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Paleo is a cooperative survival and adventure board game set in the Stone Age. Players work together as a tribe to gather resources, ensure their survival, and develop new technologies. The game gained significant recognition when it won the Kennerspiel des Jahres (Expert Game of the Year) award in 2021.

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The Verdict

based on 14 reviews

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Immersive stone age survival theme
Clever hidden card exploration mechanic
High replayability through modular content
Engaging cooperative gameplay loop
High difficulty and frequent failure
Punishing random card draws
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Tabletop Gaming Magazine, Owen DuffyArticle

Paleo is an accessible, intuitive, and deeply sociable co-op card game that brilliantly transports players to prehistoric times. Its core strength lies in demanding player coordination and collective decision-making, making the struggle for survival surprisingly fun.

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The Opinionated Gamers, Dale YuArticle

Paleo is an impressive, smooth-flowing cooperative Stone Age survival game where players manage individual hands of cards, gather resources, and work together to avoid starvation and complete cave paintings.

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Party Tails Games, Z GarciaVideo

This video provides an overview and review of the cooperative Stone Age survival game Paleo, detailing its mechanics, modules, and cooperative goals.

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coopgestaltArticle

Paleo features a clean aesthetic, engaging card-driven exploration, and a strong cooperative focus, though it suffers from an annoying 3D workbench and lacks dedicated solo rules.

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Cardboard Minute, Cardboard MinuteVideo

This video provides an overview of how to play Paleo, a solo playthrough demonstration, and a final review sharing thoughts on the stone age cooperative survival experience.

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Man vs Meeple, Jeremy Salinas and Kira PeavleyVideo

Man vs Meeple explores the cooperative survival game Paleo, highlighting its thematic stone-age setting, unique card-driven mechanics, and group coordination required to complete the cave painting before running out of life tokens.

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Boardgame OpinionsVideo

The channel shares cooperative gameplay impressions and final thoughts on Paleo, highlighting its unique card-driven challenges and survival mechanics.

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Board Game Gumbo, BJArticle

Paleo is an engaging cooperative survival game set in early human history that successfully mitigates quarterbacking through hidden player decks and blind draws.

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There Will Be Games, Matt ThrowerArticle

Paleo offers a tense and thematic cooperative survival experience, featuring engaging resource management and tough joint decisions, though it relies somewhat on genre tropes and loses a bit of mystery upon replay.

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BoardGameCo, Alex RadcliffeVideo

The reviewer revisits Paleo to discuss how his thoughts on the cooperative survival game have evolved over time. He confirms that his initial stance and rating for the game remain unchanged.

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Shut Up & Sit Down, QuinnsVideo

Paleo is a cooperative prehistoric adventure game where players manage human tribes, gather resources, and try to survive harsh conditions while completing modular scenarios.

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The Dice Tower, Zee GarciaVideo

Zee Garcia explores the cooperative prehistoric survival game Paleo, highlighting its unique card-driven mechanics, strategic choices, and thematic tension. He ultimately recommends it as an engaging and well-crafted cooperative experience.

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Meeple and the MooseArticle

Paleo offers a deeply thematic experience driven by exciting discoveries and scenarios, but it suffers from frustrating luck-based elements and scaling difficulty that limits its replayability.

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ThinkerThemer, ThinkerThemerVideo

The reviewer found Paleo to offer interesting mechanics and varied campaigns, especially enjoyable in solo play. However, they concluded that as a cooperative game, it often results in a dominant player and boredom among others, thus limiting its engagement and long-term replayability in group settings.

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