Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Lockwood's Asylum is a competitive survival horror deck-building game for 2 to 5 players. Unlike most deck-building games, Lockwood's Asylum allows players to build not only their own decks, but also the decks of their opponents.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
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Lockwood's Asylum is a competitive survival horror deck-building game for 2 to 5 players. Unlike most deck-building games, Lockwood's Asylum allows players to build not only their own decks, but also the decks of their opponents. Each time a player purchases a Monster or Horror card, that card goes into the play area - or "Room" - of the player to their left. Any Ally cards that a player purchases go into their own Room, where they help defend against the Monsters and Horrors that have been placed there by the others players. At the end of the turn, the Allies, Monsters, and Horrors in the player's Room battle it out! If the Monsters are able to overwhelm the player's Allies, then any excess damage lowers the player's Health. When a player is reduced to 0 Health, they are eliminated from the game. The last player left standing survives the night and claims victory! —description from the publisher