Terror Below

Run eggs across a desert town while giant worms track your every step: first to 20 points wins.

Designer: Mike Elliott
Published by: Renegade Game Studios
Editions by: Schwerkraft-Verlag, Origames

Government experiments gone wild in the Nevada desert, and the worms under the sand react to every footstep. The faster you move, the more vibrations you cause, and the more likely something big comes looking for you. You and your squad of unlikely heroes work through a small desert town, collecting worm eggs and delivering them to locations around town for bounties. If you feel lucky, you grab items and weapons and hunt the worms yourself. The first person to reach 20 victory points wins, whether by delivery runs or by monster kills. It has a campy B-movie vibe, with push-your-luck dice and a lot of calculated risk.

Faster movement attracts the wormsDeliver eggs or hunt the monstersFirst to 20 victory points wins

Who it's for

You like a campy monster-movie theme with some push-your-luck tension, and your group enjoys a bit of dice drama.

Not for you if…

You want a calm, deterministic game. Worm attacks and dice mean the odds can turn against you.

Vibe's take

Tense and slightly goofy. Every move is a gamble between speed and noise, and the moment a worm surfaces the whole table holds its breath, then laughs.