Doctor Who: Companions
2015
BGG Average Rating
10.0
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Players
1-5
Weight
N/A
Playtime
240 min
Age
8+
⚙️ Game Mechanics
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📖 About This Game
Doctor Who: Companions is a challenging cooperative boardgame based on the well-known BBC TV Show. Each player will assume the role of one of the 13 last companions of the Doctor and try to protect 4 regions from famous Doctor Enemies such as the Daleks, the Cybermen, or any of the 9 types of enemies you might encounter.
During the game, players will draw cards and use symbols on theirs cards to perform various actions such as move across the boards, travel through time, fight, meet famous characters, rest, train population, search special sites for items,call the Doctor for help... They'll have to watch for the enemies moves and special plan, and time their actions to counter them.
Players win the game if they manage to clean the board from enemies before the activation deck is depleted for the second time. If not, the world will be submitted to an hostile alien race...