Game Info
Year
2027
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description
Action-horror game where elite agents battle threats in a haunted asylum to stop the Monarch from breaking through into our world
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positive
Pros
- Rich cooperative puzzle with evolving threats and a strong thematic throughline
- Distinct asymmetrical roles encourage diverse strategies and cooperation
- Integrated risk-reward loop through ritual seals and upgrades
- Dynamic board state with rotating rings and shimmer effects adds tension
Cons
- High complexity and a potentially steep learning curve
- Heavy setup and numerous components can be cumbersome for casual players
- Random event outcomes can skew pacing and make some turns feel less impactful
Thematic elements
- ritualistic progression, containment of mutations, cooperative resistance against interdimensional threats
- Dual-world exploration in and around an asylum, with above and below dimensions and shifting dangers.
- cooperative, procedural with escalating threats and episodic ritual advancement
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action economy — Players allocate main actions, free actions, and resource-based actions, balancing progress with survivability.
- asymmetric roles — Each agent has distinct powers and actions that influence how teams approach exploration, ritual completion, and combat.
- asymmetric teams — Each agent has distinct powers and actions that influence how teams approach exploration, ritual completion, and combat.
- Combat Dice — Dice-based combat with symbols that determine pushes, hits, and potential scar or skull-driven bonuses.
- Combat: Dice — Dice-based combat with symbols that determine pushes, hits, and potential scar or skull-driven bonuses.
- Cooperative Game — Players work together using unique, asymmetric abilities to fulfill ritual requirements and prevent mutations from overtaking both dimensions.
- cooperative play — Players work together using unique, asymmetric abilities to fulfill ritual requirements and prevent mutations from overtaking both dimensions.
- Event-driven map rotation — Event cards dictate outer ring rotation and creature movement, creating dynamic spatial challenges.
- Resource and upgrade system — Collecting resources and skull/candle/book tokens allows attribute upgrades and expanded abilities.
- Resource management — Collecting resources and skull/candle/book tokens allows attribute upgrades and expanded abilities.
- Ritual wheels and seals — Seals are placed on rotating ritual rings to advance toward the center and unlock bonuses and upgrades.
- Shimmer mechanic — End-of-turn shimmer effects pull monsters or trigger location-based events, altering the board state and player positioning.
- Two-world map with mirror dimensions — A shifting map where actions can push or pull between the above and below worlds, with a mirror counterpart in the opposite dimension.
- variable map — Event cards dictate outer ring rotation and creature movement, creating dynamic spatial challenges.
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- Below the asylum is a fully cooperative board game.
- Players must therefore work together using their asymmetric abilities to meet their requirements on successive ritual cards.
- The ritual wheel is the center point of the board.
- The two dimensions will merge and terrifying mutations will rule the world.
- Time is running out.
- Shimmer effect will pull them into the below world.
- On day turn, each agent performs a set of main actions, moving through the Asylum dark rooms, searching rooms for items, destroying the rifts that link the two words, or banish, I mean fighting or pushing back the mutated creatures.
- The more seals you place, the faster you will gain bonuses or upgrade one of your character’s stats.
- The outer ring rotates in response to event cards, moving the monarch and creatures around the map.
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