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2018 Ranked #4,905

The Faceless

An invisible magnetic maze becomes a cooperative nightmare: rotate the figures, feel the pull, and guide the child away from the darkness.

Horror Cooperative Game Hand Management Miniatures

Players

2-4

Play time

30-45 min

Age

14+

Complexity

2.29/5

Rating

6.63

Harder to teach Highly interactive Light strategy

Overview

At a glance

Is this game right for my group?

ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 3.4/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 3.8/5

High replayability

Interaction 4.5/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 3.8/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 3.4/5

Light strategy

Player control 3.6/5

More strategic control

Setup time About 10 min
Teach time About 15 min
Recommended edition The Faceless – Alter Ego Games Kickstarter English edition (2019)
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How it plays

How does it play?

Rotate magnetic miniatures to bend an invisible compass and guide a lost child through a nightmare.

Core mechanisms

Key systems that shape the decisions players make.

Read the full game description

The Faceless is a cooperative adventure in which magnets turn spatial planning into something uncanny. Players control eerie figures around the board, rotating and repositioning them so their hidden magnetic fields pull a compass pawn toward safety. Each character offers a different power, but the group must coordinate card timing, watch the patrol of the goat-like Billygoat, and prevent the child from drifting into danger. The result is a tactile puzzle whose forces can be felt before they are seen.

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Editions

Language and publisher variants currently recorded in the catalog.

Edition Year Language Publisher / Region
The Faceless – Alter Ego Games Kickstarter English edition (2019) 2019 English Alter Ego Games / US

Game and edition data

All specifications (23)

Play and group

Players
2–4
Play time
30–45 min
Age
14+
Complexity
2.3/5
App
None app Source
Player elimination
No Source
Downtime
Low Source

Practicalities

Setup time
About 10 min Source
Teach time
About 15 min Source
Teardown time
About 8 min Source

Campaign and continuity

Group continuity
Flexible Source
Resettable
Fully Resettable Source
Save system
No campaign or save system. Source
Consumable components
No consumable components. Source

Edition and product

Optional extras
Cooperative magnetic movement rewards table discussion; insert magnets using the corrected orientation noted with the English rules video. Source
Recommended edition
The Faceless – Alter Ego Games Kickstarter English edition (2019) Source
Language
English
Region
US
Availability
Observed
Edition type
Collector Source
Current edition
No Source
Consumable components
None. Source
Compatibility
Standalone English Kickstarter Edition With Magnetic Miniatures. Source
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

2
Guido Albini Martino Chiacchiera

Artists

4
Fernando Armentano Massimo Fratini Tommaso Incecchi Giacomo Tappainer

Publishers

2
Alter Ego Games (II) MS Edizioni

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