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
Light strategy
Luck-sensitive
How it plays
How does it play?
Play color and shape cards to flip advancing sand timers, keeping every grain moving until the ancient trap is disabled.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Read the full game description
Quicksand is a real-time cooperative challenge built around sand timers with different durations. Each timer rests on a gear tile marked by a color and shape. On a turn, play one card and flip every timer whose tile matches that color or shape, then advance those timers along the trap—whether the move helps or not. The team must coordinate timing and card order so no timer empties before the deactivation marker reaches the end. More than twenty scenario setups steadily add timers, locks, and harder patterns, and the included rules support solo play.
