Save the Meeples

About this board game

Save the Meeples is a worker placement game for 2–4 players, playable in about 60 minutes. Lead a community of meeples threatened by humans who have discovered their hidden world and are kidnapping its inhabitants to work in board games.

To protect the meeples, you must choose between two possible paths: fight the humans or build rockets and escape to a new, peaceful planet. Trains connect your meeples with different locations, each offering opportunities to expand your plans and respond to the growing danger.

• Enroll new meeples
• Repair your wounded foes
• Acquire resources
• Build rockets
• Fight the humans

Save the Meeples uses a distinctive twist on worker placement: placement is disconnected from action. You program your placements in a specific order, then resolve your actions in reverse order. This makes planning and timing central as you prepare your meeples for either resistance or escape.

The end of the game can lead to very different winning conditions, and the players control which outcome becomes possible rather than leaving it to chance. If the humans invade the meeple world before the rockets allow an escape, the player who fought best is rewarded. If the meeples get away, victory goes to the player who contributed most to the escape.

Choose your side wisely, coordinate your plans, and decide whether the future of the meeples lies in defending their home or leaving it behind.