Tragedy Looper
BGG rank
BGG #1,134
BGG rating
7.2

Tragedy Looper

2011

Rules assistance for Tragedy Looper

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 120 min
  • 13+
  • Complexity 3.6/5

For 2 players

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Tragedy Looper is a board game released in 2011 for 2–4 players, 120 minutes per game, and ages 13 and up. It was designed by BakaFire and its main mechanics are Hand Management, Memory, and Grid Movement.

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About the game

Tragedy Looper is a scenario-based deduction game for two to four players: one mastermind and one to three protagonists. The game consists of four location boards and a number of character cards. Each scenario features a number of characters, hidden roles for these characters (serial killer, conspiracy theorist, friend), and some pre-set tragedies (murder, suicide). Each "day" (turn), players and the mastermind play three face-down cards onto the characters, then reveal them to move the characters around or affect their paranoia or goodwill stats. At the end of each day (turn), if the scenario has a tragedy set for that day, it happens if the conditions are met, i.e., certain characters have certain stats or are in a certain location together (or not together) with others. As tragedies happen, players loop back in time, restarting the scenario from the beginning and trying to deduce who the culprit was and why the tragedy occurred. The players win if they manage to maintain status quo — that is, if no tragedies occur to the key individuals — for a set number of days, within a set number of loops. If not, the mastermind wins. Tragedy Looper was originally released in Japan as 惨劇RoopeR in 2011; the first english version of the game was released in 2014.

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Publishers

  • Devir
  • Lavka Games
  • Asterion Press
  • Filosofia Éditions
  • Z-Man Games
  • MTS Games
  • Mysterious Island Games
  • BakaFire Party

Questions and answers

Tragedy Looper supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.