Fantasy Flight Games is not alien to the world of Arkham horror and the supernatural, and returns with his newest game, inaudible. Unfathomable is a new semi-cooperative game that makes you play as characters aboard SS Atlantic that try to survive the trip and keep the boat afloat while navigating towards your new destination. However, that will not be easy, since you will have to retreat monstrous creatures, repair damage, keep other passengers safe and deal with a traitor in your environment, all at the same time. It may sound a little overwhelming to follow the track, but unfathomable interlays its numerous mechanics accurately, and soon you will find yourself completely immersed in this fantastic scenario.
Unfathomable is a totally cooperative game at the beginning, since everyone attempts to keep the ship safe and are allies against the deep, creatures living in The Deep and are directed by two even more powerful monarchs known as Mother Hydra and Father Dagon. Hydra and Dagon are also huge, by the way, when they appear on the board, you can not miss it. After the first turn of the game, loyalty cards are distributed, and at this point, at least one player will become hybrid or cultist, and this opens all kinds of fun along the game.
Hybrids and cultists are on the side of the deep, so the players who control them will often try to work against the other players and undermine them in each turn. Traitors also have the option of revealing themselves as traitors at any time, and both approaches have advantages and disadvantages. The number of options at your disposal makes it a pleasure to play as a traitor, as it can annoy the crew with things like risking fuel, food, not saving passengers, not repairing boat sections or hindering the crew work. Try to meet skill tests.
Skill tests come into play at the third phase of a player's turn. In the first, you must draw the arsenal of the skill cards of your character, and there are 5 different skills decks, and each character has a combination and a set of different skills in general. The second phase is the action phase, which allows you to perform 2 actions that include moving spaces, attacking, repair, rescue passengers and more. Then we reached the third phase, in which you must steal a letter from myths, and this has one of the key points in each turn. You will be presented an option with a text in history, and there will be a series of skills that must be met to meet the pass requirement. Spending one of these often gives you a small reward or anything negative, but if you do not, you will usually get some kind of consequence.
Because each player can put cards in the group to try to pass the skill test, the traitors can push and pull a bit to see if they can ruin the crew plans. There are also two letters removed from the chaos mallet mixed with each myths' skill test, so if you play your cards well (literally in this case), you can ruin the other players and pass it as a bad raffle, but do this enough, and it is likely that some realize it.
This going and coming from one turn to another is immensely fun, since every time you surround yourself, you are surrounding the limits of what you can get out with yours. While I enjoyed playing with several characters and using their specific combination of skills (especially when I was a vote guard and could use spells anywhere), I had fun more being a traitor, since there are simply many ways fuck with the other players or win The game directly if you can play the long game. That said, there are ways in which humans can defend themselves, even getting into the dungeon, if you are worried about balance.
The other great threat comes from The Deep Ones, specifically Mother Hydra and Father Dagon, who move around the ship and can damage sections of its interior. You will also generate several deeps with certain myths letters, and these can be rapidly accumulated, since four deep will generally hit the board at the same time. You can pass from calm to panic in a short time, and that kind of unpredictability is one of the strongest elements of the game. That is why it is paramount to know your character and what he can do as quickly as possible, because you only have two actions, and you must take full advantage of each. Certain cards allow you to re-launch a die, add and subtract 2 of your result or do several things with an action, so take note of the options you have at your disposal at any given time.
To win the game for humans, you will have to move through the travel route several times until you arrive at the arrival space and then steal a point-point letter, which gives you a distance and, usually, you penalize you or reward (or asks you to risk a passenger shoot for a positive or negative result). If you get enough Waypoint cards to create a distance of 12, the next time you access the arrival space, you win, but even then a cultist could take the victory just below you.
In any case, the set of options present at a given time is what most emphasizes from Unfathomable. On shift, it feels as if you had a series of roads that follow your survival and not everyone needs combat. You can save passengers and pick up more items if you want to help, although you can also end the deep as your main function. You can also move the spell tracker to create a massive protective spell to eliminate Mother Hydra and father Dagon from the board, as well as risk elements such as sanity, souls or passengers to advance more along the tour of spells or travel, Praying, so you can reach your destination before your risky decisions reach it.
This game is also magnificent, with impressive miniatures of Hydra and Dagon that rise above everything else, and the board itself stir with bright colors and a stellar design that leaves room for most of the various decks and elements used during the game.
While the board is beautiful, it is quite large and will occupy a substantial space when the larger character cards and several card decks that will have around the board at any given time are taken into account. Fortunately, part of the space on the board is used to harbor certain platforms and dials, but it is still large enough to mention it in case it has a limited space.
The only other problem is the daunting nature of the aforementioned rules book. The book Learning to play is quite large on its own, but the reference of rules is even bigger, and there are several layers in the role of each player (as guardian of the volume, the captain and loyalty cards) that could begin to overwhelm The newer players.. Once they have some turns in their credit, they are likely to be well and move quickly from one turn to another, but those first turns could end up being hard work. If you are teaching this to new players, this is a game that plays and learns in advance and then presents the group instead of a learning scenario at the table.
Friendly takes its presentation from the park, but it is the convincing narrative of the game through the game and the questioning of loyalty which makes it so reputable. Working as a team to save the SS Atlantic is incredibly entertaining as it is hunting that you are waiting for a knife on your back. However, for those looking for a relaxed experience without a barrage of mandatory rules to learn, this will not necessarily be so attractive. However, if you are given the opportunity, I could end up loving this adventure at sea. I really enjoyed my time with Unfathomable, and if you have the time, space and patience to learn all your complexities, you will have a great time.
Rating: 4 of 5
Posted by: Fantasy Flight Games
Designed by: Tony Fan chi
Creative Director of History and Scenario: Katrina Stranded
Art Direction: Deborah García and Jeff Lee Johnson
Sculpture: Rowena Freeze
Unfathomable is already in stores.
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