Vantage

Description

Vantage is an open-world, cooperative adventure game for 1-6 players designed by Jamey Stegmaier. Vantage features an entire planet to explore, with players communicating while scattered across the world. With nearly 800 interconnected locations on cards and over 900 other discoverable cards, the world is your sandbox.

You begin each game of Vantage on an intergalactic vessel heading towards an uncharted planet. After crashing far from your companions, you have complete freedom as to how you explore, discover, and interact with the planet. You view your location from a first-person perspective–you can communicate with and support other players, but you are separated by vast distances, so only you can see your current location.

In addition to a mission victory, a destiny victory, or an epic victory (completing both the mission and a destiny), you may define success in Vantage through anything you pursue and achieve.

Vantage is not a campaign game, and it is completely self-contained (no expansions, just a few accessories like metal coins).

Components

• 415 large cards (double-sided; 80x120mm)
• 912 standard cards (57x87mm)
• 8 storybooks (6 of which have the reference guide on the back cover)
• 1 rulebook
• 1 Book of Vantages
• 1 game board
• 20 challenge dice (custom design)
• 12 skill dice (custom design)
• 60 boost tokens (cubes)
• 60 skill tokens
• 45 cardboard coins
• 6 time trackers
• 6 morale trackers
• 6 health trackers
• 6 location card holders
• 1 box (300x300x100mm)

Vantage does not rely on an app at all, but you may use the optional Rulepop digital storybook feature to zoom in on text and double-check any printed storybook entries/results that seem a little odd (we’re consistently updating the digital storybooks for clarity and accuracy).

Remote Play

If you have Vantage, you can play remotely with anyone else who also has the game. Only audio is necessary (in fact, it’s more thematic that way). There’s certain information about other players that’s helpful to have so you can smoothly cooperate while playing remotely. To facilitate this, please copy and use this Google Sheet while playing remotely.