About this Event
MUTATE YOUR FRIENDS
The Zone is a tabletop roleplaying game about a doomed expedition into a mysterious quarantine zone, whose center will grant one survivor their deepest wish. With 248 cards, easy-to-learn rules, and no need for a gamemaster, The Zone is the perfect way to spend an evening telling a deeply immersive and spooky tale of hubris & mutation in the dark.
- Generate a Zone. Pick from 61 location cards from four themed decks to instantly generate a Zone. Your destination: the center, where it is said you’ll get your deepest wish.
- Create doomed characters. Combine 24 Characters and 48 Obsession and Phobia cards to create a broken husk in minutes.
- Direct scenes. Take turns answering prompts from a Scene deck full of beauty and horror.
- Mutate your friends. Challenges are resolved using a deck of narrative complications which triggers the creative heart of the game: mutation.
- Meet your fates until only one of you survives. Play-to-lose until the lucky (or unlucky) survivor makes it to the Center. Those who perish switch to playing the Zone itself, and judge the final survivor’s wish.
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ABOUT YOUR GM
Paula is an indie GM who has been running games for 7 years, including at PAX Unplugged. She specializes in running immersive and memorable indie games that feel accessible for the new and refreshing for the experienced.
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ABOUT THE VENUE
- Side Quest Books & Games is located on the balcony of Bow Market in Somerville's Union Square. There is an elevator available in the Bow Market lobby, which is to the right of Pop's Pinball Parlor.
- Please visit bowmarketsomerville.com for parking and transportation info.
- Outside food and drink are allowed.
- Masks are optional, but please let us know and stay home if you are ill.
Event Venue & Nearby Stays
Side Quest Books & Games, 1 Bow Market Way, Somerville, United States
USD 32.49
