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Featuring the co-operative game system used in Portal’s award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, Dune: House Secrets delivers a deeply thematic experience that drops one-to-four players in the middle of the highest stakes unfolding on the harsh desert planet of Arrakis.
In this story-driven adventure game, players take on the roles of rebels who must solve a series of challenging missions with a finite amount of time and resources. Players cooperatively make decisions on how to progress the story as they decide to explore different regions of the world, follow leads, leverage allies, and overcome opposition of all kinds. During gameplay, players use a variety of physical and digital game components — a deck of cards with essential clues and plot twists, a dozen physical handouts, and a dedicated website with additional resources — to steer the narrative in fun and surprising directions for a truly immersive experience.
Beginning with an introductory prologue designed to get players acquainted with the massive Dune universe, the game then continues with three big adventures, each taking roughly two-to-three hours to play. During each episode, players can earn experience points to level up their characters in between missions and unlock new options in future gameplay. Each adventure can be played separately as standalone episodes, yet should players complete all three episodes, they will unravel a master game narrative with an epic climax and unforgettable resolution with lasting impact on the future two games in the trilogy.
—description from the publisher
Ages | 14+ |
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Players | Solo, 2 Players, 3 Players, 4 Players |
Play Time | 90m – 180m |
Designer | Jakub Poczęty, Przemysław Rymer, Weronika Spyra, Ignacy Trzewiczek |
Mechanics | Cooperative Game, Solo / Solitaire Game, Storytelling |
Theme | Science Fiction, Movies / TV / Radio theme |
Publisher | GaGa Games, Geekach Games, IELLO, Korea Boardgames co., Ltd., Maldito Games, Pegasus Spiele, Portal Games, Reflexshop |
cfarrell
This has gotten a lot of grief, and it’s true there are variety of issues - the huge one being the usual nightmare hellscape of a rulebook. Just getting to the point of playing requires some significant goodwill, but is doable without too much pain. And the story isn’t too bad! Like Detective, it’s baroque *and* Byzantine, but it’s a bit easier to cut to the chase with and it’s way more forgiving than Detective - you actually have enough time to get done what you need to do. The deductions required are not onerous, but you need to be a bit smart about which leads you pursue and who you lean on. It’s not genius, but it’s pretty playable (once you figure out how to) and better than Brian Herbert & Kevin J Anderson. Is this a low bar? Yes! Is it in fact a bar that is literally lying there on the ground? Also yes. What does this all mean? I don’t know. I can’t recommend paying hard-earned cash for it, but if you run across a copy in a sale bin or (preferably) second-hand, it’s not bad if you like this style game and prefer a more modest difficulty level.
aesthetocyst
Accidentally ordered th is before i understood what it was. THankfully was able to cancel the order LOL You know you may have a problem when ....
brettellmd
Bought in Sydney Noship Auction Nov 2022 for $20 Same game engine as Detective, which I onsold, so be interesting to see if this holds more interest. Nope. Less of a game than Detective. Only mechanic is choosing which card to read next, some of which require resources. Sold for $6 in Sydney NoShip Auction 2023