·Watch on YouTube

Learn the secrets of fire with your neanderthal tribe in Don't Let It Die (How to Play Board Games)

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Watch “Learn the secrets of fire with your neanderthal tribe in Don't Let It Die (How to Play Board Games),” a how-to-play guide on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by The Board & Barrel on YouTube:

The developer himself, our very own Dustin Hendrickson, reminded us of the rules for Don't Let It Die, a coop survival board game in which your bumbling group of neanderthals (he made us promise not to call them cavemen) try to uncover the mysteries of the fire that started when lightning struck a nearby tree before a flood wipes it out and dooms you to extinction. And this time we're playing the Great Games edition, with all new components and artwork from Sam Milham! If you like board games, you'll love The Board & Barrel, every Sunday night on https://Twitch.tv/BnBTabletop We play board games live, and you, the viewers, get to influence what happens with our Buff n Nerf house rules! Guests from voice actors to game designers to board game creators and just friends of ours get together to play board games of all kinds. Play virtual bingo while you watch for a chance to win a free board game! Predict the outcome, then use Buff n Nerf to help shift fate in your favor, and troll us in the chat all the while. Do you make board games? Want us to play one on the show? Drop us a line: donutboys@gmail.com #boardgames #tabletop #dice Learn more about Don't Let It Die - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/248072/dont-let-it-die

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Don't Let It Die

Don't Let It Die

2020·Dustin Hendrickson

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Mostly reviews and playthroughs. Don't Let It Die is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 7 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 5 recorded sessions, and 2 other videos.

1 - 4 players
45 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Don't Let It Die, from BoardGameGeek:

Lightning strikes a nearby tree. Fire! Your group of Neanderthals must now endure Mother Nature and work together to keep the fire going long enough to learn its mysterious powers and destructive capabilities. You have 14 days to uncover its secrets before a massive flood drowns the valley and extinguishes humanity's one chance at becoming the apex predator and escaping extinction. Don't Let It Die is a cooperative survival game based on early humanity's struggles to cement their place at the top of the food chain. You will gather resources & food, fight deadly predators, and learn the mysteries of fire. Your task is a difficult one, but no matter what happens, remember: you and the fire must survive... Your tribe consists of 4 characters, all taking turns to search for resources, fight off dangerous animals, unlock new discoveries, and working together to keep the fire alive! Designed from the ground up to offer a re-playable, interactive, strategic cooperative experience for 1-4 players. The key to victory lies in your group's ability to adapt to the ever-present and always changing threats of prehistoric life. Should you focus on hunting and foraging to feed your starving tribe? Or should you be more concerned with supplying the dwindling fire with more wood? Perhaps constructing a weapon or tool might ease the stress of gathering resources... These choices and more await you in what will surely be the ultimate test of survival. -description from the designer

Designer

Dustin Hendrickson

Artist

Samuel Milham

Publisher

Thunk Board Games

Categories

Prehistoric

Mechanics

Action PointsCooperative Game
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