New Salem ★★★★★

You and several of your fellow 17th century citizens have decided to flee Salem, Massachusetts in the midst of the famous Salem Witch Trials to create an opportunity to start anew. You are all committed to eliminating any witch presence in your new town, but you also have your own selfish priorities for how development should be directed. Work to build the new town you envision while keeping New Salem free of the Despair wrought by witches.

New Salem is a card-based hidden identity, deduction, drafting, and set collection game for 3-8 players that relies on simultaneous play to provide an extremely engaging social experience in under 30 minutes. Each player receives a character card that determines the building types they will attempt to collect. Puritans must also pool their resources (hope) to prevent New Salem from being overrun with despair.