2021 · Science Fiction

A.D.E.L.E.

Players take on asymmetric roles aboard a failing spaceship: most play individual crew members with unique character boards, abilities, starting items, and pools of life and spirit points, while one player controls the ship’s vigilant AI. Crew members secretly allocate four action cubes each behind a screen to plan repairs, movement, and cooperative survival tasks. The AI player manages an energy-limited control panel, a deck of incident cards, and tokens to guess crew actions and trigger hazards such as fires, flooding, oxygen loss, and system shutdowns to obstruct the crew. Rounds resolve by revealing actions, resolving AI interventions, and tracking casualties and resources until the crew either executes a successful survival plan or is overwhelmed by the ship’s systems.

groupPlayers

1–5 best 4

schedulePlaying time

90–120 min

cakeAge

12+

psychologyComplexity

2.9 / 5