Don't Anger the Rat King

Don't Anger the Rat King is best experienced with headphones

Don't Anger the Rat King is a game where you and your opponent, a mysterious humanoid tree creature, compete to achieve a common goal untie all the rats in the rat king before the other does so, and don't untie past the last rat or you will anger the rat king (you don't want to do that).

each round, you and the tree creature take turns taking actions until someone unties all the rats or angers the rat king. if you anger the rat king you lose. if the tree angers the rat king you win this round and your score increases by 1 and you start a new round. if you untie all the rats you win this round and your score increases by 1 and you start a new round. if the tree unties all the rats you lose.

actions:

untie: roll 2 dice, increase the number of untied rats  by approximately 1/3 the result, but if you untie past the last rat, you will anger the rat king

knot: roll 2 dice, decrease the number of untied rats  by approximately 1/3 the result, but if you knot past the last rat, you will anger the rat king

pass: skip your turn

CREDITS:

art: me 

game: me  

music: me