Rattlesnake Review

RattleSnake - A family game for 2 to 4 players

Fantasy Flight Toys & Nexus

Roberto Di Meglio (War of the Ring, Age of Conan)

This is an interesting quick play game where players take turns lacing a snake pit with rattlesnake eggs. The 12 eggs are divided evenly and each player rolls a die depicting one of six colored snakes. You then place a snake egg on the board on top of a snake with the corresponding color (The board is a mash of different colored snakes). The first player to place all of their eggs without any rolling off the board or colliding into other eggs is the winner. If you goof you have to collect the offending eggs. Simple.

Oh and did I mention the eggs are oblong earth magnets... Clack! Clack! Clack! Go the snake eggs! Lots of fun, great at parties or as a drinking game, and very inexpensive (I picked it up for around $10 on sale). I think this is a game of pure approachable fun and would seem more at home on the shelves of Target then your local game store. Even though it has a die for randomization it still gets a nod from me. Everyone loves magnets and the fact that a game can actually play in under 5 min makes it a great filler to keep people occupied while waiting for players or for the teapot to whistle.

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