This document describes a proposed board game that reimagines Homer's Odyssey as a choose-your-own-adventure style game. Players take on the role of Odysseus and make decisions that determine their journey home. The game combines board game and storytelling elements, using cards like health cards, inventory cards, character cards, and action cards to progress the story. A gamemaster guides players through stages from the Odyssey and offers choices that affect their journey, allowing players to experience being Odysseus.

1. The Odyssey re-
imagined: A
Choose your own
adventure game

2. Board game mockup
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Bird’s eye-view

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4. Playing cards
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Basic rules of the game

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Overview

6. Introduction
◉ Players can now step into the role of
Odysseus, and make their own decisions as
they retrace the hero’s voyage home.
◉ A blend of board game and gamebook
elements; players can experience being the
gamemaster as well (following the manual*),
offering fellow players different choices and
challenges at each stage.
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7. Introduction
◉ There are 4 types of cards
involved in the game:
health, inventory,
character, and action.
◉ Players begin with 12
health cards, although
they might lose them as
the game continues. 7
Example of a health card

8. Introduction
◉ Inventory cards
represent items
gained throughout
the journey, such
as poison,
weaponry, or even
crucial
information.
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Examples of inventory cards

9. Introduction
◉ Character cards
will be given out
by the
gamemaster, as
players encounter
different
characters in their
journey.
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Examples of character cards

10. Introduction
◉ The Action card
allows players to
choose between
the choices given
to them by the
gamemaster, to
determine where
their journey will
lead to next. 10
Action cards

11. Another view at the game
By combining elements of
storytelling and decision-making,
the playing team can go through the
harrowing journey of Odysseus as
well – re-examining the choices he
made along the way.
Interested in how to play the game?
Read on!
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12. Manual for gamemasters
◉ Click this link for the complete manual for
gamemasters, walking through all the different
stages and what choices are offered to your
players:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/15BhOp1khwX
CmL4Hss6JNM_ZkFCuFgfBi/view?usp=sharing
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13. Choose your own adventure
Get a first-hand experience of the difficulties faced by Odysseus in one of the
greatest journeys in Ancient Greek mythology, and find out if you could do any
better than the hero himself!
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