Calavera

About the game

What is Calavera?

Calavera is a roll-and-write game in which each player wants to make as many crosses on their block as possible because many crosses bring many points. But beware! If the players are too greedy, their valuable points melt away again. Whoever chooses the best die result and makes the crosses in the right place wins. This is how it is played: Everybody collects as many crosses in each color as possible on their block page. But if players enter the so-called "death zone", their points are less, possibly even giving them negative points instead of positive ones. Who can secure their valuable points and win the game? —description provided by publisher

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Questions to bring to BoardGameBrain

• How do setup and the first turn work in Calavera?
• When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
• How should the table resolve an unusual timing or rules interaction?