Calavera (2019)

About this game

Calavera is a roll-and-write game in which each player wants to make as many crosses on their block as possible because many crosses bring many points. But beware! If the players are too greedy, their valuable points melt away again. Whoever chooses the best die result and makes the crosses in the right place wins. This is how it is played: Everybody collects as many crosses in each color as possible on their block page. But if players enter the so-called "death zone", their points are less, possibly even giving them negative points instead of positive ones. Who can secure their valuable points and win the game? —description provided by publisher

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 1.1/5 this is a light game — explain it in a few minutes, good for a table that has not played much.
• Age. The publisher suggests 8 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.