HeroCard Nightmare (2007)

About this game

Horror in a Small Town. An enchanted camera has drawn you into an ever-shifting nightmare. Your only hope of escape is to maneuver the other players to their deaths before they do the same to you! HeroCard Nightmare is a surreal psychological thriller in which the last surviving dreamer wins. Nightmare blends deductive, clue-like gameplay with fast-paced HeroCard dueling, and sets them inside a modular, ever-changing landscape of gothic horror. Nightmare is a HeroCard game, and comes complete with four HeroDecks. Nightmare does not have any expansion decks, as all four characters come complete within the Nightmare box. Nightmare is compatible with all the other HeroCard games.

Does it fit your group?

• Group size. Works with 2 to 4.
• Rules load. At 2.2/5 this is a mid-weight game — expect a proper rules explanation before you start.
• Age. The publisher suggests 10 and up. That rates the rules rather than the artwork, so judge the box yourself for younger players.