Beneath the fallen stones of an ancient cathedral, rival rat clans wage an endless struggle for control of the ruins. In this dueling card game, players build rat clans by equipping their rats with powerful relics. The core mechanic revolves around combining rat and relic cards to form unique units, each with its own abilities and synergies. On a turn, a...
Europe, 1347. A disaster is about to strike. The Black Death reaches Europe, and during the next 4-5 years, the population of Europe will be halved. The players settle in the various regions of Europe, while the plague spreads throughout all of the continent. The players gain help from the various classes of the middle ages: the Peasants provide population...
Europe, 1348. The Black Death ravages Europe. Until now the players have used the help of a handful of different medieval classes to fight the plague. Now it’s time to call for reinforcements. 12 new personalities are ready to provide their help to the players. Some of these, like the Queen and the Emperor, use their wealth and power to aid the players....
Released in october 2010. Contains: - Joan of Arc: she disguised herself as a man in order to be able to join in the 100-years war. In this game she is therefore able to act as other personalities. - Count Dracula: Being one of history's most blood-thirsty rulers, Count Dracula gets extra points for killing other players. - Robin Hood: he steals from the...
Rattus: Africanus, a new expansion for the 2010 release Rattus, introduces a caravan and diplomats to add more strategic possibilities to the game. What's more, with the introduction of region cards, players will have more control on possible outbreaks of the Black Death. In addition to making Rattus feel like a completely new gaming experience, Rattus...
Strange things are going on in Europe. People are disappearing and followers are changing faction. The plague appears to be stronger in some countries, but nobody really knows why. At least people are warned and new alliances are made. Let’s bring an end to this plague! This is a mini-expansion. Rattus (base game) is required to play. For the Tamerlane...
Released in october 2010. Official rules — The Judge: A player holding this card may, at any time during his turn, move one of his cubes on the board to the palace area AND take one of his cubes back into his own stock. [Important: These cubes may be taken from a region containing rats or from a rat-free region.] As usual, cubes in the palace area are safe...
The Rattus promocard The Jester was especially developed for Boardgamegeek by designers Åse and Henrik Berg. The card was published by Dutch board game publisher White Goblin Games. The card even stars Ernie, the mascot of Boardgamegeek. During the Middle Ages, it was the jester’s task to entertain the people. So there’s an obvious link between this card...
Rules: The player holding this card may, at the end of phase C, move one of his cubes to the palace area if at least one other player’s cube is killed by the Plague. The cube must be taken from a region adjacent to the region where the rat tokens are revealed (it doesn’t matter whether this region contains rat tokens or not). End of the game: The player...
The mini expansion for Rattus: Academicus contains 24 upgrade tiles for all the character cards from Rattus: Pied Piper and Rattus: Mercatus. Each tile shows Level II on one side Level III on the other, with an image of the character's face on both sides so show which character the tile applies to. This allows you to play Module 1: The Upgrades from...