Engineering Ants
BGG rank
BGG #29,394
BGG rating
4.8

Engineering Ants

2015

Rules assistance for Engineering Ants

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 15 min
  • 5+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

Rules assistant for Engineering Ants

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Engineering Ants is a board game released in 2015 for 2–4 players and ages 5 and up. It was designed by Don Ullman and Peggy Brown and its main mechanics are Roll / Spin and Move and Cooperative Game.

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About the game

Engineering Ants is a cooperative game for 2–4 players. The players take turns rolling a die to move the shared engineering ant token around the board in search of blocked ants. Upon finding a blocked ant, the players work together to build something that will help the blocked ant get around the obstacle. The games includes 12 tubes (4 tall, 8 short), 8 clips, 8 connectors, 8 caps, and an assortments of cardboard pieces giving you wings, propellers, ladders, etc. If the players free all three blocked ants before the anteater token (which moves on certain die rolls and based on the engineering ant landing on certain spots on the board) arrives at the central anthill, then the players win. From the box: A creative cooperative building game for 2–4 players, aged 5+. Beat the Obstacle and Rescue the Ants! Use your creativity to build solutions to help free the ants. But watch out! The Anteater is on his way to the anthill! If you can free all of the ants and get them back to the anthill before the Anteater gets there, you all win as a team! Engineering Ants is a game that inspires kids to invent, design and build.

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Publishers

  • Broadway Toys LTD
  • Peaceable Kingdom

Questions and answers

Engineering Ants supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.