One of the most loved co-op card games of the past decade is getting a third outing, and this time your crew is going treasure hunting. The Crew: Journey to the Ends of the Earth trades the deep space of the first game and the ocean depths of the second for a globe-trotting, Indiana Jones-style romp, with 25 brand new missions to puzzle through.
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See how it worksIf you have somehow missed it, The Crew is a cooperative trick-taking game where the catch is that you cannot openly discuss your hand. Two to five players take on a string of missions together, each one setting fresh conditions for who needs to win which tricks, and you have to read your teammates through a single, carefully chosen signal. Designed by Thomas Sing and first published in 2019, the original The Crew: The Quest for Planet Nine won the Kennerspiel des Jahres in 2020, the German award that effectively crowns the year's best gamer's game. A 2021 follow-up, Mission Deep Sea, sharpened the formula with a clever build-your-own-difficulty system.
This third entry sends your team scaling Everest and hacking through rainforests in pursuit of Charlemagne's lost treasure. It keeps everything that made the series a hit, the white-knuckle silent coordination and the moreish "just one more mission" pull, and wraps it in a fresh campaign of tasks. At a pocket-money price of around $14.95, it is an easy one to say yes to.
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Set up your group for freeJourney to the Ends of the Earth makes its debut at Gen Con this summer, with copies expected to ship from late July. Pre-orders are open now. Time to rally the usual suspects, find a game night near you and start practising your poker face.
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