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Snakes

Snakes

4.0 /10
BGG rating
2–4
Players
45
Minutes
8
Age

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About the Game

Boardgame version of the well-known video-game Snake.

Players move on the 8x8 grid game board hunting food or bonus objects and try to avoid to hit the walls and opponents' snakes. For every food they eat they grow 1 snake-piece longer. Eaten food may be use for scoring or for their special abililities.

In his turn player: 1) roll 3xd8 for placing food/object on the board player chooses 1xd8 as food/object and other 2xd8 for coordinates.on the game board 2) playing card with the food icon and number for snake moving a) exchanging all these food for points (1 food = 1 point, 2 foods = 1+2=3 points, 3 foods = 1+2+3=6 points etc.) b) moving his snake in straight direction as many squres as showed on the card.

Game ends if player places his last snake-piece on the table in his turn and then the scoring take places. Players add 1 point for every snake-piece on the scoring track. Player with the most points is the winner.

Contents:

1 gameboard 40 Snake-pieces in 4 colors 4 scoring markers in 4 colors 36 cards 35 Food tiles (Mice, Rats, Rabbits, Snails, Moles, Crabs) 15 Bonus object tiles marked with "?" (Magnets, Scissors, Bombs, Clues, Stones) 3xd8 dice

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Mechanics
BGG ratings
4
BGG data
refreshed Sep 3, 2026