Frostpunk: The Board Game cover
2022BGG rank #374

Frostpunk: The Board Game

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Players1–4
Time120–150m
ComplexityHeavy
Age16+

About the game

What is Frostpunk: The Board Game?

In Frostpunk: The Board Game, up to four players will take on the role of leaders of a small colony of survivors in a post-apocalyptic world that was hit by a severe ice age. Their duty is to effectively manage both its infrastructure and citizens. The core gameplay will be brutal, challenging, and complex, but easy to learn. The citizens won’t just be speechless pieces on the board. Society members will issue demands and react accordingly to the current mood, so every decision and action bears consequences. The players will decide the fate of their people. Will you treat them like another resource? Are you going to be an inspiring builder, a fearless explorer, or a bright scientist? Is your rule going to be a sting of tyranny or an era of law and equality? The game is based on a bestseller video game by 11bit studios, the creators of This War Of Mine. The original (digital) edition of Frostpunk is a highly successful strategy-survival-city-builder, a BAFTA-nominee that originally launched in 2018. —description from the publisher

How it plays

Mechanics

Cooperative GameCube TowerEventsModular BoardScenario / Mission / Campaign GameSolo / Solitaire GameVariable Player PowersWorker Placement, Different Worker Types

On the shelf

Categories

City BuildingEconomicExplorationScience FictionVideo Game Theme

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