Adventure Games: The Gloom City File

About this board game

Adventure Games: The Gloom City File is a cooperative mystery game for 1–4 players, with a listed play time of 90 minutes. Its official description presents the experience as approximately five hours across three chapters, each taking about 75 minutes.

A message interrupts your bleak, ho-hum existence: three people have been kidnapped. You and the other suspended cops must investigate an abandoned asylum, discover who is responsible, and learn why you have been drawn into the case. The fate of the thriller is shaped by the decisions your group makes.

Inspired by the feel of a PC adventure game, the experience centers on exploration and discovery rather than time pressure. Players investigate locations, search for clues, talk to people, and combine items to uncover the story’s secrets.

• Cooperative investigation: Work together to explore and solve the mystery.
• Story-driven choices: Your decisions change the course of events, with more than one correct resolution to discover.
• Three-chapter structure: Progress through the unfolding case in separate sections.
• Replayable design: Nothing is destroyed, so the game can be played multiple times.

Unlike the cooperative EXIT: The Game series, Adventure Games: The Gloom City File focuses on telling and discovering its story without a countdown. The game is completely unplugged and requires no technology, making it a hands-on investigation for players aged 16 and up.