Hop your frogs across a hidden pond one tile at a time, eating rivals before your own queen gets swallowed.
Who it's for
Families with kids ready for a bit of light tactics and the occasional gleeful frog-eating moment.
Not for you ifβ¦
You want zero randomness in your board games, since the hidden tiles keep every hop a small gamble.
Vibe's take
playful, tactical, snappy, unpredictable, quietly cutthroat
Croak! turns an empty 8x8 grid into a pond you discover one hop at a time. Every tile starts face down, so moving your frog to an adjacent space reveals what you are dealing with: a lily pad that bounces you onward, a mosquito that grants another move, sticky mud that flips you helplessly on your back. Land on a rival frog and you eat it outright. The board rewards memory of what you have already uncovered almost as much as bold hopping, and the game ends the instant only one queen frog remains.
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Players
Duration
20 min
Ages 6+
Complexity
1.6 / 5 β LightBGG Rating
5.7/10
Rank #7,104
538 ratings
Published
1999