Designer's Journal

Adventure game on Dune
Adventure game on Dune

Dune: House Secrets is an adventure game that takes place on Arrakis. It’s set during the events described in the novel and allows players to play a small part in Dune's history.    The game is inspired by the award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game. It’s a card-driven game in which players have three unique Chapters to complete. Each Chapter is a series of Encounters represented by cards that, based on the player's choices, shape the game’s story, just like in RPGs. 

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Life of a rebel
Life of a rebel

House Secrets is an adventure game that takes place on Arrakis. It thrusts players into the midst of conflict between two great houses, and allows players to play a small part in Dune's history.    Dune: House Secrets is inspired by the award-winning Detective: A Modern Crime Board Game, but unlike its predecessor, it’s an adventure game. Players are not playing as investigators, detectives, or cops—they are rebels, part of the resistance forces fighting against House Harkonnen.

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Cinematic experience and web integration
Cinematic experience and web integration

Dune: House Secrets is an adventure game that offers a cinematic experience like no other. During the game, players draw Encounter cards to push the adventure forward, meet Non-Player Characters, and visit various locations in the city of Tel Gezer. In addition to cards, maps, and tokens, the game also comes with the website element. Today we’d like to discuss its role in the game.

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Structure of the game and Character  development
Structure of the game and Character development

Dune: House Secrets is a story-driven campaign game that takes place on Arrakis. Players take the role of rebels in the resistance forces against House Harkonnen. The game comes with a Prologue and three main Chapters. They are all connected and form one plotline that takes place over a few weeks in Tel Gezer. Besides this immersive plot, the campaign aspect of the game also influences the gameplay mechanisms as well in the form of Experience Points and a Final Report. Today we’d like to discuss these aspects.

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FAQ
FAQ

How is the plot in the game tied to the story presented in the movie? - The events of the game take place shortly after the events of the film, presenting an original story, a series of original characters, and a brand new setting on Arrakis – the city of Tel Gezer – all to provide a rich playground for us to tell a compelling story inspired by Denis Villeneuve’s film and the book series. So if you go to the cinema and see Dune on the big screen, you can then invite your friends to explore Arrakis for yourselves and experience your own story set in that same universe.

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