fully cooperative + hidden hands + cooperative survival
Teammates hide cards while working together to survive threats, creating doubt about who can be trusted even without traitors.
What it brings
- Builds suspense through partial secrecy in teamwork.
- Encourages communication without full reveals.
What it costs
- Hidden info frustrates coordination in crises.
- Misplays from poor info sharing lead to quick losses.
Example games
- Pandemic
- Forbidden Island
How the games were checked against BoardGameGeek
- Pandemic: partly checkable, nothing against it. fully cooperative: confirmed (Cooperative Game). hidden hands: not checkable. cooperative survival: confirmed (Cooperative Game).
- Forbidden Island: partly checkable, nothing against it. fully cooperative: confirmed (Cooperative Game). hidden hands: not checkable. cooperative survival: confirmed (Cooperative Game).