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The Thing: The BoardGame. We've had a few variations of this game due to the sheer popularity of the source material. But this is the first licensed game, does that make it better or worse? Stuck in a base in the middle of nowhere, an alien somewhere in the base, not trusting anyone, things failing all around you....what do you do next? How do you survive while ensuring you get out safely....and that the alien doesn't? And if you're the alien....what will you choose as your method of destruction? Subterfuge and distrust? Or open power and destruction?
Kickstarter - https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/lastaurora/the-thing-the-boardgame/
TimeStamps:
0:00:00 - Introduction
0:00:51 - The Weekly Quack
0:01:35 - The Thing Background
0:02:38 - The Thing Gameplay Overview
0:06:05 - Advice for Hidden Role Games
0:07:40 - Pledge Level
0:13:00 - Should You Back It?
0:18:05 - Norwegian Outpost Expansion
0:18:43 - Closing & Final Thoughts
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Mainly unboxings and reviews. The Thing: The Boardgame is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 15 reviews, 11 how-to-play guides, 15 recorded sessions, 16 unboxings, and 7 other videos.
1 - 8 players
60 - 90 min
Medium weight: Teach it in one sitting
About The Thing: The Boardgame, from BoardGameGeek:
The Thing is a game that mixes different mechanisms to create an experience that is as faithful as possible to that of the original film. It is a "hidden role" game, in which one player is initially the Thing and the others players are humans. The purpose of the Thing is to infect others, to prevent the survivors from escaping from the base (which can happen three different ways), or to try to escape with them by behaving as a human.
In addition to these elements, players also have to manage Outpost 31. On the map are the same rooms as seen in the film, and each of these rooms allows players to perform a different action. Human players have to feed themselves and keep the boiler and the generator on to avoid being in the cold and dark. The Thing will try to sabotage these places to make life difficult for humans...or not, trying to camouflage itself among the humans and infect them when the perfect opportunity presents itself.
The goal of the game designers was to bring the same personal emotions and paranoia that the protagonists of the film experienced to the gaming table.
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