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82 questions players ask about Creature Caravan. Pick one for the answer. See also the full rulebook.

Updated 2026-11-05.

  • Setup and Components
  • Turn Structure and Free Actions
  • Dice, Actions and Movement
  • Attacking Zombies
  • Market and Zombie Boards
  • Map, Camps and Eastrey
  • Cards, Fruit and Costs
  • Scoring
  • Solo Mode
  • Creature Caravan: WanderersExpansion

Setup and Components

  • Can the map tiles be placed on either side?
  • How many dice does each player start with?
  • Can you run out of cubes or other components?

Turn Structure and Free Actions

  • Do you place all dice first, or resolve each action before placing the next die?
  • Can you add more than one creature to your caravan in one turn?
  • Is there a limit on free actions such as discarding cards for food or coins?
  • What is the caravan card limit, and do Wanderers items count?
  • Can you discard a card from your caravan, and which cards allow it?
  • What happens to the die and any fruit when you discard a card from your caravan?

Dice, Actions and Movement

  • Must you take every benefit of an action, or can you do only part of it?
  • On Birdfolk Orator, do you pay the bag to gain the 2 coins from the 6 die?
  • Can an effect that adds to a die push it above 6?
  • Can two different cards that each raise dice by one be used together?
  • How does an empty die box on an attack action work?
  • Can one movement take you two spaces or diagonally?
  • What is the difference between the movement on Lizard Rider and Work Crew?
  • Must Lizard Rider be resolved in printed order, and can it be used if one effect is impossible?
  • Do a "+1" movement bonus and a terrain-icon movement bonus mean the same thing?
  • What dice does the player board travel-to-any-terrain action need?

Attacking Zombies

  • Can you attack a zombie after moving off the threat space, or from any space?
  • Do you need a zombie token to attack a zombie?
  • Can you attack more than one zombie in a turn, or fight and keep moving?
  • When you attack several zombies, does each attack discard a zombie token?
  • Can you combine dice from several attack actions against one zombie?
  • Must you attack the strongest zombie your dice can beat?
  • Can you stop mid-move to fight a zombie you pass?

Market and Zombie Boards

  • Can you place more than one cube in a market or zombie column, or skip columns?
  • Can several players take the same trade or zombie in the same round?
  • Can one player make a coin trade and a bag trade?

Map, Camps and Eastrey

  • Does Stoic Sphynx's diagonal move need a die placed on the card?
  • Do you take a zombie token passing through a threat space where you already have a camp?
  • Can you leave a threat space and re-enter it for another zombie token?
  • Does picking up a zombie token stop your movement?
  • Is Eastrey a plains space?
  • Can you collect a white tower, fruit or treasure reward again with a second camp there?
  • Does Toadfolk Fisher pay each time you enter a lake, including the same space?

Cards, Fruit and Costs

  • When a card gives you an extra die, can you roll and place it the same turn?
  • Can a card hold more than one fruit?
  • What does a fruit on a card do to its die requirement?
  • Can you place fruit on a Machine card?
  • Can you play Grasskin Queen with a full caravan?
  • Does a cost discount like "0 if 3+ magic" also reduce coins and bags?
  • Does a card count itself toward its own discount?
  • Does a card's "each time you play" effect trigger on itself?
  • Does placing a die on a card count as playing it?
  • Does a +1 attack bonus on a creature apply if you place no die on it?

Scoring

  • Do market and zombie cubes score only once they reach the bottom space?
  • Does Fruit Collector count fruit that is on other cards?
  • Does moving backwards reduce your distance score?
  • Do you need to reach Eastrey to get the full 25 VP for distance?

Solo Mode

  • When the solo bot picks the highest-VP card, how are modifiers handled?
  • How do the solo bot's combat dice work, and what if it has none on the 4?
  • How does the solo bot assign dice?
  • Does the solo bot take zombie tokens?
  • Which pair does the bot take if it rolls several?
  • Does the bot's double-1 space need two dice showing 1?
  • What does the solo bot do on a 3 if six drawn cards do not match?
  • Does an open-ended bonus like "1 per folk" count as an incomplete set for the bot?
  • Does the solo bot get fruit or treasure again for repeat camps on the same space?
  • Where does the bot place its market cube?

Creature Caravan: WanderersExpansion

  • How do you add the Wanderers expansion cards to the game?
  • Does Oil Being copy the bonus of an item attached to a creature?
  • Does moving a camp with Ether Ring trigger the new space's reward?
  • If a fruit lowers a creature's die requirement, does an attached item bonus still need the real die value?
  • If you discard a creature with an attached item, is the item discarded too?
  • Can an item be attached to a creature that has no die space?
  • Does Huge Mallet change other players' food costs?
  • Which bot board is used with the Wanderers solo rules?
  • Can Oil Being copy an action that has a cost, and do you still pay?
  • Can Oil Being copy a player-board action, and can the die be below the usual value?
  • Does Oil Being need a die already placed on the action it copies?
  • Is the Lizardfolk Scout's movement optional, and what does it allow?
  • Do you have to use all the movement a card grants?
  • Can you make more than one market trade in a turn?
  • Does Shell Hunter need separate dice for its two benefits?
  • What does Insect Catcher's "8 if 4 ___" require?
  • Does the Airship card have the Flying type?
  • Does Cresarian Linguist add one card per draw action or per card drawn?
  • Does Zoological Scholar need one card per type?
  • On a card reading "4 +3 if 4 magic", is the value 4 or 7?
  • Does the bot score conditional cards when the condition fails?
  • Does the bot use dice only at exact values?