Become a Grave Keeper in a new print-and-play roll-and-write game by Martyn Hedges that has just launched on Kickstarter. The game, for one or more players, promises to transport you to Victorian England as a sickness "sweeps across the land, claiming rich and poor alike". Players will tend to the crypts of four noble families and vie to gain the highest reputation for their work buying the dead, maintaining the grave site, leading funeral processions, and fending off pesky grave robbers.
The game has a charming, hand-drawn aesthetic that fits the morbid theme well. Players will roll dice to determine who will have died from the aforementioned families each turn, and then use these dice to determine what actions they will be completing each round of a six round game. These actions include burying the dead, installing monuments to increase prestige, leading funeral processions, and lighting lanterns to deter grave robbers. Of course, there is only so much you can do in a day and any corpses left untended during the day will rot and decay overnight, costing the player their reputation points.
Pre-release reviews have been overwhelmingly positive and some are comparing the game to The Bloody Inn, released in 2015 and already a fan favourite.
At the time of writing the Kickstarter has exceeded its funding goal by 500% with 13 days still to go. You can keep abreast of its progress here and back the project for the low, low price of only £3.00.
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