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2015 Ranked #5,786

Don't Turn Your Back

A dark strategy game has players place workers, build decks, and control areas while seeking escape from a nightmare city. Dreams buy favors, and rival interference makes every route toward the prize dangerous.

Strategy Games Horror Area Majority / Influence Deck, Bag, and Pool Building

Players

2-4

Play time

45-60 min

Age

13+

Complexity

2.38/5

Rating

6.94

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

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?

Walk the twisted streets of the Mad City in a boardgame that fuses worker placement with deck building and area control to create a unique experience. Extract dreams in the City Slumbering and use them to buy favors from Nightmares.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Area Majority

Compete to have the strongest presence in areas that award control or points.
Deck / Bag Building

Add new pieces during play to improve the cards, tokens, or dice drawn later.
Worker Placement

Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
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Walk the twisted streets of the Mad City in a boardgame that fuses worker placement with deck building and area control to create a unique experience. Extract dreams in the City Slumbering and use them to buy favors from Nightmares. Procure special services in the Bizarre Bazaar. Score points through skillful play in Mother When’s deadly High School, and the sinister 13th District. Compete for the Wax King’s favor, and the ultimate prize…escape! In this game, set in the sinister world of the Don’t Rest Your Head role playing game, your opponents lurk around every corner, waiting to attack. Can you outsmart your friends and win the Nightmares’ game? Whatever you do, Don’t Turn Your Back!

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Type

1
Strategy Games

Category

1
Horror

Mechanism

3
Area Majority / Influence Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Worker Placement

Family

1
Crowdfunding: Kickstarter

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Game and edition data

All specifications (5)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Best with
2–4
Play time
45–60 min
Age
13+
Complexity
2.4/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Eric B. Vogel

Artists

2
George Cotronis Fred Hicks

Publishers

2
O Capturador Evil Hat Productions

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