Saturday, 27 September 2025

Snit's Revenge

I had never heard of this game before, published under Steve Jackson Games,  a "trippy" classic from Tom Wham (circa 1977). Amazing the amount of stuff you are still to discover

https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/710/snits-revenge

Despite its age, I am really glad I played it. A treasure from a friend's attic so to speak, I found it great fun (see below, the game board is the anatomy of the terribe Snits predator. the Bolotomus, the idea being you steal the Bolotomus' spark of life [killing it] and escape as a Snit hero into legend): 


The game starts with British typical toilet humour. Gaining entry into the Bolotomos it either through the nose (which is a risky 50:50 "do-or-die" strategy, losers being decapitated, you need a very fast Snit to succeed) or try the "toilet parts" a safer entrance bar the fact you meet anti-bodies pretty quickly - yeah, kids [or adults who are big kids] love this game! Once inside the Bolotomus, red anti-bodies try to kill you as you try to "take out" the Bolotomus' organs one be one, as you are looking for the "spark of life". Lots of antibodies get generated and lots of Snits die but a "lucky" one can/will find the "spark" - instantly killing the Bolotomus (see below, an end game gambit of a successful Snit exiting a dying Bolotomus via the gut):   


There were two teams of Snits (the Green Clan (me) and the Pink Clan [Renko]) and one Bolotomus defender (aka the gamesmaster). At the start there is a brief semblance of teamwork as the Snits scatter to all four corners of the Bolotomus in search of the "spark of life" - fighting anti-bodies (sometimes together) along the way. Once the Bolotomus is dead though, then it is Snit-eat-Snit. Both Clans wanting to be the one with "the spark" and hailed winner (see below, a close up of the winning Snit [a Pink Snit who had killed the Green Snit carrying "the spark" - sniff, yes it was me] looking for the exit [OK let's call it what it is - the anus]): 


A fun game with great replay value. Not chess but cerebral in parts. Best played with alcohol to aid the narrative!

3 comments:

Steve said...

It was originally published in Dragon Magazine #11 and many other Tom Wham games were published in other issues including the classic The Awful Green Things from Outer Space.

Geordie an Exiled FoG said...

Cool, a lot of good things came from the Dragon Magazine for sure. Awful Green Things is on the "to play" list. I have recollections of seeing it being played but not playing it.

Mike Strefford said...

Frothers UK created a 3D version of the game and ran it at Salute a few years ago. Great fun.