Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies

About this board game

Tragedy Looper: New Tragedies is a deduction game for 2–4 players that plays in about 60 minutes, with one player as the Mastermind and the others as Protagonists. Together, the Protagonists must discover how to prevent a terrible tragedy before the final time loop ends.

The Mastermind secretly selects one of 13 included scripts, or uses a script they created themselves, then sets the game in motion. The Protagonists do not initially know the details of the events ahead. They must investigate by playing cards, activating abilities, triggering incidents, and observing how the story develops.

Interactions with different characters are central to the investigation. By building relationships, the Protagonists can unlock and activate helpful special abilities, while the Mastermind attempts to trick, mislead, and manipulate their conclusions.

• Time-loop deduction: Each failed attempt rewinds the game components to the beginning.
• Growing knowledge: Every new loop gives the Protagonists more information to work with.
• Hidden strategy: The Mastermind knows what the Protagonists have learned and can adjust their plans.
• Story variety: The game includes 13 scripts and 30 characters, with support for creating custom scripts.

At the end of each loop, the Protagonists must determine whether they have correctly understood the tragedy. If they fail to solve it on the final loop, the Mastermind wins. The result is a tense battle of deduction in which every repeated attempt can reveal something new while giving the opposing player opportunities to change course.

This standalone edition brings original BakaFire content into English for the first time. It also includes a Mastermind teaching guide and a “First Steps” tragedy set covering the first two scripts, helping new players become familiar with the distinctive gameplay loop.