Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Roll four dice, trace a runaway amoeba through vents and mutation chambers, and point to the transformed creature before anyone else.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Panic Lab is a real-time pattern-recognition race played around a ring of illustrated tiles. Four dice identify the laboratory, direction of travel, and the color, shape, and pattern of the escaped amoeba. Players scan from the correct lab until they find the matching creature—but vents can teleport the search across the table and mutation chambers can change the amoeba’s defining traits. Everyone solves the same trail simultaneously, making each round a compact burst of observation, memory, and speed.
