I wrote the background for this game for the creator, Rian Sand, back in 2011. It was originally intended to be a traditional RPG, but it inspired my pal Mike Selinker to turn it into an adventure card game. (He then used that notion to create the Pathfinder Adventure Card Game.)
It took a long time and a lot of twists and turns, but Apocrypha finally came out in 2017, after a successful Kickstarter that raised over a third of a million dollars. Mike asked me to write the memories for the main box, along with bestselling author (and fellow Wisconsinite) Pat Rothfuss.
Apocrypha Adventure Card Game: The World
Why has your mother never seen the red-eyed dust bunny in your closet? Why does the news not mention the rumblings at the old cemetery? They can’t see through the Paradigm, but you can. You see the monsters in the world. Unfortunately, they see you too. They’re of a mind to bring about the apocalypse, and you and your fellow saints have the power to stop them. If only you could remember who you are.
The Apocrypha Adventure Card Game is a world-spanning pre-apocalyptic campaign game, capable of being played as a co-op card game for 1-6 players or a full roleplaying game with one player acting as a guide. The World begins a series of ten chapters, each containing cards that detail memories written by a legendary author. This box contains The Secrets of Candlepoint, with all the base cards you need for any game of Apocrypha, and memories by Patrick Rothfuss. It also contains The Book of the Skinwalkers, a chapter with memories by Matt Forbeck. The expansions The Flesh and The Devil will allow you to play 90 unique missions and reveal the twisted memories of more acclaimed authors.
But hurry, because the doomsday clock is ticking.
Players: 1-6
Playtime: 60 minutes
Ages: 14+
PRODUCT DETAILS:
Apocrypha: The World contains:
– 584 cards
– 10 pawns
-10 bases
– 20 dice
– 30 dividers
– 1 rulebook
– 1 storybook
Designed by: Chad Brown, Keith Richmond, Mike Selinker, Liz Spain, Elisa Teague, and Gaby Weidling
If you purchase this game on our site, you will get three free promo cards: the saint One and the gifts Monster Truck and Universal Product. While supplies last!
