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Aqua ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer
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Rules assistance for ROVE: Crawler
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- 1 player
- 15 min
- 8+
Rules assistant for ROVE: Crawler
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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.
ROVE: Crawler is an expansion for ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer released in 2022 for 1 player, 15 minutes per game, and ages 8 and up. It was designed by Dustin Dobson and Milan Zivkovic and its main mechanics are Square Grid, Pattern Movement, and Solo / Solitaire Game.
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About the game
An alien parasite has latched onto ROVE and is crawling all over your modules. You’ll need to figure out how to deal with this new challenge in order to complete your mission. ROVE: Crawler is a single Module card expansion. Crawler is a new module that adds a neat little twist to the game: It has a new restriction (it must always cover a single module), its own ability and movement, and a special sort of passive ability. It's sometimes in your way and sometimes useful.
Designers
Publishers
- Frosted Games
- Button Shy
Questions and answers
ROVE: Crawler supports 1 player according to the catalogue. This is the publisher’s listed player count, so the game is designed for exactly that number of participants. Variants for other group sizes, if any, are described in the rulebook of your edition, so check it before setting up a different configuration.
The listed playing time for ROVE: Crawler is 15 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists ROVE: Crawler for ages 8 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
ROVE: Crawler belongs to these categories: Card Game, Science Fiction, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Square Grid, Pattern Movement, 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 ROVE: Crawler are: Dustin Dobson and Milan Zivkovic. 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 ROVE: Crawler as an expansion for ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer to use it. Check that your edition of ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.