I am interested in playing this, but I have shaky hands so I’m not sure I’d be able to do because of the use of the jenga tower. Is there any chance someone has proposed an alternative?
Hi there! There isn’t an official alternative printed in the game since so many aspects of the game involve interacting with the physical tower in a way that dice pools and other typical Wretched & Alone tower-alternatives can’t model (for example, choosing how many blocks to build up the tower with in each layer, and inserting tarot cards into the tower between layers). That said, here are some alternatives I can recommend you:
- You can use both hands when placing and removing blocks, or use some other method to help steady yourself.
- You can forgo the use of the Jenga tower entirely, ignoring all prompts to build on and remove blocks from the tower.
The tower falling is only one out of four potential ending conditions, and most playtest games ended before the tower fell. You’ll still have interesting choices to make and multiple paths towards different game-end conditions if you remove the tower from gameplay.