The Desperate

By Natan Pawłowski

Characteristics

Number of Players: 4-8
Time: 1.5 to 4 hours
Themes: Ethics of survival, Late Stalinist Gulags
Type: Rigid card game

Description

Inspired by the history of the Gulag system in the 1950s, this game explores the tension between cooperation and competition, when players are faced with nothing but doom and finite resources.

Gameplay

Players go through the phases of their prison camp day by trying to find enough food to survive, and by trying not to attract the guards’ attention. With the deck stacked against them, the players need to count on luck and strategy to make it out alive.

Contact

strandsimulationsgroup@gmail.com