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Rules assistance for Too Many Bones: Riffle
Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.
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Rules assistant for Too Many Bones: Riffle
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Too Many Bones: Riffle is an expansion for Too Many Bones released in 2022. It was designed by Adam Carlson and Josh J. Carlson.
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About the game
Riffle has been located! Act now before they go back into hiding... Riffle is the previously unannounced super-secret endgame behind Chip Theory's "Automaton of Shale" puzzle deck/pop-up adventure! Years in the making, this Gearloc only comes out of hiding in rare moments when enough puzzle solvers reach the end of the Automaton of Shale puzzle deck! You can read more about this promotion on our blog. Riffle uses 10 Skill dice alongside a 52 card deck to deal (ha!) damage across the entire battlefield. Riffle is available only for 24-48 hours at a time! Don't miss your chance to grab this top secret character!
Editions
- Too Many Bones: RiffleenChip Theory Games2022
- Too Many Bones: RiffledeChip Theory Games, Frosted Games2026
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- Frosted Games
- Chip Theory Games
Questions and answers
Too Many Bones: Riffle has a complexity rating of 3.6 out of 5 from BoardGameGeek players, which makes it a medium-weight 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.
Too Many Bones: Riffle belongs to these categories: Expansion for Base-game. Categories describe the theme, setting and style of a game rather than its rules. Filter the catalogue by the same category to find similar games when you enjoyed Too Many Bones: Riffle and want something comparable for your next game night.
The credited designers of Too Many Bones: Riffle are: Adam Carlson and Josh J. Carlson. 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 Too Many Bones: Riffle as an expansion for Too Many Bones. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Too Many Bones to use it. Check that your edition of Too Many Bones is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.