Hollandazed: Thoughts, Ideas, and Miscellany — Streets of Shadows

ACCELERATION (by Tom Russell)

Mary Russell

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ACCELERATION (by Tom Russell)

One of the games that we're prepping for publication in early-ish 2020 is Streets of Shadows, a multiplayer game designed by Joseph Miranda and Roger Mason about occupied Paris. Players aren't taking on the roles of brave resistance fighters. Rather, they're something more cynical and insidious, playing both sides so as to ensure that however the conflict is resolved, they come out on top. Driving all these is a series of three event decks, called Shadows cards. One of these is drawn each turn. They might provide a short-term goal and reward for the turn: control a particular type of...