Too Many Exits is a game from Korea. It is based on the horror movie
trope of a bunch of teenagers being hunted down by a mad killer. Like the
story about friends running away from a bear, you don't need to outrun the
bear. You just need to outrun your friends. This is a single loser game. When
one player gets killed, everyone else survives and wins.
Characters you get to play
The game is set up with a corridor and five locked doors. The corridor is an
infinite one. You are all in the corridor and the killer is coming after you.
You keep running away, but the killer also keeps coming after you, until he
catches at least one of you. The five doors represent doors you might try to
escape from. Every door needs a different key. When you find a key, you can
try to unlock a door. You get to escape only if the key matches. Otherwise in
your haste you drop the key (i.e. you discard the card). Escaping is not
permanent. You only get temporarily respite for the current round. Once the
killer catches someone, that person takes injury, and you start a new round.
You go back to the starting line. The game ends only when a player takes the
third injury.
You have one hand card. On your turn you draw a card then play a card. Super
simple. Cards have all sorts of abilities, e.g. slowing down an opponent, or
picking a card from the discard pile. Some cards are Keeper cards. Keeper
refers to the killer. When you draw a Keeper card you must play it and bad
things happen. Once everyone takes a turn, it is the killer's turn to
move.
The premise is fun, but I find the game draggy and the novelty wears off quickly. This is mostly a casual party game. It'll work well with non gamers but I think gamers will not find this interesting.
Normal side of a character
Panic side means you miss a turn
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