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Valley of the Mammoths

Name: Valley of the Mammoths
Brand: Descartes Editeur
Price: 35 USD
Availability: OutOfStock
Rating: 6.44 (1224 reviews)

A wild, long-form civilization struggle where tribes grow from fragile camps into valley powers—if mammoths, famine, and their neighbors do not destroy them first.

Civilization Fighting Prehistoric Dice Rolling

Players

3-6

Play time

180 min

Age

12+

Complexity

2.52/5

Rating

6.44

Harder to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

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Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.7/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.2/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.8/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.3/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.2/5

Light strategy

Player control 2.2/5

Luck-sensitive

Setup time About 20 min

Teach time About 25 min

Table footprint Very Large

Recommended edition Valley of the Mammoths – Eurogames English edition (2001)

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How it plays

How does it play?

Guide a prehistoric tribe through hunting, farming, disasters, wild animals, and ruthless rivals.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Dice Rolling

Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.

Modular Board

Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.

Player Elimination

Players can be removed from contention before the game ends.

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Valley of the Mammoths is a sprawling prehistoric civilization game in which rival tribes struggle to endure a volatile landscape. Each season you send people to hunt, fish, gather, or farm, then expand your territory while dangerous animals, abrupt disasters, and neighboring clans upset even the best plans. The long arc rewards growth and adaptation, but dice-driven shocks and direct conflict make survival as important as efficiency.

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Mechanism

Dice Rolling Modular Board Player Elimination

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition	Year	Language	Publisher / Region
Valley of the Mammoths – Eurogames English edition (2001)	2001	English	Eurogames / US

Player resources

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Rulebooks

Valley of the Mammoths English rules reference English

Game and edition data

All specifications (24)

Play and group

Players: 3–6
Play time: 180 min
Age: 12+
Complexity: 2.5/5
App: None app Source
Player elimination: Yes Source

Practicalities

Setup time: About 20 min Source
Teach time: About 25 min Source
Teardown time: About 15 min Source
Table footprint: Very Large Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity: Flexible Source
Resettable: Fully Resettable Source
Save system: No save system; every struggle for the valley is standalone. Source
Scenarios: 1.0000 scenarios Source
Consumable components: No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras: A long, highly interactive civilization game in which seasons, disasters, animals, and combat create deliberate chaos. Source
Recommended edition: Valley of the Mammoths – Eurogames English edition (2001) Source
Language: English
Region: US
Availability: Observed
Edition type: Standard Source
Current edition: No Source
Consumable components: None. Source
Compatibility: Standalone English Language Eurogames/Descartes Reprint; The French Expansion Is Not Included. Source