1001 Odysseys is a game of fantastic space adventures. The first human FTL ship, the Odyssey, sets out to explore a new sector of the galaxy after finding an operational alien stargate. Players take on the roles of the Odyssey's bridge crew, as they find planets, meet strange new aliens, and eventually try to find the way back home!
Each time a group sits down at the table, they play through one chapter of a story: a co-operative adventure will result in a new chapter being unlocked for the next session. The chapters aren't linear though, your path through the story book will be determined by your choices. Every standalone book tells of one of the Odyssey's adventures through alien space, but they do not require the same set of players each time. No two playthroughs of a given story book will be exactly alike!
While playing, the Mission Control board will track your progress through the Chapter. When the crew wants to do something in the game, they combine the letters of an Action, Mission, and Location to form a code such as B-3-D4, and look up that paragraph in the book. After reading the paragraph's story and game instructions, you'll advance your adventure one step, and have new options to choose from. Your journeys are recorded in a booklet called the Passport, which holds items, chapter data, and is effectively the "save file" for the game.
1001 Odysseys comes with 4 full story books, spanning approximately 400 pages. Each chapter can last anywhere from 30-75 minutes, depending on the group and the size of the chapter.
- Highly immersive and choice-driven narrative
- Unique card-play mechanic for progression
- Beautiful watercolor art style
- Long development time, not yet released
- Finding a way back home
- Space exploration
- Choice-based scenarios
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Play — Uses cards that are played on a map to activate locations and drive the story.
- legacy elements — Items and progress can carry over between playthroughs.
- Role selection — Players take on specific roles within the bridge crew.
- scenario-based — Features scenarios that unfold based on player decisions.
- Story-Driven — The game is entirely story-driven with choices affecting the narrative.
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- Fantastic space adventures.
- The game content grew significantly, potentially offering more.
- Technically still gets updates.
- Originally launched 7 years ago.
- Production and fulfillment are slow.
- Addresses and credit cards are likely out of date.
- Game content grew too much.
- Not holding breath for this one.
- Game is outdated.
- Game might not be any good by the time it comes out.
- Crowdfunding is not a pre-order system.
- It's like enough. Give us the [ __ ] game.
- Exploration of new sectors of the galaxy
- Space
- Cooperative adventure where a chapter of a story is unlocked.
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Choice-Based — Cool choice-based where you look across an area and interact.
- Cooperative — Cooperative adventure.
- legacy elements — Technically had not necessarily legacy elements, but cool choice-based.
- Worker Placement — Worker placement game played over a series of rounds.
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- So, this is not the most positive list in the world.
- I personally believe, might be a hot take, and we'll see, but I personally believe the industry wouldn't be where it is now without crowdfunding.
- I think the longer it takes to come out, the less money they have to finish it.
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