The Initiative Overview & Review | Board Game Review | Breaking Codes Taking Names

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The Initiative was sent to us for review by Asmodee Canada, all opinions are our own :)
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Jump:

00:00 - Intro
02:35 - Overview
06:07 - Theme
07:59 - Components
12:51 - Rules
16:47 - Gameplay & Replayability
20:51 - Critique
23:34 - Final Thoughts
26:54 - Wrap Up
29:20 - Pack up
29:48 - A Little Bit Extra
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About The Initiative

Story: The Initiative — a unique co-operative board game of story, strategy, and code-breaking — lets players take on the role of teenagers in 1994 who have found a mysterious board game called "The Key". Not only will they play The Key, but players will help the teens through a pivotal chapter of their lives by following a series of missions linked together via an interactive comic book.

The game's campaign is broken into a number of chapters, each taking 30-60 minutes to complete and each starting with you reading a page of the comic book. The story advances even if players fail a mission, but winning may provide a reward in the future. Each chapter builds on the knowledge and story from previous chapters, weaving narrative, code-breaking, and mystery into one thrilling game experience.

Publisher: Unexpected Games
Designer: Corey Konieczka
Player Count: 1-4
Mechanisms: campaign, puzzles
BGG Rating:
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