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Stranger Things: Upside Down

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2023 · 2-4 players · 60min · weight 2.18 · 1,219 ratings

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ID
374502
Name
Stranger Things: Upside Down
Year
2023
Rank
2899
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
60
Min playtime
60
Max playtime
60
Avg weight
2.1842
Num weights
38
Bayes avg
6.05069
Average
7.23579
Users rated
1219
Num owned
3314
Wanting
67
Wishing
747
Num comments
235
Fetched at
Sat May 02 2026 15:54:57 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Cooperative GameHand ManagementPoint to Point MovementVariable Player Powers
Categories (3)
FightingHorrorMovies / TV / Radio theme
Description (1786 chars)

Stranger Things: Upside Down is a board game based on the Stranger Things television series. Hawkins, Indiana seems like an average town. However, underneath the exterior lurks a secret. The Hawkins National Laboratory has been doing experiments that have unleashed the horrors of the Upside Down. It's up to the kids in the town to save it. In Stranger Things: Upside Down, players take on the role of the kids of Hawkins who are trying to stop the operatives of the Hawkins National Laboratory and the evils from the Upside Down. Players must work together to clear stacks of tokens before time runs out. The game offers two seasons of play. Stranger Things: Upside Down is a cooperative game in which 2 to 4 players take on the role of the series’ protagonists. At the start of the game, players choose a Character and 1 of the 2 Seasons to play,each with its own board, actions, and unique sets of cards. Characters use Action cards to move through iconic Hawkins Locations, get Items, control their Fear, and to beat the value of token stacks in order to gather Allies, escape a secret government agency,help Eleven and be aided by her Powers, and fight the horrors coming from the Upside Down. They perform their actions over a series of turns until they reach their ultimate goal: to stop the Upside Down forces and rescue Will... or get terrified trying. Actions are performed by the Characters during their turn, according to the Location they’re in, abilities (in Mike’s case), or the presence of Foes. There are 2 types of Actions: UNCONTESTED: Characters resolve the action without any obstacles. CONTESTED: Characters must beat the value of stacks in order to resolve the action. Otherwise, the action cannot be resolved and the Character gains Fear

LLM v2 (wide)

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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.