Paleo (2020)

“So far, this is a fantastic cooperative game. The deck exploration is really great, and I really like the fact that this is the sort of cooperative game where it’s hard to be quarterbacked – because each player has their own deck.”

“The reviewer praises Paleo as a top cooperative adventure game, highlighting its fantastic exploration mechanism, strong emphasis on cooperation, engaging theme, and excellent replay value.”

“I see why this game was a Kinnerspiel Des Jahres nominee! It’s pretty fun, looks good, and has some unique mechanisms and ideas I haven’t seen elsewhere.”

“Add in some impressive presentation, with stylised artwork and cool three-dimensional cardboard components, and you have an accessible, intuitive and deeply sociable card game with great table presence.”

The reviewers express strong enjoyment for Paleo, highlighting its cooperative adventure gameplay, strategic hand management, and the replayability offered by its modular design and escalating difficulty. They find it to be a game that continuously draws them back for more sessions.

The reviewer found Paleo to be a delightful cooperative game, praising its evolving gameplay through various modules and the challenging yet rewarding experience of working together to ensure the tribe's survival and legacy.

The reviewer highly recommends Paleo, particularly for two players, praising its interactive cooperative gameplay, straightforward rules, and quality components. They consider it one of their favorite cooperative games due to its engaging flow and ease of getting to the table.

The reviewer highly recommends "Paleolithic" as a fantastic, fun, and wonderful entry-level Euro-style resource management game for children, highlighting its appeal to families.

Michael Kelly found Paleo to be a highly enjoyable and accessible cooperative survival game, praising its thematic immersion, engaging card play, and the strategic depth offered by mixing scenarios, despite minor concerns regarding difficulty balance and long-term appeal for players focused solely on initial discovery.

The reviewer found Paleo to be a thematically immersive and surprisingly good campaign-standalone hybrid, appreciating its fulfilling missions, despite some minor criticisms regarding the inspiration of tool upgrades, the utility of certain human cards, the lack of excitement from tokens, and the game's large table presence.

Rahdo found "Paleo" to be a highly thematic and enjoyable cooperative game with good replayability. While it offers a lot of fun, he noted that it might not provide the deepest strategic decisions for players seeking more complex puzzles.

Quinns found "Paleo" to be one of the better co-operative games he'd played recently, praising its engaging surprises and storytelling, though he noted concerns about its long-term replayability, sometimes unclear rules, and problematic thematic execution.