Cover art for Lockwood's Asylum

Lockwood's Asylum

2018 · BGG
Avg rating
7.60
Bayes rating
5.53
Weight
2.50 (Medium)
Players
1-5
Playtime
1 hr 30 min
Ratings count
53

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Description

Lockwood's Asylum is a competitive survival horror deck-building game for 2 to 5 players. Unlike most deck-building games, Lockwood's Asylum allows players to build not only their own decks, but also the decks of their opponents. Each time a player purchases a Monster or Horror card, that card goes into the play area - or "Room" - of the player to their left. Any Ally cards that a player purchases go into their own Room, where they help defend against the Monsters and Horrors that have been placed there by the others players. At the end of the turn, the Allies, Monsters, and Horrors in the player's Room battle it out! If the Monsters are able to overwhelm the player's Allies, then any excess damage lowers the player's Health. When a player is reduced to 0 Health, they are eliminated from the game. The last player left standing survives the night and claims victory! —description from the publisher

Play mode

Competitive

How it plays

Area control & tactical conflict Deck, bag & pool building

Game type

Card game Board game

What it’s about

Horror & the supernatural

Publishers

Blackout Games, LLC

Designers

Mason Crawford