Maximum Security

You were never meant to be locked up. And now your time has come. You've got your trusted cellmates to help you. You're all out of your cells. Now just a few more steps until freedom....

In this cooperative game, you are a team of prisoners attempting a prison escape. You must work together to move move swiftly and efficiently across the board to dodge the randomly-moving guards and avoid attracting attention.

Players are given a set of action points that they can use on themselves, teammates, or bank for a future turn. Players can create diversions, sprint, ambush, motivate, plan, and even tunnel under walls. Players will need to communicate and coordinate to win this game.

Just don't let the heat build up or you're all caught! Guards can see down hallways, detect tunneling, and fail to check in on their radios. They will get wise to your plan eventually, so get out while you can!

Do you have what it takes?

The game has two difficulty levels: Club Fed and Maximum Security. The higher difficulty means more guards get added to the game at a more rapid pace.

The prison is a modular board with over 33 million configurations. Setup is quick, and easily facilitated by the backs of tiles and the diagram in the instructions. Each board arrangement will have its own unique challenges and shortcuts, so the gameplay never gets old!

The game works for 2-4 players, although more people are welcome to join in the discussion. The timing of the game is carefully limited by a turn counter, so the games never result in a stalemate or a waiting game.

Feel free to download the instructions and take a look!

Maximum Security is a prototype game for entered into The Game Crafter's Cooperative Design Challenge. The designer would like to thank The Game Crafter for sponsoring this competition.