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CHAINsomnia

CHAINsomnia

2018·青山奨 (Shou Aoyama), 下見幸穂 (Yukio Shimami), 田谷由壮 (Yuso Taya)

Videos
12
Creators
9

Mainly unboxings and reviews. CHAINsomnia is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 recorded sessions, and 4 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
40 - 60 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

From BoardGameGeek

In CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア, sleeping children become trapped in the castle of the demon Akuma and must work with others to escape. If any player is on the "wake up" tile when all "bad dream" cards are removed, they escape and win the game; if all the characters are immobilized by chains or the event cards are exhausted without anyone waking up, then everyone is defeated. In more detail, you and each other player take a character card and cover two of the six spaces on its "chain gauge". The highest uncovered number on this gauge shows how many action points (AP) you have available on your turn, and each character has a unique skill, in addition to values for strength, wisdom, and luck. All characters start on the central tile, with the "wake up" tile being placed at the bottom of the room tile deck. On a turn, you use your AP to take actions from the following list, repeating actions as desired: Add a new room tile to the playing area, matching doors and walls on all tiles; draw and resolve an event card, with a "bad dream" being placed on this card. Move to an adjacent tile. Search a "secret spot" on a tile, drawing an item card if you make a wisdom check. Use a consumable (one-time) item card. (Equippable item cards can be used repeatedly and cost 0 AP.) Give an item to another character on the same tile as you or on an adjacent tile. Give chains to or take chains from another character on the same tile as you or on an adjacent tile. Use your personal skill (if it has an AP cost). As chains are added to or removed from your character card, your AP count might change. If all six spaces on your chain gauge are covered, you're immobilized and can spend no AP on your turn. If a "bad dream" is placed in a room, no character can enter that room, although you might be able to remove it through various skills, items, or events; if a "Bad dream" ends up in your room, then you're trapped in that dream and cannot move until you or someone else can dissolve that dream. After all players take their actions, the demon acts, initially with only one event card, but as the game progresses and shrieks are added to the table, more event cards are drawn for each demon turn. If all the bad dreams have been vanquished and a player is on the "wake up" tile - which will be drawn only after sixteen room tiles in a game of normal difficulty - then you all win, with everyone awakening from the demon's clutches. Otherwise you will sleep forever... ••• アクマ城に捕らわれた子どもたちとなって、他の人たちと協力して恐怖を乗り越えて脱出を目指すボードゲーム。 悪夢カードを全て取り除いた状態でいずれか1人がWakeupタイルの上にいたら、ゲーム終了です。その場合は、全員の勝利です。 全員が鳥かごに捕らわれてしまうか、イベントカードが引けなくなっても、ゲーム終了です。その場合は、全員の敗北です。

CHAINsomnia

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Learn to play

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play29:30

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons

Review

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia2:44

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia

90 Second Nerd

90 Second Nerd

Watch it played

Let's Play CHAINsomnia1:12:45

Let's Play CHAINsomnia

King’s Entertainment Reviews

King’s Entertainment Reviews

Which CHAINsomnia video should I watch?

CHAINsomnia has 12 videos from 9 creators: 3 reviews, 3 how-to-play guides, 2 playthroughs and 4 unboxings. They date from 2021 to October 2025.

To learn the rules, start with "Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play" by Dice and Dragons, which runs 30 min. For a quicker teach, "How to play CHAINsomnia Interview at @Japanimegames during Spiel 2023" by So Play We All runs 7 min.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia" by 90 Second Nerd. 3 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "Let's Play CHAINsomnia" by King’s Entertainment Reviews, one of 2 playthroughs.

If you like it, try Tiny Epic Dungeons, Tiny Epic Dungeons Adventures, Secrets of the Lost Tomb or Intrepid, which share several of its mechanics. It appears in convention videos from Spiel Essen 2023.

All videos

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 258: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games) - Escape your Nightmares!Review35:32

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 258: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games) - Escape your Nightmares!

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

UNBOXING: CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア from @JapanimegamesUnboxing14:51

UNBOXING: CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア from @Japanimegames

So Play We All

So Play We All

Let's Play CHAINsomniaPlaythrough1:12:45

Let's Play CHAINsomnia

King’s Entertainment Reviews

King’s Entertainment Reviews

How to play CHAINsomnia Interview at @Japanimegames during Spiel 2023How to play7:03

How to play CHAINsomnia Interview at @Japanimegames during Spiel 2023

So Play We All

So Play We All

Chain Somnia | Asmodee Retailers day 2023How to play0:48

Chain Somnia | Asmodee Retailers day 2023

Dead by Dice

Dead by Dice

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 186: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games)Unboxing9:34

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 186: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Unlock the Secrets of CHAINsomnia and Survive Your Nightmares!Unboxing6:23

Unlock the Secrets of CHAINsomnia and Survive Your Nightmares!

