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
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Draft colorful tiles, extend flower-lined paths, welcome visitors and butterflies, and attract chimeras to a Día de los Muertos village.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Network and Route Building
Create connected routes that improve reach, delivery, control, or scoring.
Open Drafting
Select cards or items from a shared face-up display.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Connections
Create meaningful links between locations, pieces, or concepts.
Matching
Pair items with corresponding symbols, properties, or categories.
Read the full game description
Viva Catrina is an open-drafting tile game inspired by Día de los Muertos. Players add colorful village tiles to their personal display, connecting paths that bring visitors and butterflies toward useful destinations. Pedestals attract fantastical chimeras, while balloon tiles create special opportunities and rewards. Each placement changes the shape and reach of the network, so a locally attractive tile may be less valuable than one that keeps several routes alive. Shared drafting creates a gentle race for the chimeras, symbols, and path configurations each village needs. The result is approachable family play with satisfying spatial planning, tactical timing, and a vibrant table presence across two to six players.
