Escape: The Curse of the Temple is a cooperative game in which players must escape (yes...) from a temple (yes...) which is cursed (yes...) before the temple collapses and kills one or more explorers, thereby causing everyone to lose. The initial game board consists of a row of three square tiles, each showing a combination of two symbols, say, two green adventurers or one green adventurer and one blue key in one corner of the tile. All of the explorers start in the center tile – the safe room – and each player starts with a hand of five dice. Each die has five symbols: A cursed mask – this die is set aside when rolled. A golden mask – each such symbol counteracts two cursed masks, either your own or those of another explorer in the same room. A red torch or blue key – these are used to enter rooms, access treasure, or activate gems. A green adventurer, which appears twice on the die – you need these to move from room to room, and to activate some gems. Escape is played in real-time, with all players rolling dice and taking actions simultaneously. You must roll the right symbols to enter a room, and if you're at an open doorway, you can roll to reveal the next tile in the stack and add it to that doorway. Some rooms contain combinations of red and blue symbols, and if you (possibly working with other players in the same room) roll enough red or blue symbols, you "discover" magic gems, moving them from a separate gem depot onto that tile. The real-time aspect is enforced by a soundtrack to be played during the game. At certain points, a countdown starts, and if players aren't back in the safe room when time is up, they lose one of their dice. Once the exit tile is revealed, players can attempt to escape the temple by moving to that tile, then rolling a number of blue dice equal to the magic gems that haven't been removed from the gem depot. Thus, the more gems you find, the easier it is to escape the temple. When a player escapes, he gives one die to a player of his choice. If all players escape before the third countdown, everyone wins; if not, everyone loses, no matter how many players did escape. Escape: The Curse of the Temple includes two expansion modules that can be used individually or together. With the "Treasures" module, some rooms contain treasure, and when you reveal such a room, you place a face-down treasure chest on the tile. Roll the symbols on that chest tile, and you claim the treasure for use later: a key lets you teleport anywhere, a path lets you connect two rooms that otherwise have no door between them, and a medic kit heals all players instantly (putting black dice back into play). With the "Curses" module, some tiles "curse" players by forcing them to place one hand on their head, keep mute during play, or otherwise do what you wouldn't want to do while escaping a temple! Components: 6 main chamber tiles 13 basic chamber tiles 25 custom dice 5 wooden adventurer figures 5 adventurer tokens 25 gemstones 1 gem depot tile 1 soundtrack CD 13 curse and treasure chamber tiles 14 curse cards 13 treasure cards Rules Awards: 2012 Meeples' Choice Nominee 2013 Årets Spill Best Family Game Winner 2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Innovative Board Game Nominee 2013 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee 2013 Origins Awards Best Family, Party or Children's Game Nominee 2013 Spiel des Jahres Game of the Year Recommended 2013 UK Games Expo Best Boardgame Nominee

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2012 Meeples' Choice Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Family Board Game Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Best Party Board Game Nominee
2013 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee
2013 Origins Awards Best Family, Party or Children's Game Nominee
2013 Spiel des Jahres Game of the Year Recommended
2013 UK Games Expo Best Boardgame Nominee
2013 Årets Spill Best Family Game Nominee
2013 Årets Spill Best Family Game Winner
2014 Hungarian Board Game Award Nominee
2015 Gra Roku Game of the Year Nominee