Alice is Missing explained

Alice is Missing
Designer:Spenser Starke
Publisher:Hunters Entertainment
Date:2020
Genre:tabletop role-playing game
Players:3-5
Playing Time:2 hours
Random Chance:High
Skills:role-playing, writing
Web:Alice is Missing

Alice is Missing is a tabletop role-playing game played in silence through text messaging. Players investigate the disappearance of a high school girl. The game was designed by Spenser Starke and published by Hunters Entertainment in 2020 after raising over $138,000 on Kickstarter.[1] In 2022, Paramount Pictures began developing the game into a movie.[2]

In 2024, Alice is Missing expanded into the digital realm with the launch of Alice is Missing: Digital Edition, developed in collaboration with Pixel Table. This browser-based version enhances the original gameplay by automating clue assignments, allowing for character customization, synchronizing the game timer and soundtrack, and providing a streamlined, immersive experience.

Emily St. James for Vox Media compared the game to Twin Peaks, praised its suitability for remote play, and called it "sublime."[3]

Alice is Missing won the 2021 Gold ENNIE Awards for "Best Game," "Best Rules," and "Product of the Year."[4] It also won the 2021 IndieCade award for tabletop design.[5]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Han . Karen . 2020-08-25 . Alice is Missing is an RPG you can play solely through texts . 2023-04-14 . Polygon . en-US.
  2. Web site: Goslin . Austen . 2022-06-29 . A Critical Role publisher is producing an Alice is Missing movie . 2023-04-14 . Polygon . en-US.
  3. Web site: James . Emily St . 2020-11-30 . One Good Thing: An amazing game played entirely via text message . 2023-04-14 . Vox . en.
  4. Web site: Jarvis . Matt . 2021-09-20 . ENnie Awards 2021 winners: Alice is Missing and Heart: The City Beneath named best RPGs of the year . 2023-04-14 . Dicebreaker . en.
  5. Web site: 2021 AWARD WINNING GAMES – IndieCade Anywhere & Everywhere . 2023-04-14 . en-US.