This month we’re taking a look at four cooperative board games that are currently on Kickstarter. If you’re interested in any of the games, head on over to their Kickstarter or BGG pages for more info (links included below).
Aetherspire
Players: 1-4 | Ages: 10+
Build 3D spires and defend the elemental realm!
The realm of Elementis, once a harmonious balance of earth, air, fire, and water, is now under siege. Elemental Aetherfiends have dispatched waves of invaders to drain our aethercore, the realm’s lifeblood, causing chaos to reign.
You and your companions must build powerful elemental spires to lure away and defeat these invaders. As each spire grows stronger, it will unleash a devastating resurgence against the Aetherfiends. Can you restore balance before it’s too late?
Kickstarter Page | BoardGameGeek
LA-1
Players: 1-5 | Ages: 14+
In the story-driven, co-operative adventure game LA-1, you take on the role of detectives working for Mace & Doyle Investigations who are helping one another to resolve cases in the post-apocalyptic city that was once Los Angeles. Each case can be played individually or as part of a campaign. Because of the multiple cards that can send investigations in different directions, it’s possible to play each case more than one time, having different situations and outcomes each time.
Kickstarter Page | BoardGameGeek
Dark Tomb: The Ice Chasers
Players: 1-5 | Ages: 12+
Dark Tomb: The Ice Chasers is the third adventure in the Dark Tomb series. It’s an ultra-portable tabletop dungeon crawler in which a group of uniquely skilled characters must navigate to the Ice Cavern of Mount Varconen and defeat the vicious Ice Chasers.
Characters are fully interchangeable with the other Dark Tomb games, and work collaboratively though four stages collecting items, battling monsters, and exploring tiles. On each turn characters can choose from a variety of attacks, movement, or other abilities in addition to utilizing items encountered.
If the party fully explores a stage and defeats all monsters they conquer it and move on to the next. If they fail in their quest, they can recoup and try again. Map tiles, monsters, and items are randomized, so every play-though is unique.
Kickstarter Page | BoardGameGeek
Eternal Decks
Players: 2-4 | Ages: 10+
Eternal Decks is a fully cooperative game where players are trying to complete the stage objectives before any one player cannot take an action. Players start the game with 5 cards in their deck, but will quickly look to acquire more cards from the various Eternals (characters within the game) who each have their own unique 8 card deck.
Kickstarter Page | BoardGameGeek
Be sure to also take a look at our Best Cooperative Board Games list and the other board game rankings.
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