The supernatural is real. Unspeakable horrors await those who venture out at night. Vampires drain the life of their victims while cultists summon strange creatures. We’re hoping that we can scrounge together enough supplies to survive without our minds snapping, but it is a heavy burden to bear.

Maximum Apocalypse: Gothic Horrors 2nd Edition is a revised standalone game that collects several smaller Maximum Apocalypse expansions Gothic Horrors, Kaiju Rising, Jurassic Perils, and Allies of the Rapture in one box that contains six apocalyptic scenarios: Cthulhu, Kaiju, Dinosaurs, Vampires, Yokai, and the Rapture.

Face off against life draining vampires, ghouls, and werewolves in a classic monster set or try to stop a bunch of cultists from summoning Cthulhu or other unspeakable Lovecraftian horrors. Each apocalypse brings with it new gameplay mechanisms such as the Insanity deck of phobias or the new night/day event deck.

This game includes five survivor characters: Priest, Army Ranger, Scientist, Adventurer, and Ronin. Each character comes with their own unique survivor deck of abilities and equipment cards.

Maximum Apocalypse 2nd Edition: Essentials:

• No. of players: 1-6
• Playing time: 45-90 minutes
• Age: 13+

Maximum Apocalypse 2nd Edition: – Rules of Play says:

Maximum Apocalypse is a cooperative roguelike adventure game for 1-6 players. In Maximum Apocalypse, civilization has already fallen. The players are survivors of the apocalypse whose mission is to survive the hostile landscape.

The game map is randomly generated and different every time that you play. On each turn, a player can use up to four actions to explore the map, play cards, equip weapons, scavenge for resources, draw cards or battle off monsters.

Picking a unique survivor class within the group, players must plan their strategy and work together while leaning on their survivors strengths in order to defeat monsters and avoid starvation. For example, the Fireman is deadly up close with his ax and can easily chop down monsters; meanwhile the stealthy Hunter is great at scouting the map and avoiding traps but roaming monsters are gathering quickly and time is running out. If you are overwhelmed by monsters or die of starvation, the players lose. If they can find enough gas and get it back to their van to escape, they all win and live to play another scenario.