Imagine your perfect day: relaxing in your tower, enjoying the view, and chatting with neighbors. Then, suddenly, the local cemetery decides to 'wake up'. That's the setup for Bad Bones. You are the ruler of a kingdom currently being swarmed by clattering, persistent hordes of skeletons. The worst part? Your once-friendly neighbors have slammed their gates shut, focusing only on their own safety. Now, it's every ruler for themselves.

The goal is straightforward: survival. You can't actually defeat the invasion—the bony army is endless—so winning means simply outlasting everyone else. To keep your home from becoming a graveyard, you'll need to maneuver your hero, place clever traps, cast spells, and even wake up your pet dragon. The most mischievous part? If things get too desperate, you can 'helpfully' deflect the skeleton horde toward your neighbor's kingdom. After all, who needs friends when you have a standing tower?

The game moves quickly thanks to simultaneous action selection. Every round, everyone moves their heroes and adjusts traps at the same time, followed by the skeletons' advance and the spawning of new enemies. Since each player manages their own board, a game with up to six players can be finished in about thirty minutes. For those who prefer teamwork over betrayal, there is a cooperative mode where everyone wins if they all survive, but the competitive mode is where the real chaos happens. Once your tower or village is wiped out, you're done. Will you hold the line, or will your home become a retirement village for the damned?