The Plum Island Horror cover
2023BGG rank #3,252

The Plum Island Horror

by Hermann Luttmann · GMT Games

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Players1–4
Time45–180m
ComplexityMedium
Age0+

About the game

What is The Plum Island Horror?

The Plum Island Horror is a 1 to 4 player game featuring cooperative play that combines tactical-level unit management with a tower-defense style survival mechanic. Each player will control one of six unique factions which represent the various groups that populate Plum Island. Each of these Factions has its own strengths and weaknesses, and the system encourages you to optimize for the group’s strengths and marginalize its weaknesses. Players must coordinate with one another, and the resulting synergy will hopefully be enough to successfully evacuate a city under siege and contain the horrific outbreak that threatens to spread beyond the island itself. If the players can succeed, they will win together, and the world will most likely be none the wiser to the averted crisis. If not, they will lose together and share the blame equally for failing humankind. —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameSolo / Solitaire Game

On the shelf

Categories

HorrorWargame

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