Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
More strategic control
How it plays
How does it play?
Search Mont Blanc for a missing brother by sliding perforated action cards behind scenes and living with every revealed consequence.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Narrative Choices
Choose between story options that lead to different passages and consequences.
Move Through Deck
Progress through an ordered deck that represents position, time, or distance.
Storytelling
Create or extend a narrative in response to prompts or game events.
Read the full game description
Backstories: Alone Under the Ice is a cooperative narrative adventure that turns a deck of panorama and perforated action cards into a tabletop point-and-click game. Sophie travels to a refuge on Mont Blanc after her brother Jean disappears while investigating the long-lost Amber Room. Players choose whether to search, question, explore, or use discovered objects, place the matching action card behind a scene, then flip it to reveal the result through the card window. Decisions open and close paths, change later encounters, and lead to several possible endings without destroying the game.
