Near and Far Game

Designed and illustrated in the same whimsical style as Above and Below, Near and Far is a light adventure game centered around completing quests and collecting artifacts. Instead of a single board, the playing space consists of 11 “maps" with their own ongoing stories to be played individually or across a campaign. Players begin with a single adventurer who moves around the map. Each turn, players choose to visit town, or continue adventuring. Town acts as a base camp in which players recuperate, recruit new adventurers or pack animals, gain food and equipment, trade, and stake claims to acquire resources. Adventuring is the heart of Near and Far. Players move their character onto the map, representing their party, and expend hearts (restricting how long they can adventure) as the move around the map. Spaces contain a handful of elements: Threats, Treasures, and Quests. Threats represent obstacles and monsters which must be overcome or bypassed to continue adventuring. Treasures are useful items that can be picked up by pack animals. Finally, quests give a narrative context to the adventure; an adjacent player reads the event, and the active player rolls based on their party's skill to succeed and earn the associated reward. The game ends when one player has recruited a certain number of adventures, at which point each player's items and accomplishments are tallied for points. Additional variants include mini-campaigns and full campaigns which stretch across ten maps. For 2-4 players ages 12 and up. 90 to 120-minute playtime.