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Jul 3, 2020·Unboxing·01:20:07·11295·Watch on YouTube

Mantis Falls - A Two Player Social Deduction Game - (Quackalope Gameplay)

Quackalope

Quackalope

Watch “Mantis Falls - A Two Player Social Deduction Game - (Quackalope Gameplay),” a board game unboxing for Mantis Falls from Quackalope on BoardGameVideo.

Description provided by Quackalope on YouTube:

- Don't miss the Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/mantisfalls/mantis-falls-a-game-of-trust - Join the Patreon for exclusive content - https://www.patreon.com/Quackalope - Join our Discord to play games - https://discord.gg/QM3Q3rb - Connect with us - https://quackalope.com/ https://www.facebook.com/Quackalope https://www.instagram.com/Quackalope/ https://twitter.com/Quackalope For media inquiries - Quackalope@gmail.com This video is a sponsored video This game was provided by the Publisher Mantis Falls is a highly interactive and strategic 2-3 player hidden traitor game. As wary companions, players must use hand management, cooperation and deception to protect themselves, and each other, on a dark and dangerous journey. On the shadowed film-noir roads of a mob-ruled mountain town named Mantis Falls, you have witnessed something not meant to be seen and now must escape town. You are told another witness will join you, and you expect your greatest chance at survival will come if you can contend with the dangers of this night together. But with each harmful event and every fresh wound, your doubts grow. Looking into your companions' eyes you wonder, perhaps too late, if this person is here to kill you. By the use of hidden role cards, Mantis Falls is a “sometimes cooperative" game. A game may have only witnesses, in which case players can win only if they all escape together. Or there could secretly be an assassin, carefully protecting the illusion of collaboration until the right moment to strike. Unlike semi-cooperative games with multi-tiered win objectives or tabulations of points, Mantis Falls presents the simplicity of purpose: Survival. And this challenge exists in equal and high measures for all players. When there are only witnesses, players will need to repeatedly perform acts of generosity and sacrifice even as "unseen" events and double-edged action cards chip away at their fragile alliance. Players tasked with the role of the assassin can survive only with cunning and deception, forever cautious of the powerful but tenuous ability of witnesses to call in a hit on those they no longer trust. Mantis Falls combines hand-building and combo-driven card-play with player communication. During every turn, players discuss tactics, defend choices and bluff their way through carefully guarded secrets. Witnesses and assassins alike must walk the line between a willingness to help their companion and a readiness to kill, reading each other as much as the dangers of the road. With a variable board, hidden maximum player health, uncertain win conditions, and three optional add-on modules to complement the base game, each journey through Mantis Falls is unique. More importantly, the degree of interaction means that the personalities and relationships among players have the power to meaningfully transform every game. From BGG - https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/291847/mantis-falls #mantisfalls #2player #socialdeduction

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Mantis Falls

Mantis Falls

2021·Adrian Kerrihard

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Mostly reviews and unboxings. Mantis Falls is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 1 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.

2 - 3 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting

About Mantis Falls, from BoardGameGeek:

Mantis Falls is a "sometimes cooperative" game of hidden roles, strategy and deduction for 2-3 players. As witness to something not meant to be seen, you must escape the dark mob-ruled town of Mantis Falls alive. You are told another witness will join you, and together you must use cooperation to survive the increasingly dangerous roads of the night. Your ability to work with another could be your greatest strength, but what if they are not who they claim to be? By the deal of hidden roles, each game could have only witnesses, meaning you must all survive together to win. Or there could secretly be an assassin hidden among you, subtly manipulating the situation and waiting for the right moment to strike. Inspired by shadowy film noir worlds, Mantis Falls is a thematic journey that requires players to continually weigh the value of cooperation against the implicit perils of trust. Hand management and facedown card play combine with opportunities for betrayal to create a detailed blend of strategy, player interaction and suspicion. At every turn, players make concealed moves and develop hidden plans, but will also have thorough conversations as they discuss tactics, defend choices and bluff to protect carefully guarded secrets. Mantis Falls is sometimes a game of competition balanced with indecision and sacrifice, and sometimes it is a game of cooperation challenged by doubts and distrust. With care, you may figure out which one you are playing before it's too late.

Designer

Adrian Kerrihard

Artists

Juli Bierwirth, Adrian Kerrihard

Publisher

Distant Rabbit Games

Mechanics

Programmed ActionsCooperative Game
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