Debatable if this is "merch," but I quite like the "Survive 'till 6 AM" board game released a few years ago. I dunno, I'm kind of a board game nerd, so just seeing these characters put down onto cards is kind of a treat. And I feel that it's an idea that could be revised, and expanded upon a lot further. Like, it's playable in a 2 Player, but the two players don't do literally anything to interact with each other- like, you can't assist the opponent's animatronics by making them move faster in any way. The two players are essentially just separately playing the game by themselves, and it goes until either someone dies, or until 6 AM, where the tie is broken by who was closer to death via power outage. There really should have been some way to actively trip up the opposing player. Also, I kinda wish it was more than just the Classic and Toy animatronics, and I wish the map had more interesting features to it. Like, what if they released booster packs for the game, that each introduced new character cards, that could have their own different mechanics, and also new map boards, and maybe some rooms could also have unique mechanics to them. Like, what if there was a Sister Location version, and from the Oxygen Tank room deck, you could draw a card of the Minireenas attacking the tanks, and you can choose whether or not to shock them, and if you don't that decreases a new, separate Oxygen meter, which possibly would make Yenndo more aggressive if you draw his card. There's potential here, people!
Wait... I'm just looking it up now, and they made a Security Breach version of the game? I... didn't even know that. Huh. Neat.
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