This one drips atmosphere albeit a bit of a mixed bag in
that regard.
At it’s heart it looks and feels steampunk, but there is a
healthy dose of gothic, and a full dash of horror in this one too.
So what of the story here?
“While deployed as a guard to suppress a riot at the
Claybury Asylum for the Criminally Insane you discover you are trapped by the
automata of the notorious inmate Dr Von Klutzn,” notes its Kickstarter page.
“Can you escape from the asylum by journeying through its
dark halls and cells to discover the 5 keys needed to successfully exit the
building while maintaining the precious air supply that powers your pneumatic
suit and weapons, or will you become yet another victim of the mechanical
monsters roaming the asylum?”
This is a nice build as a Print n Play, card driven you can
sleeve the game driver rather easily, and then the rules which I at least
prefer in print rather than on a screen. The cards here fits the theme, being
steampunk through and through but they are AI if that is a factor in your game
buying decisions.
From there game play is straightforward and rather well-laid
out too.
“Clockwork Insanity is played through a series of rounds
which represent the areas of the asylum you are searching for a key,” notes the
KS page. “The end of each round is triggered when you retrieve a key, (you are
seeking five), within the Exploration deck. The last round is completed once
you have retrieved the final key and played to the end of the Exploration deck
to successfully escape from the asylum. . .
“Once you have acquired the fifth key you play to the end of
the Exploration deck to complete the final turn. If you succeed in reaching the
end of the Exploration deck with the five keys you have still succeeded in
escaping from the Claybury Asylum for the Criminally Insane.”
This is very much a theme-driven one, that you best be into
before hitting print, but once into it Clockwork Insanity is a solid little
time burner.
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