Stonemaier Games: Vantage — Cooperative First-Person Planet Exploration Board Game | 1–6 Players | 120–180 Minutes | Ages 14+

Overview

Stonemaier Games presents Vantage by Jamey Stegmaier, a cooperative strategy board game that blends a first-person perspective with expansive planetary exploration. You crash onto a distant world, and your view is uniquely personal: you see your current location and immediate surroundings, while teammates remain elsewhere, sharing information and offering support. The experience invites immersion, strategy, and teamwork without requiring a campaign commitment.

The design nods to beloved exploration adventures, drawing inspiration from open-world exploration and thoughtful decision-making. Over eight years of development shaped a roguelike framework of discovery, risk, and meaningful choices, all anchored by richly themed artwork and tactile components. The result is a game that balances personal agency with collaborative play, delivering a sense of scale as you traverse diverse biomes and clues scattered across the planet.

How You Play

At each location, you encounter seven action options that let you move, look, engage, help, take, or overpower what you see, or choose to leave. Actions carry costs you won’t know until you act, but there are no failed attempts at a location—your decisions shape the outcome, and teammates can help reduce costs or broaden your options. Thematically designed mechanics ensure every interaction feels intuitive and rewarding as you uncover the planet’s mysteries.

• Cooperative, yet geographically distant: teammates communicate to coordinate while each player sees only their slice of the world.
• Freedom to explore: you determine your path and how you interact with each location, guided by a consistent, card-driven system.
• Roguelike flavor with meaningful choices: seven actions per location and six on-card options create varied play experiences.
• Rich world-building: more than 800 interconnected locations and over 900 discoverable cards keep the world feeling vast and fresh.

Why Vantage Stands Out

• Standalone, non-campaign structure: each session begins with the same crash-landing, but missions and landings differ for replayability.
• Stunning art and design: visuals from Valentina Filic, Sören Meding, and Emilien Rotival bring the planet to life and guide exploration.
• Flexible play modes: solo play for independent adventures and remote play to collaborate with friends remotely via audio.
• Accessible setup: a quick two-minute setup keeps you in the moment and reduces barriers to starting a session.

What You Get and What It Feels Like

Vantage is self-contained with no required expansions, alongside a few accessories like metal coins to enhance tactile feedback. The game emphasizes immersion, with the planet opening up as you uncover its locations, encounter varied challenges, and make choices that shape your path. Whether you’re playing with family, a gaming group, or as a devoted solo explorer, Vantage offers a unique, stand-alone adventure where every session can unfold differently depending on your decisions and teamwork.

Ready to explore a whole planet from a first-person viewpoint, collaborate across distances, and experience a richly illustrated, modular world? Vantage invites you to discover what lies beyond the next horizon—at your own pace, with your own crew, and with the possibility of new discoveries each time you play.