Jolly Dutch Productions
Antscape Card Game
Antscape Card Game
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Product overview
Build your colony. Claim the best ground. Rule for the queen.
A clever card game of territory control, colony building and tactical choices.
Recruit ants, expand across the landscape and compete for valuable territories as rival colonies battle for dominance.
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About this product
Build your colony. Claim the best ground. Rule for the queen.
A clever card game of territory control, colony building and tactical choices.
Recruit ants, expand across the landscape and compete for valuable territories as rival colonies battle for dominance.
Product Description
Welcome to Antscape, the perfect landscape for your ant colony. Unfortunately, you are not the only colony that has discovered it.
Your goal is to build the strongest colony by claiming valuable territories, deploying your queen wisely and expanding into strategically useful areas. Each territory has its own requirements, so deciding which cards to spend — and which areas to fight for — becomes increasingly important as the landscape fills.
Players take turns performing actions, recruiting ants and claiming territories. When claiming a territory, the icons on the Colony and Recruit cards you spend must match its requirements, while the ant icon can act as a joker.
Recruit cards gradually become part of your deck, opening new possibilities as the game progresses, while special card actions can alter the state of the colony and give you new tactical options.
Your queen can also play an important role. Use her to claim a territory and she can earn bonus points, but victory is not simply about collecting the most cards. Positioning, connected colonies and the active Bonus Card can all influence the final score.
When the battle for the landscape is over, the player with the most points wins.
View the Antscape Rulebook (PDF)
Why You’ll Love It
- Build your own ant colony: Claim territories and connect them into increasingly valuable areas.
- Tactical card play: Decide which Colony and Recruit cards to spend and which to keep for later.
- Compete for the best territory: Every claimed area changes what remains available to your rivals.
- Recruit new ants: Add Recruit cards to your deck to expand the options available on future turns.
- Use your queen strategically: Claiming a territory with your queen can earn additional points.
- Variable scoring: Bonus Cards reward different styles of colony building from game to game.
- Quick to the table: A full game takes around 20 minutes.
Quick Details
- Publisher: Jolly Dutch
- Designer: Paul Gigengack
- Illustrator: Lena Lackmann
- Players: 2–4
- Age: 8+
- Play time: 20 minutes
- Game type: Territory-control card game
- Contents: 110 cards
- Rules: Dutch and English
Good to Know
- Goal: Score the most points through claimed territories, your queen and the active Bonus Card.
- First-game setup: The rulebook recommends using the 24 Territory Cards marked with a star plus one random additional Territory Card for an easier introduction.
- Two-player setup: A two-player game uses a smaller 4 × 4 territory grid and only one Queen Territory Card.
- Different ways to score: Bonus Cards can reward colony size, particular formations and other territory patterns.
- Jolly Dutch states that its games use biodegradable plastic, biodegradable ink and glue, FSC-certified materials, European production and CO2 compensation for transport.
