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Explore a world destroyed by fire, an ashy wasteland covered in strange sights and even stranger people.
Inspired by viewing the damage done to my home state after wildfires in 2020, Scorched is a card based adventure game for 2-8 players. Explore a world destroyed by fire, an ashy wasteland covered in strange sights and even stranger people. Those left behind in the evacuations find their world completely changed.
The game uses 2 standard 52 card decks with jokers. It includes an instruction booklet, and sheets of card faces which can be printed and affixed to a standard deck. These come in full color, and printer-friendly versions.
To Play You Need
The instruction book provided
2 52-card decks with jokers
Scratch paper and pencil
Game Files Contain
Instruction book - full color
Instruction book - printer friendly
Printable card faces - full color
Printable card faces - printer friendly
Cover Art - full color only
ReadMe file
Gameplay
Each player gets 5 random cards and a quest card at the beginning of the game. The quest cards will have simple, clear objectives written on them, but no specific instructions for how to achieve the goal.
As the game progresses, the paths to each goal become clear. Players can work toward more than quest at a time as long as the card is in their hand, but actions do not count toward quests retroactively.
Quests are balanced to mostly be about the same difficulty as one another- but some quests vary a little depending on the events of the game or how many players there are.
Players are exploring the wasteland on their own, but there is a special mechanic that allows players to meet and trade with each other- and maybe betray one another. Meta-gaming, where players agree to work together, is encouraged, especially when it leads to betrayal and intrigue.
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Scorched - After the Burn is FREE to download and play. There is a $7 suggested donation to cover the artwork and hours of labor I did creating it, but this is entirely optional.
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