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The Adventure Zone is a wildly popular podcast and series of graphic novels from The McElroy Family. TAZ: Bureau of Balance captures the humor and joy of this world and expands it, allowing you to create your own unique adventures with your family and friends.
In TAZ: Bureau of Balance, you and friends are adventurers charged with retrieving dangerous artifacts from nefarious villains. To succeed, you may have to outwit vile gerblins, armwrestle ogres, or endure the withering criticism of sarcastic specters. Can you work together and overcome all challenges before your health runs out?
TAZ: Bureau of Balance is a cooperative storytelling game for 2-5 players. It uses a dynamically generated dungeon created by combining multiple decks of cards; as challenges are overcome, new challenges are revealed. The mechanics are easy to learn and players are encouraged to describe their heroic deeds. No experience is required, and any group of friends can have a hilarious adventure in about an hour!
—description from the publisher
- Collaborative storytelling
- Unique challenge resolution mechanic
- Narrative-driven gameplay
- Fantasy Costco card system
- Cooperative storytelling adventure
- Fantasy world
- Podcast-based game
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Cooperative Game — Players work together to complete missions
- cooperative gameplay — Players work together to complete missions
- Dice-based resolution — Special TAZ 20-sided die used for challenge resolution
- Narrative challenge resolution — Players describe how they tackle challenges
- Narrative Choice — Players describe how they tackle challenges
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Each player then shares their name and defining character statements
- Garfield the deals warlock provides characters with ongoing bonuses or discard abilities