Bites

Move ants along a food trail, grab tokens and watch their value shift depending on what the other ants do.

Designers: Wolfgang Ditt, Brigitte Ditt
Published by: BoardGameTables.com
Editions by: Allplay, Last Level, SUNNY BIRD

Bites is a new version of Big Points, a Spiel des Jahres Recommended game, with a fresh theme, juicier components and rule-tweak cards so that no two plays feel the same. A trail of food is laid out on the table, and you move ants along it. On your turn you move any ant to the next food in the trail matching its color, say a red ant to an apple, a purple ant to grapes, and then take the food token directly in front of or behind it. Whatever you take scores at the end, but its value depends on where the other ants end up, so you are always trying to figure out what the others are up to. About 20 minutes of friendly, no-attack scheming.

Ants and a trail of colorful food tokensFood value depends on where all ants end upRule-tweak cards change every game

Who it's for

You like clever, interactive puzzles with a light theme and no direct attacks, and about twenty minutes to spare.

Not for you if…

You prefer to plan in isolation. Bites is about reading what everyone else is doing.

Vibe's take

A sneaky tangle of shared incentives. You rarely hurt anyone directly, but your move quietly changes what their food is worth.