Escape

October 24, 2014 - Comment

Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative game in which players must escape from a temple which is cursed before the temple collapses and kills one or more explorers, thereby causing everyone to lose. Escape is played in real-time, with all players rolling dice and taking actions simultaneously. You must roll the right

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Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative game in which players must escape from a temple which is cursed before the temple collapses and kills one or more explorers, thereby causing everyone to lose.



Escape is played in real-time, with all players rolling dice and taking actions simultaneously. You must roll the right symbols to enter a room, and if you’re at an open doorway, you can roll to reveal the next tile in the stack and add it to that doorway. Some rooms contain combinations of red and blue symbols, and if you (possibly working with other players in the same room) roll enough red or blue symbols, you “discover” magic gems, moving them from a separate gem depot onto that tile.



The real-time aspect is enforced by a soundtrack to be played during the game. At certain points, a countdown starts, and if players aren’t back in the safe room when time is up, they lose one of their dice.



Once the exit tile is revealed, players can attempt to escape the temple by moving to that tile, then rolling a number of blue dice equal to the magic gems that haven’t been removed from the gem depot. Thus, the more gems you find, the easier it is to escape the temple. When a player escapes, he gives one die to a player of his choice. If all players escape before the third countdown, everyone wins; if not, everyone loses, no matter how many players did escape.



Escape: The Curse of the Temple includes two expansion modules that can be used individually or together. With the “Treasures” module, some rooms contain treasure, and when you reveal such a room, you place a face-down treasure chest on the tile. Roll the symbols on that chest tile, and you claim the treasure for use later. With the “Curses” module, some tiles “curse” players by forcing them to place one hand on their head, keep mute during play, or otherwise do what you wouldn’t want to do while escaping a temple!

Product Features

  • 2 to 5 players
  • 30 minutes playtime
  • Escape is played in real time, with all players rolling dice and taking actions simultaneously
  • The real time aspect is enhanced by a soundtrack to be played during the game

Comments

C. V. Espinoza "The Black Heart" says:

Don’t Skip this one As many of you I also collect board games and this is one of the most simple yet fun games I’ve played in a while 

Ryan Mitchell says:

Awesome game that is simple, really fun and intense! I played this last night three times and loved it. With the MP3 this game is awesome. The game concept is simple, but beating it isn’t so easy. Because the game only takes 5 minutes to teach and 10 minutes to play, it is a quick game. All that said those 10 minutes are the most intense I’ve ever seen in a board game. I think that families and adults will like this game, I know I did.

N. Hellings says:

No board game like it I have a six year old and an eight year old. My wife and I play this with the kids. They are so many reasons to recommend this game. The game has a 10 minute time limit which has it’s own benefits. It takes no time to setup. Manic action in a co-op game that a child can actually play and an adult will actually enjoy. When you lose, and you will a lot, you share the defeat as a group which takes the sting out, especially for small children, or adults who behave like small children. And…

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