The Shared Dream

About this board game

The Shared Dream is a cooperative board game for 2–4 players with an approximately 120-minute play time, released in 2017. Players take the role of Anima, special people who can make their dreams and nightmares real in the waking world.

Each player has awakened after experiencing the same dream, only to discover that parts of it—both good and bad—are coming to life. Together, you must re-experience the shared dream in the waking world while preventing its nightmarish creatures from spreading to the city’s innocent sleepers.

At the center of each game is a chosen Shared Dream card. Its instructions guide the players’ efforts as they travel through the city, search for clues, and face the threats born from the dream.

• Work cooperatively to follow the chosen Shared Dream card.
• Travel through the city to find important clues.
• Destroy shadows and reavers that have emerged from the dream.
• Confront a nemesis born from the shared dream.

The shared objective gives every decision a larger purpose: contain the nightmare before it reaches innocent sleepers. Players must deal with the dangerous manifestations of their dream while attempting to complete the card’s instructions.

With its combination of cooperative play, city travel, clue-finding, and confrontations with dream-born enemies, The Shared Dream presents a tense journey from sleeping visions into waking danger. It is designed for groups seeking a substantial cooperative experience where the dream itself shapes the challenge.