
- BGG rank
- BGG #843
- BGG rating
- 7.0
Escape: The Curse of the Temple
- 1–5 players
- 10 min
- Complexity 1.5/5
- 2012

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Ready Five is an expansion for Crokinole released in 2020 for 1–2 players. It was designed by Mark Harding and its main mechanics are Cooperative Game and Solo / Solitaire Game.
A solo/cooperative dexterity game played on a standard Crokinole board. Protect your base from enemy fighters. Don’t let a single enemy fighter disc reach the centre hole, or you lose. If you survive all of the Sweep cards, and clear the board of all remaining enemy fighter discs, you win! —description from the designer
Ready Five supports 1–2 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.
Ready Five has a complexity rating of 2.0 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-light game. The rating reflects how much rules knowledge, planning and decision-making a typical game demands. Expect a longer first teach for heavier games, and use a preparation guide before game night.
Ready Five belongs to these categories: Print & Play and Action / Dexterity. Its main mechanics are Cooperative Game and Solo / Solitaire Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Ready Five are: Mark Harding. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Ready Five as an expansion for Crokinole. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Crokinole to use it. Check that your edition of Crokinole is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.