Last Dawn
(The Board Game)
TIME
02/2025 -- 03/2025
1 Mo
ROLES
Game Designer, UX designer
TOOLS
Maya, Figma, Photoshop
MECHANICS
Dice Rolling
Tiles Movement
Hand Management
Resource Management
TAGS
Strategy
Survival
Competitive
Introduction
I led a group of 3 of this 2-player competitive survival strategy game. The game mainly targets players who enjoy fast-paced game with light strategy and decision-making. The rules are easy to grasp with a short sessions per game of 20 - 30 min.
Game Components
10 Red/Yelllow/Green Tiles ea
4 River Tiles
2 sets of Survivor Pawns
Resource Token x 40
Thief Dice
Color Dice
Time Token
2 Boats
Player Aids
Player Boards
Scoring Sheet
Round Checker
Ability Cards
Game Overview
Welcome to Last Dawn on the River, a 2-player competitive survival game. The two rival factions race to escape a war-torn city. With the military closing in, the only way out is through the river—but only the group with more resources is the winner!
Win Condition
Players can score in various ways, for example, collection of resources, number of surviving character and so on, the player with the highest score at the end wins the game!
Game Flow
First Phase (Scavenge & Prepare)
Use action to move and search for resources, collect food and boat component as much as possible.
Second Phase (Decision & Risk)
Halfway through the game, the boat will be available to use and escape. However, depending on the situation, players need to strategize on whether to leave early for bonus scores or keep searching for resources.
Third Phase (End of The Game)
As soon as both player escape suing their boat, calculate the score for each player and the player with the highest score wins!
How To Play
Turn-based Action
1. Move: Choose and move one of your survivor pawns to an adjacent tile.
2. Search: Choose one of your survivors and search. Randomly draw a resource token from the bag.
3. Steal: Choose one of your survivor pawns and an opponent’s pawn in the same tile, roll a thief dice, if succeed, take 1 random resource from the corresponding inventory.
Avoid Danger Areas
Beware of the danger areas on the map! The one of the colors (Red/Yellow/Green) tiles will become danger zone randomly, the survivors who stayed in these areas will be eliminated by the end of the round.
Ability Card
Ability cards are held in hand and kept secret from the opponent. They can be used to help players to gain advantage. The dynamic gameplay requires player to make tactical decisions at critical timings.
Hurry!: In this turn, you have 2 extra actions.
Swiftness: Swap the positions of 2 of your survivors.
"Hurry!" is a card with very straight forward function but effective and stable. An extra action, giving an extra step can help a survivor to move out og the dangerous area or simply search for more resources in a single turn.
"Swiftness" has very unique functionality in "Lat Dawn", it can be used to in various ways, such as more efficient team movement (action economy), or rescue a survivor with precious resources from danger areas and potential opponent's sabotage.
