Recovery

The board game about the first year sober.

Up to four people take turns on one screen. Pick a character, roll the die, and try to keep your recovery, your mental health, your body and your money above zero. Life will have other ideas.

$20 a month. See what you get

Made by someone who works with people in their first year sober.

Rest stopRest stopStart

RecoveryMeeting

FinancesBills

FoundationBuild

Mental healthMind

Life eventCurveball

Physical healthBody

RecoveryStep work

FoundationBuild

FinancesWork

Life eventCurveball

Physical healthSelf-care

Recovery

Pick your piece

Yes, there is a UA cup.

Sobriety coinWill not work in a vending machine. You checked.
Clean-time keytagWhite means welcome. Try not to collect too many.
UA cupSomeone will be watching.
Coffee mugTerrible coffee. Bottomless.
The blue bookYou own three. You've read one chapter.
Day-old donutIt was free. Stop asking questions.
Pink cloudEverything is amazing. Enjoy it while it lasts.
Court cardSigned, every single meeting. Almost.
Sponsor's phoneCall before, not after. You called after.
Early Recovery RedDay 12. You also cut your own bangs.
Higher power doorknobHey, it's a start.
Interlock deviceYour car doesn't trust you either.
Ankle monitorFinally, someone who wants to know where you are.
Feelings wheel130 options. You went with fine.
Grippy socksThe only souvenir from detox.
Group tissue boxSlides toward you the second your voice cracks.
Kitchen timerThree minutes, Gary.
Sober house leftoversLabeled with your name. Eaten anyway.
Resentment listRan out of paper. Still going.

Every card costs you something

Early recovery is a string of trade-offs, so that's how the game plays. You spend one part of your life to protect another, and there's a question on every card to talk about.

44 characters. Most of them start with very little. Or answer a short questionnaire and play as yourself.
Curveballs that happen to real people. Relapse triggers, custody hearings, and a friend's overdose.
A way forward. Build foundations like a home group, a sponsor and a therapist, and they pay you back every month.

Curveball card

An empty chair at group

He had two years. He sat by the coffee at your home group every Tuesday. He went out once, and once was enough.

Share about it at the meeting

−10 Recovery−7 Mental

Stop going to that meeting

−20 Recovery−8 Mental

Talk about itWhat does it do to you when someone with real time goes back out and dies?

How it plays

Pick who you areChoose a piece, a character and a dream worth staying sober for.
Survive the Recovery RoadThree turns make a month. If any meter hits zero, you relapse and start again at day one.
Reach the Broad HighwayGet Recovery to 100 and the road opens up. It's easier, not free.
Live your dreamBuild all four meters to what your dream needs, land on it, and you win.

Earn your time

Hit a milestone and the coin and keytag pop up in the right color.

30 daysOrange

60 daysGreen

90 daysRed

6 monthsBlue

9 monthsYellow

1 yearGlow-in-the-dark

18 monthsGray

2 years and upBlack

$20 a month

Opening soon

Up to 4 people, each with their own login
Each login seats up to 4 players on one screen
Plays in your web browser. Nothing to install
Game answers and saved games stay in your browser. We never see them

Before you play: this game includes relapse, overdose and the death of friends and family. Some cards may hit close to home.