SCP: Apollyon

SCP:Apollyon is a cooperative, turn-based horror-themed board game based on the SCP Foundation, a fictional modern organization that undertakes whatever means necessary to discover anomalous objects and contain them from the public that they threaten. 

1-6 players each take on the role of a Site Director, a high ranking Foundation member responsible for the management of their own Foundation Blacksite. Players must work together to maintain the all-important Masquerade by containing the never-ending flow of anomalies, and maybe, just maybe, subverting one of many possible XK-Class End-of-World Scenarios. It is inspired by and similar to games such as Spirit Island and Arkham Horror.

One of the anomalies you'll have to deal with.

Summary:

1-6 players, 90-150 minutes, Ages 15+

Complexity: 6/10

Goal

The Foundation has discovered, through incontrovertible anomalous means, that an undetermined Apollyon-class anomaly will appear in six months time. Apollyon is the classification given to anomalies considered impossible to contain, and in this case are certain to cause at least the end of the world, if not the end of reality as we know it.

Players have six months to prepare their sites by building up their assets and their character rosters. As they do, they’ll also need to constantly respond to Situations – various anomalous happenings all across the globe that may well be evidence of a new anomaly wreaking havoc on the human population. If Players fail to manage the constant stream of threats to humanity, they risk Breaking the Masquerade, and revealing to the world the dire straits they’re really in – or worse, losing control over the world to the anomalies.

In the world of the SCP Foundation, the myths and fantasies of the world are all too real and all too deadly. From a mysterious staircase that descends infinitely into the darkness to a murderous statue that can only move while it's not being watched to antimemetic monsters that eat your memory of them as soon as they are perceived, the Foundation deals with incomprehensible horrors. They do so with all the power that comes from a vast network of funding, rigorous scientific protocol, and the dispassionate regard for human life one would come to expect when containing civilization-ending threats is your day job.

Stepping into the shoes of a higher administrator in this Foundation is a harrowing task. You will have to get used to losing entire teams of well-trained and valuable agents to a situation they couldn't have been prepared for. You will learn that the rules are only defined by the anomalous entities that shatter them. It will take higher-order brain work, but the result is the continued survival of the human race. What grander goal could there be?

You can find the rulebook here. It is recommended that you play this game on Tabletop Simulator, if you own it.  You can find the workshop page for this game here.

In order to play via Tabletop Simulator, you must install the game, and then Subscribe to the workshop project. Then, next time you host a game in Tabletop Simulator, you can open the "Games" tab and go to "Workshop", where you'll be able to load this game.

If you choose to support us, we would be very grateful. Depending on the interest, we will be releasing free expansion packs with new content - new rules, new cards, Scenarios, and of course, new Apollyon threats. Keep an eye out for future updates, and enjoy the game!

Join us on our discord at https://discord.gg/bqxBzeZTX9 !