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Adventure Games: The Gloom City File

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File

2021·Kayleigh Anderson, Matthew Dunstan, Hauke Gerdes, Phil Walker-Harding

1 - 4 players
90 min
Light weight: Learn it in minutes

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A message tears you away from your bleak, ho-hum existence: three people have been kidnapped! Who is behind this and why is the perpetrator pulling you of all people, four suspended cops, into the matter? Time is of the essence and so you go to the abandoned asylum to start the investigation together. Will you be able to free the hostages and catch the perp? How the thriller ends is entirely up to you! Similar to a PC adventure game, players explore locations, combine items, find clues, talk to people, and make the right choices to win the game. A cooperative board game with simple rules played in three chapters for players 16 years and up. Completely unplugged; does not require use of technology Approximately 5 hours of playtime 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! Unlike the co-operative EXIT: The Game series, titles in this series focus on the telling and discovery of the story with no time pressure. That said, many different paths can be experienced during play, with more than one correct resolution to the story waiting to be discovered. Each title consists of three chapters, each taking about 75 minutes to play. Nothing is destroyed, so the games can be played multiple times.

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File

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Adventure Games: Gloom City how to setup play and review co-op board game cooperative mystery2:43

Adventure Games: Gloom City how to setup play and review co-op board game cooperative mystery

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What secrets hide in The Gloom City File? ️‍️1:16

What secrets hide in The Gloom City File? ️‍️

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Which Adventure Games: The Gloom City File video should I watch?

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File has 3 videos from 2 creators: 1 review, 1 playthrough and 1 unboxing. They date from 2023 to April 2026.

For an opinion before you buy, start with "Adventure Games: Gloom City how to setup play and review co-op board game cooperative mystery" by AmassGames. To see it played, watch "What secrets hide in The Gloom City File? ️‍️" by boardiacs.

If you like it, try Sushi Go Party!, Cities and Bärenpark, also by Phil Walker-Harding, or The Guild of Merchant Explorers, also by Matthew Dunstan.

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What secrets hide in The Gloom City File? ️‍️Playthrough1:16

What secrets hide in The Gloom City File? ️‍️

boardiacs

boardiacs

Adventure Games: Gloom City how to setup play and review co-op board game cooperative mysteryReview2:43

Adventure Games: Gloom City how to setup play and review co-op board game cooperative mystery

AmassGames

AmassGames

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File #boardgame #unboxing #teaser #trailer #tabletop #overviewUnboxing2:06

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File #boardgame #unboxing #teaser #trailer #tabletop #overview

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About Adventure Games: The Gloom City File

From BoardGameGeek:

A message tears you away from your bleak, ho-hum existence: three people have been kidnapped! Who is behind this and why is the perpetrator pulling you of all people, four suspended cops, into the matter? Time is of the essence and so you go to the abandoned asylum to start the investigation together. Will you be able to free the hostages and catch the perp? How the thriller ends is entirely up to you! Similar to a PC adventure game, players explore locations, combine items, find clues, talk to people, and make the right choices to win the game. A cooperative board game with simple rules played in three chapters for players 16 years and up. Completely unplugged; does not require use of technology Approximately 5 hours of playtime 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! Unlike the co-operative EXIT: The Game series, titles in this series focus on the telling and discovery of the story with no time pressure. That said, many different paths can be experienced during play, with more than one correct resolution to the story waiting to be discovered. Each title consists of three chapters, each taking about 75 minutes to play. Nothing is destroyed, so the games can be played multiple times.

Designers

Kayleigh Anderson, Matthew Dunstan, Hauke Gerdes, Phil Walker-Harding

Artist

Folko Streese

Publisher

KOSMOS

Categories

Adventure

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