Adventure Games Series
1-4 players | Various ages | Various playing times
Publisher: Kosmos, 2019-
Co-designer: Matthew Dunstan
Explore places, combine items, and experience stories in Adventure Games, a series of co-operative games from German publisher KOSMOS. In each of these titles, players are presented with a mysterious story that they must unravel over the course of play. Working together, players explore common areas, talk to people, look for clues, and combine various items to reveal the secret of the story. Depending on what decisions the players make, the course of history changes and there is no going back!
Friend and designer Matthew Dunstan was visiting Sydney and we decided to brainstorm some design collaboration ideas. We were reminiscing about the great point-and-click PC adventure games of the 90s, and wondered if we could capture their feeling of exploration and narrative in a board game. We tried out a few different systems and were speaking to different publishers about the idea, but soon things really clicked with Kosmos. It has been fascinating and fulfilling to partner with a publisher on such an ambitious series, with so many people contributing to multiple products. It has also been an exciting challenge to dive into narrative game design - making an Adventure Games title sometimes feels like designing a game and writing a book at the same time!
In this series
● The Dungeon
● Monochrome Inc.
● The Volcanic Island
● The Grand Hotel Abaddon
Links
➚ Adventure Games at Kosmos
➚ Adventure Games at BoardGameGeek