Lightning & Bolt 2021

Lightning & Bolt is a cooperative, tile matching game designed so players of varying ages or experience can play together. Players take on the roles of heroes or sidekicks. Their mission is to rescue the citizens of Midtown from the clutches of the evil Dr. Noxious.

Midtown is made up of randomly placed tiles creating a 3x3 grid (4x4 in a 4-5 player game). Players take turns moving around the city, flipping tiles, and finding matching citizens. Rescue all the citizen pairs and you win!

But, Dr. Noxious is also in the city, causing all kinds of mayhem. If you ever reveal Dr. Noxious' tile, all unmatched tiles are mixed (along with Dr. Noxious' tile) and the search continues. Reveal the Dr.'s tile three times and you lose.

But your team is up to the task! The hero’s mechanics (designed for a younger player) are fast, simple, light on rules, and high on fun. The sidekick’s mechanics (designed for more experienced players) are more complex and come with bigger arsenal of tools.

If hero and sidekick work together, using their unique abilities in tandem, Dr. Noxious had better watch out.

-description from designer