Game Info
Year
2022
Players
1-4
Age
14+
Playtime
90 min
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Description
A solo or cooperative choose-your-own-path tile-exploration game where kidnapped characters explore the fae Otherworld to find a way home.
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The Dungeon Dive Review at 0:18 sentiment: mixed
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Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- gorgeous art and strong visual presentation
- solid solo play with clear progression
- replay potential due to variable cards and tiles
- price agreeable when on sale
Cons
- box insert and overall packaging feel oversized for the contents
- limited overall scope; may run out of content after a few plays
- sometimes reads more like a glorified adventure book than a full board game
- uncertainty about long-term production support and shelf presence
Thematic elements
- cooperative fantasy adventure with an immersive narrative and story-driven exploration.
- The World of Dreams and Shadows, a magical realm accessed after kidnapping to the underworld and embarking on a quest to return home.
- choose-your-own-story path with page and tile-based branching; puzzle and encounter driven progression.
Comparison games
- Seventh Continent
- Tainted Grail
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Ability cards — Cards provide actions, interactions, and track hit points; spending icons enables interactions.
- deck interaction (Boon/Bane) — Boon cards grant beneficial effects; Bane cards attach negative effects to characters and can be discarded to gain benefits.
- Deck Manipulation — Boon cards grant beneficial effects; Bane cards attach negative effects to characters and can be discarded to gain benefits.
- foe/encounter system — Encounter and foe cards drive combat or challenge elements against the players.
- Narrative Choice — Each tile links to a page in an adventure guide; progression reveals narrative and clues.
- puzzle interaction — Puzzles and interactables require specific icons or items; exhausting tiles affects future options.
- Resource Management — Players manage limited icons/resources to perform actions and interact with the world.
- story book linkage — Each tile links to a page in an adventure guide; progression reveals narrative and clues.
- tile-based exploration — Players move between numbered tiles; each tile offers story encounters and may transform or lock paths.
- Tile/Map Shifting — Players move between numbered tiles; each tile offers story encounters and may transform or lock paths.
- time pressure / moon clock — Game progresses with a moon clock; running out of time ends or jeopardizes the quest.
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Quotes (from this video)
- I think the art is absolutely gorgeous
- this is a cooperative board game for up to six players
- it's a glorified game book
- the box is just way too big for the kind of game this is
- at $30 I could well recommend it
- the writing is pretty good actually
- it's a rules-light version of something like Seventh Continent
- the price is right
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