Survival

Robinson Crusoe: Adventures on the Cursed Island - BGG #121 · Rating: 7.72 · Weight: 3.83/5 · Players: 1-4 · Time: 60-120 min There are board games that let you down gently when you lose. Robinson Crusoe is not one of them. You will starve. You will catch wounds that cascade into more wounds. You will spend three turns gathering wood for a shelter only to have a storm tear it apart the same night you finish it. You will make the right decision, watch it go wrong anyway, and then read the flavour text on the event card - which has the audacity to be evocative - while your character slowly dies on a very detailed island you spent twenty minutes setting up. ...

You bought it for a reason. Maybe you watched a review that called it one of the most tense, thematic cooperative experiences in modern board gaming. Maybe it was in a BGG Top 100 list and the price was right. Maybe a friend told you it was the best solo game they’d ever played. You opened the box. You saw the rulebook. And somewhere between page 4 and page 14, you made a silent agreement with yourself: not tonight. ...