Game Info
Year
2020
Players
1
Playtime
30 min
Collection
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Description
A solo journaling game in which the last survivor aboard a derelict salvage ship records logs while a block tower slowly collapses
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BoardGameBollocks Review at 0:15 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- Stunning artwork with a massive number of unique, hand-drawn cards.
- Mind-boggling number of effects and permutations with unique cards that interact in different ways.
- The game is described as insane and disturbing, offering a unique experience.
- No real player elimination as characters can be reincarnated.
Cons
- No cohesive narrative or story within the box.
- No tangible sense of a difficulty arc due to random encounter card draws.
- The core gameplay of rolling dice and applying modifiers becomes boring quickly.
- The game feels like there's 'no game underneath it all', despite the effort in presentation.
Thematic elements
- dungeon crawler
Comparison games
- Betrayal at House on the Hill Restless
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Card Drafting — Players choose four out of six character cards and distribute them.
- cooperative play — The game is for one to four players, and players work together to survive and defeat the boss.
- Deck Building — Players draw starter cards which are items that can be used.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll a D20 to attack, adding modifiers from items or abilities to exceed a target enemy value.
- Hand Management — Players can only carry a certain number of item cards based on encumbrance value.
- Modular Board — Realm cards are drawn, each with a specific twist on the game.
- Set Collection — Players acquire items and aim to reach the end boss.
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Quotes (from this video)
- we generally like to talk a lot of bollocks.
- I was literally blown away by the amount of work and the quality of the artwork in this game.
- this game is [ __ ] insane, yeah? I'm struggling to think of anything that I've seen in my gaming career that disturbed me as much as this [ __ ] game.
- The Restless is both a triumph and a colossal failure.
- Enjoy this for the insane art only and bury the game in the nearest [ __ ] dumpster.
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