"Crossroads" is a new series from Plaid Hat Games that tests a group of survivors' ability to work together and stay alive while facing crises and challenges from both outside and inside.
Dead of Winter: A Crossroads Game, the first game in this series, puts 2-5 players in a small, weakened colony of survivors in a world where most of humanity is either dead or diseased, flesh-craving monsters. Each player leads a faction of survivors with dozens of different characters in the game.
Dead of Winter is a meta-cooperative psychological survival game. This means players are working together toward one common victory condition — but for each individual player to achieve victory, he must also complete his personal secret objective. This secret objective could relate to a psychological tick that's fairly harmless to most others in the colony, a dangerous obsession that could put the main objective at risk, a desire for sabotage of the main mission, or (worst of all) vengeance against the colony! Certain games could end with all players winning, some winning and some losing, or all players losing. Work toward the group's goal, but don't get walked all over by a loudmouth who's looking out only for his own interests!
Dead of Winter is an experience that can be accomplished only through the medium of tabletop games. It's a story-centric game about surviving through a harsh winter in an apocalyptic world. The survivors are all dealing with their own psychological imperatives, but must still find a way to work together to fight off outside threats, resolve crises, find food and supplies, and keep the colony's morale up.
Dead of Winter has players making frequent, difficult, heavily- thematic, wildly-varying decisions that often have them deciding between what is best for the colony and what is best for themselves.
My family really loves this game. The secret objectives and hidden traitor mechanism keep things interesting and replayable. And, while there is a bit of a learning curve, the rules are clear and well laid out. After one playthrough even my 12 yo daughter mastered the gameplay! Marking the crossroads cards with more grown up themes was a great design feature so we can take them out when our youngest is playing. I'm actually surprised how everyone in the family took to this game so quickly!
A good survival horror game that makes you feel like you're in a zombie apocalpyse. Takes time to learn and set up. It's fiddly and tough.
Crossroad cards offer some fun thematic choices for the group. Overall great art and component quality. Recommend!
great
Extremely tense, thematic co-op game, however if theres a traitor and you're about to win, theres nothing you can do to stop them from destroying everything on the final turn. Really ruined a few games with my group
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Wonderful art craft for children. My daughter loved it.