Snit's Revenge

Did You Know?

• Bolotomi are large essentially immobile creatures who live on an alien beach and come to enjoy smashing tiny Snits when the latter creatures charge up out of the sea to reproduce.
• The Snits decide to seek revenge and begin attacking the Bolotomi from within.

Rules

In the game, cardboard chits with unique artwork represent both the Snits and the various types of body defenders. These pieces move across a gameboard depicting a cross-section of a Bolotomus’s body, which is filled with whimsically named internal organs linked by narrow tubes that restrict movement in different ways. Three of these organs contain holes leading to the outside, and it is through these openings that the Snits enter the board at the start of play. Each organ is considered “alive” when it is occupied by a matching chit called a Snorg. The Snit player wins by rolling dice to successfully Kick a certain percentage of Snorgs to death, or by locating the hidden “Spark Of Life” chit, which the Bolotomus player places under a chosen Snorg at the game’s start, along with three explosive decoys. The Bolotomus player wins if his Runnungitms—roughly equivalent to human white blood cells—can Chomp all invading Snits to death, also determined by dice rolls. The number of Snit attackers varies each game, but the Snit player cannot replace any losses. In contrast, the Bolotomus has three Compositor organs where destroyed Snorgs can be resurrected and returned to duty, and a Lapotum, which is inaccessible to Snits, where new Runnungitms can be produced. When a Runnungitm successfully Chomps a Snit, it also dies and turns into a PoPo, which drifts mindlessly toward the nearest exit and can be used by either side to block movement between organs. Optional rules allow giving each Snit or Runnungitm unique attributes like battle speed or strength. In the Steve Jackson version, this concept is standard, while the use of the Spark becomes optional. The game can also accommodate more than two players by splitting the Snits into competing tribes.