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Lost & Shelved
In this storybook adventure for 2--4 players created by Chris Houghton at The Dice Tower and based on Ghost Box from Marx Shepherd, a player characters work as librarians in an old public library. They collect books left behind by their patrons but also lose them when the games ends; they are nosy while being anonymous about it to maintain good behavior with the city authorities who often come for raids during such events at night or even go door-to-door looking into suspicious cases of stolen items from other people's homes. The goal is simple, yet exciting: retrieve all ephemera and become rich in gold coins as well! But beware that there might be others lurking around to steal valuable books they have collected for themselves...The game begins with a player sitting at an old desk collecting dust-covered leatherbound manuscripts from the back of shelves. The second round involves setting up tables covered by black cloths and filling them in secret code order, one after another until all 20 are filled correctly except on table 12 which is reserved to "the missing piece." After deciphering codes for a while (with or without an extra-dimensional helper), players uncover different objects from the manuscripts. The final round involves rolling dice: they either roll gold coins if their object
Price:
$5.00
Rating:
5.00 (from 3 reviews)
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