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Hand-To-Hand Wombat

Everyone closes their eyes. Some people build the towers. Some people quietly wreck them. Then everyone opens their eyes and starts trying to figure out who was being helpful and who was absolutely not. Hand-to-Hand Wombat is part teamwork, part sabotage, and part accusing your friends of being terrible wombats. Our copy also includes the We Need to Talk About Wombats comic by The Oatmeal.

  • 3–6 players
  • 15 min to play
  • a couple of rules to explain
  • 7+ years and up
  • Loud

$8 / night

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Hand-To-Hand Wombat box art

WHY RENT THIS ONE

Why it's worth a spot on your weekend

“Build the tower. Trust nobody.”

Everyone closes their eyes. The good wombats build towers. The bad wombats wreck them. Then everyone opens their eyes and starts accusing each other.

Hand-to-Hand Wombat is part cooperative game, part secret sabotage, and part detective work. You are trying to figure out who is helping and who is quietly ruining everything while pretending to be innocent. It is fast, social, and wonderfully chaotic, especially when the accusations start flying.

This is a great pick for families with tweens and teens, groups of friends, or anyone who enjoys games where the table is just as entertaining as the actual rules. Our copy also includes the special We Need to Talk About Wombats comic by The Oatmeal, which is a fun bonus even though you do not need it to play.

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Good to know

  • Table space

    Needs a normal dinner table's worth of room.

  • Reading load

    Some reading, but not enough to slow the game down.

  • Getting knocked out

    Somebody can be out before the end — worth knowing with younger kids.

  • Pausing mid-game

    Easy to pause. If someone has to step out, the table survives.

  • Setup time

    About 5 minutes of setup before anyone touches a piece.

WATCH IT PLAYED

See it in action

COMMON QUESTIONS

Renting, answered

Can I rent Hand-To-Hand Wombat near Plattekill?

Yes — Hand-To-Hand Wombat is part of the Deep Space Family Games game shelf, available to rent by the night around Plattekill and the wider Hudson Valley area. Roughly 30 minutes out from Plattekill in every direction — delivery and local pickup only. Nothing to walk into.

Is requesting Hand-To-Hand Wombat a real reservation?

No — every button on this page is a request, not a booking. Deep Space Family Games doesn't run live availability, so we confirm by hand once you tell us you want Hand-To-Hand Wombat and when.

What happens if a piece from Hand-To-Hand Wombat goes missing?

Hand-To-Hand Wombat, like every game on the shelf, is counted against a written list before it goes out and again when it comes back, so a missing piece is a conversation with a number behind it, not a guess.

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SHELF NOTES

How we'd sum it up

Remember the sticker Blockbuster used to slap on the video case, the one that told you everything before you'd even flipped it over? That's the idea here.

  • Wombat
  • Hidden Roles
  • Sabotage
  • Teamwork
  • Dexterity
  • Funny
  • Tweens
  • Teens
  • Adults

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