Stonesaga

Guide a cooperative, generational human tribe surviving at the foot of an enigmatic glacial valley in a massive legacy crafting epic that utilizes a persistent, evolving tile-discovery matrix and custom blind discovery mechanics for the ultimate cooperative survival showdown.

Stonesaga (designed by Max Brooke and Luke Eddy, and published by Open Owl Games) acts as an ambitious, deeply immersive leap into a persistent cooperative survival-crafting sandbox. Moving entirely away from traditional one-off campaign designs where a single set of heroes beats a story, this massive title spans multiple distinct human generations. The core objective is beautifully historical: players step into the roles of individual tribal members trying to expand their settlement, discover revolutionary stone-age technologies, hunt majestic, colossal megafauna, and co-exist with a world that remembers and records their ancestors' triumphs and catastrophic failures.

The primary strategic hurdle lies in navigating the tension between immediate survival crafting and long-term societal progression across an evolving modular map matrix. The central map begins as a hidden wilderness of thick cardboard hexes; as your tribe explores, you flip tiles to locate critical resource veins like flint, timber, or rare flora. The breakthrough mechanic is its blind discovery deck system—instead of a fixed tech tree, players physically experiment by combining raw ingredients at camp, drawing uniquely numbered cards to reveal if they have successfully invented an advanced tool, structured a permanent cooking spit, or accidentally created a useless pile of scrap. True tactical mastery requires total tribal cooperation—carefully budgeting your actions to stockpile food against incoming seasonal weather disasters, navigating tense encounters with gigantic mystical behemoths, and accepting that when your current character passes of old age, their crafted gear and choices will permanently shape the next generation's starting setup through a gripping 60-to-120 minute session per epoch.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 14+ Years
Publisher: Open Owl Games
Play Time: 60-120 Minutes
Player Count: 1-4 Players
Complexity: Medium-High (Cooperative Legacy Play, Blind Crafting Mechanics, Tile-Flipping Exploration, Dice-Driven Hunting, Generational World Preservation)

What's in the Box?

• 1 Central Valley Map Hub and Assortment of Modular Hexagonal Terrain Tiles
• 4 Storage Trays with Custom Lids
• 4 Asymmetric Tribal Faction Mats and Dashboard Sheets
• 400+ Discovery, Event, Tool, Item, and Behemoth AI Cards
• 6 Behemoth and Monster Miniatures
• 120+ Silk-Screened Wooden Material, Fire, and Food Tokens
• 1 Secret Legacy Codex
• 1 Narrative Campaign Quest Journal
• 1 Rulebook Booklet