November 6, 1983 - Hawkins, Indiana.
After a long, 10-hour RPG session, young Will Byers disappears while riding his bike through the fields between Cornwallis and Kerley, or, as his group of friends call it, irkwood. This frightening event triggers a series of bizarre occurrences in their small town. The unexplainable suicide of Benny Hammond, weird phone calls and flickering lights in the Byers’ house, Barbara Holland allegedly running away, and the sudden appearance of Eleven, a girl with a shaved head and paranormal powers who is pparently connected to the suspicious Hawkins National Laboratory.
Little by little, new pieces of this supernatural mystery begin to unfold, forever turning the lives of some of Hawkins’ residents upside down.
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.
