GUBS: A Game of Wit and Luck

Grow the biggest Gub colony in the forest and hit your rivals with Wasps and Omen Beetles before the Letter Cards end it.

Designers: Alex Medeiros, Cole Medeiros
Published by: Cole Medeiros Games
Editions by: Gamewright, White Goblin Games, Lifestyle Boardgames Ltd, Kanga Games

In GUBS you lead a tiny forest colony and try to make it the largest and strongest before three Letter Cards turn up and end the game. Their world is full of danger: giant Omen Beetles that eat the Gub Cities, Flash Floods, deadly Wasps. On their own, your gubs hardly stand a chance, but you can arm them with Spears, send out Toad Riders and build Mushroom Barricades. It is a card game of collecting sets and sabotaging your neighbours, with fantasy flavour and a twenty-minute running time. Wit and luck both help, and the gubs are counting on you.

Build a colony of Gub CitiesSpears, Toad Riders and Mushroom BarricadesThree Letter Cards end the game

Who it's for

You like cute-looking card games where the sabotage is sharper than the art suggests.

Not for you if…

You want peaceful building without anybody attacking you. Here the forest is hostile.

Vibe's take

Quick and mean in a charming way. You build, you defend, and then somebody plays a Flash Flood and half your table cries out.