2022 · Music

Lacrimosa

Players act as patrons of a recently deceased composer, splitting play between present-day negotiations and flashbacks to earlier epochs of his career. In the present timeline, players fund the completion of the final movement by commissioning missing sections from other composers and negotiating with the widow. In the past timelines, players buy and sell compositions, accompany the composer on trips to courts and theaters, and gather resources to sustain his career. Play uses a limited hand of cards that can be played as actions or as resource generation; players upgrade their hand over the game and balance finances and resources to shape their reputation and influence how the composer’s story is remembered.

groupPlayers

1–4 best 3

schedulePlaying time

90 min

cakeAge

14+

psychologyComplexity

3.2 / 5