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Paperback Adventures - Core Box

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Do not buy this item separately, please choose one of the bundles below.  At least one character box is required with the core box to play the game.

Paperback Adventures is a solo-focused game. It was designed from the ground up as a strategic, highly-replayable solo word game. There are also additional gameplay variants for cooperative play between two players.

This package includes one CORE BOX which includes:

  • Rulebook
  • Enemy Tray with Tokens (designed by Game Trayz™)
  • 12 Enemy Cards
  • 12 Reward Cards
  • 7 Penalty Cards
  • 5 Enemy Vowel Cards
  • 4 Wild and Letter of Your Choice Cards
  • 23 Item Cards
  • 22 McGuffin Cards
  • 12 Boss McGuffin Cards (4 in envelope)
  • 5 Plot Twist Cards
  • 1 Shop Card
  • 1 Archive Card
  • 7 Penalty Card Sleeves

The Dice Tower Seal of Excellence is a trademark of The Dice Tower, LLC and is used with permission.

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Customer Reviews (5.0 / 5 · 5 reviews)

Stella ★★★★★

Grabbed this with the sci-fi character box and the two of them together make a surprisingly deep solo puzzle. The wordplay mechanic where you build words to trigger attacks took me a few rounds to click, but now I'm hooked. Just remember you genuinely can't play with the core alone.

Carter J. ★★★★★

Wasn't sure about buying the core box alongside a character box, but once I did the two-deck system clicked fast. The word-building combat is way more satisfying than I expected from a solo card game, and setup takes barely a minute.

Emily K. ★★★★★

The solo mode plays surprisingly tight for a card game, and the writing prompts keep each run feeling different. Just remember you absolutely need a character box too, the core alone won't get you anywhere.