The Miskatonic is a casual adventure game released in 2018 for PC and macOS. The game has since spawned a board game adaptation, Miskatonic Tales: Journey to Innsmouth, which takes the original's narrative sensibility into tabletop form. That board game leans heavily into role-playing mechanics, functioning more as a guided RPG experience than a traditional board game - effectively allowing players to experience storytelling-driven gameplay without needing a game master to run things. The tabletop version suggests the core appeal of The Miskatonic extends beyond digital play: narrative-focused adventure with enough structure to guide players through its world.
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Miskatonic Tales: Journey to Innsmouth feels less like a board game and more like a fancy way to run a role-playing game without a GM.