# Dungeon Petz: Bonus Pets

## General Info
- **Year Published**: 2012
- **BGG Rating**: 7.4
- **BGG Rank**: —
- **Players**: 2-4 (Best with: 4)
- **Duration**: 90 min
- **Weight**: 3.30 / 5
- **Designers**: Vlaada Chvátil
- **Artists**: David Cochard
- **Publishers**: Czech Games Edition (CGE), W. Nostheide Verlag GmbH
- **Categories**: Expansion for Base-game, Fantasy

## Verdict
If you love Dungeon Petz and want extra critters to mess with, Bonus Pets hits the sweet spot.Adds variety without complexityFun food requirementsPotion scores extra at fairsNo new boardsFace‑down card unusableSkelly adds suffering tokensRECOMMENDED

## Description
Dungeon Petz: Bonus Pets lands as a bite‑size upgrade for the beloved pet‑care dungeon game. The expansion adds two fresh creatures – Yummy (Mampfi) and Skelly (Knochi) – that spice up your monster‑raising routine. Yummy is the easiest pet on the block: it only cares about food, alternating vegetables on even turns and meat on odd ones. To set its colour requirement, you pick a card from your hand, place it face‑down, and you can’t use that card for the rest of the round. This adds a quick decision point without heavily impacting overall strategy. Skelly, on the other hand, is a deceased imp turned skeleton; it can’t eat at all, so feeding it adds a suffering token and makes the pet depressed. The silver lining is a hospital potion that can stand in for any food requirement and scores extra points during exhibitions and sales. Both pets work within Dungeon Petz’s core mechanics – hand management, worker allocation, and auctions – but with tiny twists that give the game extra flavor. The expansion doesn’t introduce new boards or action cards, so players who already own the base game feel they’re truly adding content rather than replacing anything. Play time stays around 90 minutes, and the light weight (3.3/5) keeps the learning curve gentle. In short, Bonus Pets is a quick‑to‑slot supplement, perfect for those who want more variety without overcomplicating the session.

## How to Play
Game Objective
Refer to the manual for details on this section.

Preparation (Setup)
The Bonus Pets, which include Yummy and Skelly, should be shuffled into the pet pile. If desired, you can shuffle them into the top half of the pile to ensure they appear during the game.

Game Flow
Yummy: Mood-shifting
The first colored bar on Yummy's wheel can be any color you wish. Before drawing cards, place a card of any color (that is not a potion) face down in front of you. The rainbow bar is considered that color for the rest of the round – you draw a card of that color when drawing cards and must assign a card of that color to Yummy.
The face-down card cannot be used this round; it must remain on the table. (Therefore, unless you are using a book to give you an extra card, you will have to assign all Need Cards you draw of that color.)
At the end of the round, pick up the face-down card and return it to your hand so you have the correct cards for the next round.
An older Yummy has two rainbow bars. This requires you to choose the colors for two bars by placing two cards face down. (Unless you have a book, you will only have one card of each color in your hand, so these two cards will be of different colors.)

Yummy: Dietary Oscillation
Yummy's food requirement depends on the current round number. In odd-numbered rounds, he only eats meat. In even-numbered rounds, he only eats vegetables. This applies to food tokens, as well as the special effects of Yummy's cage or accessory. Food from the Magic Box works at any time.

Actions and How to Play
Skelly: Potion Addiction
When you draw Skelly, take a Potion Card and add it to your hand (as you do when visiting the hospital).

Skelly: No Sleep
Potions work differently for Skelly. They don't make him sleepy; they make him active.
You can still assign a Potion to replace a Need Card in Phase 3, as usual. And, as usual, you discard a card of that color when evaluating the Potion in Phase 4.
But when you display Skelly in Phase 4, you can treat the potion as if it were a Need Card representing any of the four basic needs (hunger, play, anger, or magic, as represented on Skelly's egg). The Potion Card is treated as a Need Card of the chosen type for the rest of the round. (Its color does not change, so it can still count as "potion color" during the Beauty Pageant display.)
The need you choose does not have to be related to the color of the card you discarded. If you assign multiple Potion Cards to Skelly, you choose one basic need for each. They can be the same or different.

Skelly: No Diet
Skelly cannot eat food (not even frozen food from the Magic Box).
For each hunger need assigned to Skelly (whether from a red or yellow card, or as your choice for a Potion card), place a suffering token on Skelly. His hunger need can never be satisfied. The suffering token represents how sad this makes him.

End of Game and Scoring
Refer to the manual for details on this section.

Tips for Winning

    When dealing with Yummy and his Mood-shifting ability, plan your cards in advance. Remember that the face-down card cannot be used in the current round, which may limit your options if you don't have extra cards.
    For Skelly, use Potion Cards strategically. They can be treated as any of the four basic needs, which offers great flexibility to satisfy display requirements, especially since Skelly cannot satisfy hunger.

## FAQ
### How many players can join?
2 to 4 players, just like the base game.

### What is the typical playing time?
About 90 minutes, similar to the original.

### Do I need the base game to use this expansion?
Yes, Bonus Pets is a supplement and requires Dungeon Petz to play.

### What new components are included?
Two new pets (Yummy and Skelly), suffering markers, colour cards, and a hospital potion.

### Does the expansion increase the game's complexity?
Not significantly; the weight stays around 3.3/5, keeping the learning curve gentle.

### Can I use the new pets in solo play?
Absolutely, they work the same way as the base‑game pets in solo mode.

### Are there any rule nuances I should watch out for?
The face‑down card chosen for Yummy’s colour can’t be used that turn, and Skelly’s potion can serve as an extra requirement during the fair.

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