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2019 Ranked #5,383

Comanauts

This cooperative adventure game has players enter a scientist’s subconscious, explore dream worlds, and free him from an inner demon. Multiple avatars and a time limit make every route through the mind consequential.

Thematic Games Adventure Science Fiction Storytelling Variable Player Powers

Players

2-4

Play time

90-120 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.61/5

Rating

6.40

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.9/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Dr. Martin Strobal, the greatest mind of our generation, lies in a coma.

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Dr. Martin Strobal, the greatest mind of our generation, lies in a coma. His Mobius Ring invention promised to change the world, but has instead given us our greatest disaster. Meant to provide the world with unlimited clean energy, the Mobius Ring malfunctioned, bathing Dr. Strobal in radiation, and creating a singularity that threatens to consume the world. We need him back, and the only way to revive him from his coma is to enter his subconscious and free him from the demons found within. Comanauts is the second installment in Jerry Hawthorne's Adventure Book system following Stuffed Fables. This game of exploration and danger builds on the mechanisms first introduced in that earlier title, providing a new experience for more mature players. Race against time to revive Dr. Strobal by exploring his tormented mind. As players work together to uncover the secrets of the doctor's subconscious, they will follow his inner child across eleven different Comazones. There they attempt to locate and overcome the Inner Demon that holds Dr. Strobal hostage. Assume the role of 22 unique avatars as you explore the dangers and secrets of each world locked inside the doctor's dream. Can you free Dr. Strobal from his own mind before it's too late? —description from the publisher

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Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
1–4
Play time
90–120 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.6/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Jerry Hawthorne

Artists

2
Tregis Jimmy Xia

Publishers

1
Plaid Hat Games