Board Game Destinies

Travel the paths of fate!

This is a role-playing story adventure in the «sandbox» genre, in which the role of the game master is taken on by a companion application that can even work offline. Unlike most role-playing board games, «Destiny» is not cooperative: each hero will have his own secret destiny, which he will try to find before the rest of the participants along one of two proposed paths.

The apocalypse is approaching, the prophets predict the arrival of the Angel of Death on earth, and now everything depends on a few chosen ones. Parasites destroy food, plague devours the poor and wealthy aristocrats, and the Holy Virgin pours the flames of war over the kingdoms... Only the actions of the heroes will determine what sentence the Angel who will judge humanity will pronounce.

The game with the mechanics of "scan and play" will immerse you in a gloomy fantasy world with many possible ways of passing and numerous locations, heroes and dilemmas, as well as 31 figurines of various scales depicting monsters, game and non-game characters.

System features

• Finding your Destiny - each player at the beginning of the passage chooses a character without reading the back of the card. Only after choosing can you read the back of your hero`s backstory and two possible paths that will lead you to the embodiment of destiny. Throughout the game, you will interact with various non-player characters, visit numerous locations, and explore the terrain in search of your Destiny, which must be kept secret from the rest of the players.
• The "sandbox" genre - the game gives you absolute freedom in what to use, who to talk to, and which locations to visit, while at the same time giving hints about how to fulfill your Destiny. The goal of the game is to fulfill your Destiny before the rest of the participants. Even if at some point you reach your finale in this story, other players can still beat you if they are more prepared. At the same time, remember: the fate of the entire game world depends on the decisions of the chosen ones, and even if you go on a personal quest to find the Destination, your actions will have consequences for all heroes and ordinary inhabitants of the world.
• Mechanics of "scan and play" - all item cards in the game have QR codes, and if you decide to use one of them in a certain situation, you must scan the code in the application, which will indicate the consequences of using the item in this situation. Some characters may also hint to you about the direction of further search for the Destination: to do this, you must select the appropriate option during the dialogue and scan the code of one of the paths on the front of your Destination card. The characters` answers will be more of a hint and will not reveal your secret purpose to other players.
• Dice Tests - Throughout the game, you will improve your characters` skills, which will require different dice results to succeed during the tests. Players have 2 personal basic dice that are always available for testing, as well as 3 effort dice that deplete after use and are restored one at a time at the start of the player`s turn.
• Huge replayability and variability - the game has a huge number of optional Destination locations, plots, and characters, as well as random events that will affect your sense of the world and help you immerse yourself in the plot. The companion app will be responsible for saving the progress and combining all the plot elements, and it will also generate random events during the game.

Gameplay

Before starting the game, install the «Destinies» app on your phone, tablet or laptop, select a scenario and prepare according to the app`s instructions. During the game, participants will take turns exploring the game world in search of their own Destiny.

Each player`s turn will consist of 3 phases:

1. Start of turn. Recover 1 effort die. During this step, the application may also indicate the activation of a certain event, the appearance or movement of non-player characters, etc.: most plot events occur during this phase of your turn.
2. Move. A player can move their character figure up to 2 adjacent tiles vertically or horizontally. If you move to an unexplored (laid out gray side up), immediately stop on it - you can no longer move during this turn. Turn the tile over with the explored (colored) side up and place the special location tokens on it and place the character figures according to the application`s instructions.
3. Visit special locations. These locations are marked on the tile with special tokens. During this phase, you can also visit a character, as each figure, except for the player figures, will also be considered a special location. Select in the application what exactly you want to visit during this turn, and then choose from the available options the action you can perform.

Among the actions in special locations you will encounter:

• Interactions- occur automatically without checks, and you must choose from the possible action options offered by the application (take or discard, enter or leave, etc.).
• Checks- occur by rolling dice. Take two main dice and any number of restored effort dice and roll them. There are three character skills in the game: knowledge, strength, and agility. On the track of each skill on your hero`s board, you will place special markers. Calculate the sum of the results on the rolled dice - each marker in the cell that is equal to or less than the sum obtained will be considered a success. Also add successes for a special circle symbol if you rolled such an effort die. Some item cards can also affect the number of successes. If the number of successes is equal to or greater than the difficulty of the test in the application, you successfully pass the test, otherwise it is considered failed. Both successful and failed completions will have their own plot consequences, which the application will indicate.
• Scanning Item Cards - in some situations you may need weapons or special items. The application will indicate the possibility of using the card. After that, select a suitable item and scan the QR code on the corresponding card using the application. Some items, such as weapons, you can use multiple times, while some (especially those that you pass to other characters) you can lose after use.
• Scanning Destination Cards - most often this option will be available when interacting with non-player characters. In this case, you must choose one of the paths and scan its code on the face of your Destination card. The NPC will then guide your further search. All information in the application is public (open to all participants), however, NPCs will never reveal your secret Destination to other participants, as they will speak about it in hints that only you will understand.
• Scan or Check - choose one thing, scan the item or pass the check.
• Trade - after discovering unexplored location tiles, you can also find merchants. The application will tell you which items you need to collect from the pile, place on the tile and cover with a special location token. When performing the "trade" action, you can purchase any number of cards from this stack, as long as you have enough coins for them.
• Initiate the Ending - to do this, you must find and visit the special location indicated by your Destination. Then follow the instructions in the application.

The base game contains 5 scenarios, including the tutorial, which can be played in any order after the first one, although they are interconnected and will lead you to the global finale of the campaign according to the results of completing individual chapters. You can also replay them, looking for new ways to solve story tasks and visiting missed locations, but it is recommended to do this with experienced players who are already familiar with the scenario, so that none of the participants has an additional advantage.