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PALAEO DIET
EAT OR BE EATEN
©Nicholas Wright & Ganesha Games 2017
Illustrations by Orestis ‘Orestix’ Ermeides
I would like to express my gratitude to the following playtesters
whose support and comments have made this a better game than
it might have been: Conor Roe, Andrea Sfiligoi, Mark Stevens, Brett
Hodgson, James Ewins, Iván de la Osa, Dan Ostapovich Eduardo
Cifuentes, the lads at Wee Gamers, Laura Wright and, above all,
James ‘Snogg’ Bryant.
Half of all author royalties generated from sales of these rules will
be donated to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency who
protect and assist individuals and families displaced by war and
persecution.
IN AN UNFORGIVING WORLD, THE CHOICE IS SIMPLE...
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CONTENTS
In the beginning
The basics
What you’ll need
Scale and measurements
Rules of thumb
Hunters
Hunter summary
Hominid attributes
Equipping hunters
Activating hunters
Failed activation dice
Working together
Moving
Attacking and pelting
Ambushes
Optional rule: hunter traits
Fire
Indicating fire
Starting a ground fire
Determining wind direction
The effects of fire
Hounds
Hound summary
Hound attributes
Hounds and hunters
Activating hounds
Failed activation dice
Base instincts
Beasts
Beast summary
Beast reactions
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Predatory nature
Beast attributes and profiles
Apex predators
Pack predators
Giant grazers
Herd grazers
Optional rule: critters
The landscape
Open terrain
Hills
Thickets
Tricky ground
Ice
Open water
Impassable
Sheer drops
Scenario suggestions
Vanilla Skies
Clan of the Cave Bear
Dances with Wolves
Follow that Bird
The Hunger Games
The Man Who Would be King
Opportunity Knocks
Picnic at Hanging Rock
The Power of One
Predator
Nurturing your tribe
Establishing your hunting party
Survival of the fittest
The good, the bad, and the ugly
Increasing numbers
Quick Reference Tables
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Progressing through the seasons 50
Determining movement direction
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Getting caught up in a stampede 29
Moving through other beasts
When beasts attack
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IN THE BEGINNING…
PDEE
is a table top hunting game set in a pre-historic
world where our hunter-gatherer ancestors (and their
hominid cousins) had to hunt and eat, or be hunted and
eaten. The game seeks to model a time when humans
were not yet in control of the world around them, when
the landscape could just as easily give succour to a
struggling tribe, as it could cripple a thriving people.
The game is designed for solo play or for (mostly) co-
operative play with up to four players. In multiplayer
games, the tribal elder – also known as the oldest player
– determines the order in which players may attempt
to activate their hunters, although each player must
attempt to activate all their hunters before the turn
passes to the next player.
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The basics
Models are divided into three categories:
i. hunters, armed hominids activated and controlled
directly by players and can potentially carry out
multiple actions each turn depending on their
nerves (and activation rolls!);
ii. hounds, domesticated wolves or dogs under the
limited control of players;
iii. and beasts, non-player models that react to the
actions of hunters (and hounds).
All models have a set of three attributes – Savagery,
Resilience and Bulk.
Savagery represents how fierce a model
is and how likely it is to cause harm to a
hunter. The Savagery attribute shows the
minimum number required on a 1d6 to
cause harm to a hunter during an attack.
A model’s resilience indicates how tough
it is. The Resilience attribute shows the
minimum die roll required by a hunter to
cause harm to the model when attacking
it or pelting it with missiles.
The bulk of a model represents both
its size and the amount of food it will
provide if killed. The Bulk attribute
represents the number of wounds a
model can suffer before it is killed.
Savagery
Resilience
Bulk
In addition to their attributes, hunters have a tool type
chosen by the player, and an optional single Trait which
is rolled for randomly before the game.
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