CREATURE COMFORTS (2022)

PLAYERS	TIME	DESIGNER	PUBLISHER
1-5	45 mins	Roberta Taylor	Kids Table BG

In this set collection, worker placement game, players are woodland creatures gathering items in order to be the most comfortable when winter arrives.

You place your four worker meeples at various spots on the board and then roll dice, hoping that the totals meet criteria for the locations.

You have two ‘home’ dice to roll before putting workers out, which means that you at least know two values before you start going after stuff. But the four white village dice are unknown until you’re done placing them.

CREATURE COMFORTS is a lighter Worker Placement game, one aimed at being more introductory to the genre.

That said, it can feel a little more complex than its artwork and components let on.

It’s not a busy interlocking brain buster, but there can be a lot of thinking to do.

In standard Worker Placement, you want something like stone, you place a worker in the stone spot. Done.

Here though, there are various spots for stone. You place a worker there, but then you need to roll the correct number required to claim it.

This slows down placement because you’re gambling on gaining. There are not many guarantees in this game.

Turns also do not go back and forth, so non-active players can be stuck with a lot of downtime, dragging the game out more with the Long version.

And yet despite these issues, I really do like the game.

We play mostly at 2, and always the short version, so for us the game never outstays its welcome.

We also have the deluxe version with wooden everything. This game always looks good on the table, and the amazing insert makes it easy to set up.

But it’s not just the cosmetics that make me like it. It’s a fun Worker Placement game that is a little more chilled than others. I play it when I want less complex or less cutthroat.

CREATURE COMFORTS pulls you in with its cuteness, slaps you with it’s playing time, but then hugs you if you stick around long enough.