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2020 Ranked #9,494

Catacombs Cubes

Draft chunky wooden shapes, solve building blueprints, and raise the most valuable quarter of a fantasy town.

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Players

1-4

Play time

30-60 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.14/5

Rating

6.72

Easier to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.5/5

Easier to teach

Replay value 4.3/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.8/5

Deep strategy

Player control 4.0/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 12 min
Teach time About 18 min
Table footprint Large
Recommended edition Catacombs Cubes – Elzra English edition
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How it plays

How does it play?

Draft chunky wooden polycubes, fit them into blueprint silhouettes, and add completed fantasy buildings to a growing shared town.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Read the full game description

Catacombs Cubes turns resource drafting into a tactile construction puzzle. Players collect differently shaped wooden pieces from the quarry and arrange them to match building blueprints. Completed structures score points and become part of Stormtryne, while coins buy special actions that can be chained for efficient turns. Different quarry systems, solo and competitive modes, and characterful fantasy locations give the geometric puzzle a wider strategic arc than simply filling silhouettes.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
Catacombs Cubes – Elzra English edition 2020 English Elzra / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (20)

Play and group

Players
1–4
Play time
30–60 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.1/5
Language dependence
Low
App
None app

Practicalities

Setup time
About 12 min
Teach time
About 18 min
Teardown time
About 12 min
Table footprint
Large

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible
Resettable
Fully Resettable

Edition and product

Recommended edition
Catacombs Cubes – Elzra English edition
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Current
Edition type
Standard Edition
Current edition
Yes
Consumable components
None.
Compatibility
Verified Elzra Physical English Edition Elz1600 With Official English Pdf Rules, Exact In Stock Publisher Offer, And Exact English How To Play Video.
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Ken Valles Aron West

Artists

1
Denis Martynets

Publishers

1
Elzra

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