Aim to Capture or Save the ‘Visitor in Blackwood Grove’

Jun 12, 2018

Another game making an Origins Game Fair debut this week is Visitor in Blackwood Grove from Resonym. One player takes on the role of an alien visitor trying to leave Earth, another is the kid who finds the creature and wants to save it, while all the other players represent government agents trying to capture the extraterrestrial. The game is for three to five players, ages 8+, plays in around fifteen minutes, and will be a Target exclusive when it releases in August. I don’t have an MSRP but you will be able to pick the game up at Origins.

From Resonym:

A mysterious Visitor has crashed in Blackwood Grove. Race to figure out the secret rule as the Agent or the Kid in this induction game!

A spacecraft crashes in Blackwood Grove, and the kid is the only one watching. Federal agents hunt down the signal, but no one can get near the craft due to its crushing forcefield. Why can some objects pass through it, but others are repelled? Hiding in the craft, the Visitor hopes the Kid can figure out the rule before the Agents and help it escape. The agents want to dissect the Visitor and keep the ship.

Experiment with what can pass through the forcefield, figure out the rule, and reach your goal.

Features:

3 asymmetric roles
Innovative inductive reasoning mechanic
Complete creativity: make up any rule for the other players to figure out
10 minutes per round, deep gameplay
3-5 players (2v1 to 2v1v1v1)
Stunning illustrations by artist Maggie Chiang

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