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Paperback Adventures

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2022 · 1-2 players · 150min · weight 2.79 · 824 ratings

v2 v3 v4 wide v4 deep

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ID
338468
Name
Paperback Adventures
Year
2022
Rank
3004
Min players
1
Max players
2
Playing time
150
Min playtime
50
Max playtime
150
Avg weight
2.7857
Num weights
28
Bayes avg
6.03017
Average
7.60317
Users rated
824
Num owned
2664
Wanting
166
Wishing
1199
Num comments
329
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 15:55:02 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (6)
Cooperative GameDeck, Bag, and Pool BuildingHand ManagementMelding and SplayingSolo / Solitaire GameSpelling
Categories (3)
AdventureCard GameWord Game
Description (1023 chars)

Our intrepid author Paige Turner is back! In Paperback Adventures, you get to play as the protagonist in one of Paige's wild brainstorming sessions. Conquer a menagerie of pulp novel characters in this solo deckbuilding word game. Just like in the original game Paperback — and the follow-up game Hardback — you will build your own deck of cards throughout the game, and those cards will have letters to help you spell words every turn. But in Paperback Adventures, instead of testing your wordsmithing wit against other players, you will use your words to defeat a series of AI enemies in "roguelike" fashion. 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. There are three playable characters that have different strengths and playstyles. The core box is NOT A COMPLETE GAME! One Character Box required (Ex Machina, Damsel or Plothook)

LLM v2 (wide)

Not yet enriched at v2 (wide pass).

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).

LLM v4 wide (controlled-vocab primitives)

Not yet enriched at v4 (wide pass).

LLM v4 deep (archetype fit)

Not in the v4 deep-pass top-20% slice.