Thanks to push-your-luck mechanics and a generous amount of depth, this is one of the best cooperative board games from the last few years.Īs the name would suggest, the commander of your away-mission has been killed in action (boo). But don't think you need to have played its predecessors ( The Captain is Dead and The Captain is Dead: Lockdown) to enjoy yourself. As the franchise's third instalment, it builds on the formula in clever, compelling ways. It's a well-known fact that Star Trek redshirts are doomed, but they're your only chance of survival in The Captain is Dead: Dangerous Planet. And because teamwork is your only hope of winning, it's a fun Catch 22 to wrestle with. The rest of you are 'hybrids' bent on sabotaging the ship in secret. Although it's set in the Arkham Horror universe, Unfathomable keeps hold of the same fantastic gameplay that made Battlestar so awesome.īasically, most of you are humans trying to steer your passenger ship to safety whilst fending off Deep Ones. Luckily, the idea has been given another chance with this spiritual successor.

It's a sad fact of life that some board games go out of print, and that's what happened to an excellent Battlestar Galactica tie-in from the 2000s (it's now impossible to find). Unfathomable does this to great effect, and the result is good. If you want to make sure everyone stays on the edge of their seat, throw some traitors into the mix.

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