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TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna, Sidekick Games, (c) 2025 — front cover, English-language edition (image provided by the publisher)
TEMBO: Survival on the Savanna,  Sidekick Games, 2025 — demo at SPIEL Essen 25 with Daniel Skjold Pedersen
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Tembo: Survival on the Savanna (2026)

Players
1–4
Best: 2, 3, 4
Playing time
30–45 min
Age
10+
6.58
Average rating
249
Ratings
2.86/5
Weight
#9389
BGG rank
Outside top 5,000
Alternate names:Tembo: Survivre dans la savane
Designer:Asger Aleksandrov Granerud, Daniel Skjold Pedersen, Mads Fløe, Dan Halstad
Artist:Vincent Dutrait
Publisher:The Op Games +3 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 5, Luck 5, Interaction 2, Complexity 5.7, Theme 3
Strategy5.0
Luck5.0
Interaction2.0
Complexity5.7
Theme3.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

PuzzleAnimalsModular BoardCooperative GameSolo / Solitaire GameMulti-Use Cards

Overview

TEMBO is the Swahili word for elephant. In this cooperative game, you lead a herd of elephants on a thrilling journey of survival across the savanna. Reaching your destination is the only way to win - yet the path is full of challenges. You will need to search out food and water, navigate shifting terrain, and avoid the fierce lions that roam the land.

On your turn, play a card to either expand the savanna or move the herd forward across it. Each card has dual uses, and your position at the table determines how you can play it, creating a multi-layered puzzle for you and your team to solve. Play continues until the herd reaches its destination—or until you lose by going hungry, running out of time in the deck, or being caught by the lions.

No two journeys are ever the same. Each game offers new challenges, demanding careful planning and constant communication to guide your herd safely to victory.

—description from the publisher

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