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Flashback is back in a scary universe that will give you chills.
Take on the role of Lucy, a young woman with strange powers, who inherits a mysterious mansion in which dark and disturbing events have taken place. Explore this eerie place and learn more about Lucy, her power, her family, and her role in this grand story.
Using the Flashback mechanism, travel into the past through Lucy’s visions, and meet the shadow that haunts the mansion. Put yourself in the shoes of the characters and discover their points of view, collect clues, solve mysteries, and answer the questions you’ve been asked.
In Flashback: Lucy, you will be travelling from era to era, discovering the mansion at different moments in time. Before and after each of Lucy’s visions, explore the mansion with her cat, Gredin, in an interactive comic strip. And, of course, discover even more original and immersive gadgets!
An original game mechanism, winner of the prestigious As d'Or (France) in 2023.
- Strong idea for kids or younger players
- Accessible cooperative storytelling
- Not engaging for experienced gamers
- Many players found it less entertaining
- Narrative reconstruction of events
- Storytelling/cooperative investigation with card-led clues
- Story-driven deduction suitable for families
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card-based storytelling — Cards with numbers create a storyline; players piece together what happened.
- cooperative investigation — Players collaboratively interpret clues to assemble the narrative.
- Storytelling — Cards with numbers create a storyline; players piece together what happened.
Video topics + discussion points
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- it's a lighter casual Family Style game has some Randomness in it
- I enjoyed my time playing it
- this is a weird game this is a game where you speak we had to kind of do a little bit of work
- it's basically Cascadia just very boring
- I had so much fun with Contra Baner
- this is not my favorite and but we don't have a lot of trick takers so we can play with two
- I would rather play Ja Versus
- I think this is going to be a great one for that situation