Harrow County

Categories: Comic Book/Strip, Horror, Mythology

Mechanics: Action Drafting, Chit-Pull System, Cube Tower, Deduction, Hexagon Grid, King of the Hill, Movement Points, Moving Multiple Units, Multiple Maps, Network and Route Building, Pick-up and Deliver, Secret Unit Deployment

Players: 1–3

Ages: 12+

Playtime: 45–90 Min

A witch named Hester was hung, burned, and buried under a tree. But her story doesn't end there. Years later, Hester's family arrives in Harrow County with one goal: to destroy it. Standing in their way, however, is 18-year-old Emmy, who mysteriously possesses powers of her own.

In Harrow County: The Game of Gothic Conflict from Off the Page Games, players engage in an asymmetric combat experience set in this eerie, haunted world. You can choose to play as one of the Protectors, striving to rescue the townsfolk, or as a member of Hester's vengeful family, bent on destroying Harrow County. There's also a third faction—Emmy's twin sister, Kammi, who has her own dark designs and seeks to rule over Harrow County.

The game features hex-based gameplay where players activate mason jars to move their haints (undead creatures) around the board, attempting to accomplish their missions. Combat is resolved with a unique cube tower, ingeniously built into the game box. But there's more—a third player can join as Hester herself, the dead witch buried under the tree. Hester controls the roots of the tree and can infect haints through the cube tower, placing a snake in their ear and allowing her to co-control them. If Hester comes back to life, she must consume the other legends to regain her full power and win the game.

This thematic, tactical game of territory control and enemy elimination brings the eerie world of Harrow County to life, as players determine its ultimate fate.