2022T. Alex Davis, Ryan Laukat
- Videos
- 23
- Creators
- 16
Mainly reviews and playthroughs
1 - 6 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
The Restless
2025Winslow Dumaine
- Videos
- 9
- Creators
- 8
Mostly reviews. The Restless is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 6 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides, and 1 recorded sessions.
1 - 4 players
120 - 300 min
Heavy weight: Expect a long teach
From BoardGameGeek
The Restless takes place thirty years after a pantheon of gods betrayed humanity and condemned them to extinction. In the chaos that followed, panic and blame caused the great nations of the world to wage brutal crusades against themselves and their rivals. While humanity tore itself apart, the membrane that separated the mortal realm from the countless other dimensions of heaven, hell, and the places beyond, began to split open. All manner of cruel angels, grotesque demons, and unknowable creatures spilled into to mortal realm. What followed was not a war, but a frantic, internecine bloodbath that crushed the great kingdoms and drove their warbands to their graves. The world is a endless cemetery and only the dregs of humanity remain alive. As the sun sets on the human race, a suffocating storm of ink black smoke appears on the far western horizon and begins sweeping across the world. Every living creature must run from the smoke or die. You must gather your party, collect meager equipment, and flee to the east. At the far end of the world, you will confront the gods that condemned your species to extinction. There is no hope for survival, but there is hope for revenge. The Restless is a cooperative, dungeon-crawler style card game set during the final days of an infertility apocalypse. The game creates a uniquely challenging collaborative experience that pits a team of weak, resource-starved characters against an increasingly hostile world of shapeshifting monsters, bizarre traps, and treacherous environments. Players must move through 5 realms - with multiple fight encounters - to get to the Final Battle with the Traitor God. After the final encounter in the Fifth Realm, the surviving party members arrive at the Rapturous East and the final battle. They will have the choice of trying to defeat the Traitor God or not fighting (and lose) If the Traitor God is defeated, the game is over. -description from the designer
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Which video should I watch for The Restless?
The Restless has 9 videos from 8 creators: 6 reviews, 2 how-to-play guides and 1 playthrough. They date from 2025 to August 2026.
To learn the rules, start with "How to Play The Restless" by Winslow Dumaine, which runs 30 min. For a quicker teach, "The Restless | First 10 Minutes – Is It for You?" by First Turn in 10 runs 11 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "The Restless preview play and impressions" by One Stop Co-op Shop. 6 creators have reviewed it. To see it played, watch "The Restless: Runthrough" by Board Games UnLocked.
If you like it, try Knight Fall, Rove, The Shores of Tripoli or Castle Panic, which share several of its mechanics.
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About The Restless
From BoardGameGeek:
The Restless takes place thirty years after a pantheon of gods betrayed humanity and condemned them to extinction. In the chaos that followed, panic and blame caused the great nations of the world to wage brutal crusades against themselves and their rivals. While humanity tore itself apart, the membrane that separated the mortal realm from the countless other dimensions of heaven, hell, and the places beyond, began to split open. All manner of cruel angels, grotesque demons, and unknowable creatures spilled into to mortal realm. What followed was not a war, but a frantic, internecine bloodbath that crushed the great kingdoms and drove their warbands to their graves. The world is a endless cemetery and only the dregs of humanity remain alive. As the sun sets on the human race, a suffocating storm of ink black smoke appears on the far western horizon and begins sweeping across the world. Every living creature must run from the smoke or die. You must gather your party, collect meager equipment, and flee to the east. At the far end of the world, you will confront the gods that condemned your species to extinction. There is no hope for survival, but there is hope for revenge. The Restless is a cooperative, dungeon-crawler style card game set during the final days of an infertility apocalypse. The game creates a uniquely challenging collaborative experience that pits a team of weak, resource-starved characters against an increasingly hostile world of shapeshifting monsters, bizarre traps, and treacherous environments. Players must move through 5 realms - with multiple fight encounters - to get to the Final Battle with the Traitor God. After the final encounter in the Fifth Realm, the surviving party members arrive at the Rapturous East and the final battle. They will have the choice of trying to defeat the Traitor God or not fighting (and lose) If the Traitor God is defeated, the game is over. -description from the designer
Designer
Winslow Dumaine
Artist
Winslow Dumaine
Publisher
Self-published
Mechanics