Paleo: Rites of initiation

The Rites of Passage expansion includes a new 17-card module for the Paleo cooperative game. Designed by Peter Rustemeyer, it allows games for 2 to 4 players, for ages 10 and up, lasting about 60 minutes. In this expansion, a new generation has grown up in our prehistoric tribe and today is their big day; All four candidates must pass a test to become a full member of the group.

Like the rest of the Paleo modules, Rites of Passage can be combined with any of the 10 card sets included in the base game. In most games, only two modules are used, which allows you to adjust the level of difficulty and create unique experiences, in addition to ensuring great replayability. Each tribe controls its own deck of cards, which it will discover little by little with the common goal of adding five victory points, represented by a cave painting of five pieces. However, if players accumulate 5 skull tokens they automatically lose.

In Paleo each player controls a prehistoric tribe in which there are warriors, gatherers, explorers or inventors. The tribes must cooperate to explore the surroundings, get food or make discoveries. All this to ensure their survival and prosper. The game takes place in several rounds and each of them has two phases, day and night. Throughout the day, players will collect resources, create tools and face different challenges, such as wild animals or hostile tribes. At night, the tribe distributes food and prepares for a new dawn.

Rites of Passage is suitable for both low difficulty games and more complicated sessions (you only need to remove some cards). Although it is a cooperative proposal in which consensus on a strategy is encouraged, all participants will have something to say, since each one, with their own deck, will make their own decisions. Will you be able to help the 4 applicants to pass the rite and become part of the tribe while you fight for survival in the middle of the Paleolithic?