2018 · Science Fiction

Deep Madness

Players take on the roles of investigators exploring a breached deep-sea mining complex after contact is lost and a mysterious alien Sphere begins warping reality. The game runs as a series of connected scenarios with unique boards, objectives, and special rules; each scenario lasts a fixed number of rounds and ends in success or total failure if goals are not met in time. On a turn, each investigator selects three actions from options like moving, attacking, searching, trading items, locking doors, and recovering sanity, while also using a character-specific ability. Monsters spawn and activate from dedicated pools and follow distinct behaviors and abilities, creating tactical combat and resource-management challenges.

groupPlayers

1–6 best 3

schedulePlaying time

60–120 min

cakeAge

16+

psychologyComplexity

3.5 / 5