Gen7: A Crossroads Game

About this board game

Gen7: A Crossroads Game is a grand narrative board game for 3–4 players, with an approximate play time of 90 minutes. Released in 2018, it follows an international colony ship carrying humanity toward a distant planet in the Epsilon Eridani system.

The journey is designed to last thirteen generations. Each generation born aboard the vessel becomes a steward of humanity’s hopes and ideals. For six generations, the mission proceeds as planned—but everything changes when a new command team takes control and a terrible mystery emerges.

As the commanders investigate, they discover that the ship and its mission are not quite what they seem. The fate of the human species may depend on the decisions made during this unfolding crisis.

• A distant-future colony ship setting
• A mystery threatening the entire mission
• A grand narrative with multiple possible outcomes
• Unique situations that demand difficult moral decisions

In the tradition of the award-winning Dead of Winter, Gen7 constantly challenges players with choices that can alter the direction of the story. The game asks how far you are willing to go to protect your crew—and what you might sacrifice to preserve the mission.

Will you compromise your integrity to ensure the safety of those aboard? Will you value their lives over the future of the mission? With each decision carrying the story forward, Gen7 creates a tense science-fiction experience centered on responsibility, uncertainty, and the consequences of command.