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

Chainsomnia UnboxingPlaythrough5:22

Chainsomnia Unboxing

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to PlayHow to play29:30

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons - CHAINsomnia UnboxingUnboxing7:22

Dice and Dragons - CHAINsomnia Unboxing

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons

CHAINsomnia: What's The MERIT? | Kickstarter PreviewReview11:39

CHAINsomnia: What's The MERIT? | Kickstarter Preview

kovray

kovray

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomniaReview2:44

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia

90 Second Nerd

90 Second Nerd

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play29:30

Dice and Dragons - CHAINSomnia Review and How to Play

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons

How to play CHAINsomnia Interview at @Japanimegames during Spiel 20237:03

How to play CHAINsomnia Interview at @Japanimegames during Spiel 2023

So Play We All

So Play We All

Chain Somnia | Asmodee Retailers day 20230:48

Chain Somnia | Asmodee Retailers day 2023

Dead by Dice

Dead by Dice

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia2:44

90 Second Nerd Board Game Preview: CHAINsomnia

90 Second Nerd

90 Second Nerd

CHAINsomnia: What's The MERIT? | Kickstarter Preview11:39

CHAINsomnia: What's The MERIT? | Kickstarter Preview

kovray

kovray

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 258: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games) - Escape your Nightmares!35:32

Board Game Heaven How To Play & Review 258: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games) - Escape your Nightmares!

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Let's Play CHAINsomnia1:12:45

Let's Play CHAINsomnia

King’s Entertainment Reviews

King’s Entertainment Reviews

Chainsomnia Unboxing5:22

Chainsomnia Unboxing

Board Game Empire

Board Game Empire

Dice and Dragons - CHAINsomnia Unboxing7:22

Dice and Dragons - CHAINsomnia Unboxing

Dice and Dragons

Dice and Dragons

UNBOXING: CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア from @Japanimegames14:51

UNBOXING: CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア from @Japanimegames

So Play We All

So Play We All

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 186: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games)9:34

Boardgame Heaven Unboxing 186: Chainsomnia (Japanime Games)

Board Game Heaven

Board Game Heaven

Unlock the Secrets of CHAINsomnia and Survive Your Nightmares!6:23

Unlock the Secrets of CHAINsomnia and Survive Your Nightmares!

The Tabletop Misfits

The Tabletop Misfits

8 of 9

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About CHAINsomnia

From BoardGameGeek:

In CHAINsomnia, a.k.a. チェインソムニア, sleeping children become trapped in the castle of the demon Akuma and must work with others to escape. If any player is on the "wake up" tile when all "bad dream" cards are removed, they escape and win the game; if all the characters are immobilized by chains or the event cards are exhausted without anyone waking up, then everyone is defeated. In more detail, you and each other player take a character card and cover two of the six spaces on its "chain gauge". The highest uncovered number on this gauge shows how many action points (AP) you have available on your turn, and each character has a unique skill, in addition to values for strength, wisdom, and luck. All characters start on the central tile, with the "wake up" tile being placed at the bottom of the room tile deck. On a turn, you use your AP to take actions from the following list, repeating actions as desired: Add a new room tile to the playing area, matching doors and walls on all tiles; draw and resolve an event card, with a "bad dream" being placed on this card. Move to an adjacent tile. Search a "secret spot" on a tile, drawing an item card if you make a wisdom check. Use a consumable (one-time) item card. (Equippable item cards can be used repeatedly and cost 0 AP.) Give an item to another character on the same tile as you or on an adjacent tile. Give chains to or take chains from another character on the same tile as you or on an adjacent tile. Use your personal skill (if it has an AP cost). As chains are added to or removed from your character card, your AP count might change. If all six spaces on your chain gauge are covered, you're immobilized and can spend no AP on your turn. If a "bad dream" is placed in a room, no character can enter that room, although you might be able to remove it through various skills, items, or events; if a "Bad dream" ends up in your room, then you're trapped in that dream and cannot move until you or someone else can dissolve that dream. After all players take their actions, the demon acts, initially with only one event card, but as the game progresses and shrieks are added to the table, more event cards are drawn for each demon turn. If all the bad dreams have been vanquished and a player is on the "wake up" tile - which will be drawn only after sixteen room tiles in a game of normal difficulty - then you all win, with everyone awakening from the demon's clutches. Otherwise you will sleep forever... ••• アクマ城に捕らわれた子どもたちとなって、他の人たちと協力して恐怖を乗り越えて脱出を目指すボードゲーム。 悪夢カードを全て取り除いた状態でいずれか1人がWakeupタイルの上にいたら、ゲーム終了です。その場合は、全員の勝利です。 全員が鳥かごに捕らわれてしまうか、イベントカードが引けなくなっても、ゲーム終了です。その場合は、全員の敗北です。

Designers

青山奨 (Shou Aoyama), 下見幸穂 (Yukio Shimami), 田谷由壮 (Yuso Taya)

Publisher

DELiGHTWORKS

Categories

AdventureCard GameExplorationFantasy

Mechanics

Cooperative GameDice RollingModular Board & Variable SetupSolo / Solitaire Game
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