The Tesseract appeared in our skies six days ago, over the magnetic north of the planet. It was as large as a city block. Since then it has been condensing, collapsing upon itself. It is now small enough to fit into the palm of your hand.

The world’s best minds must now find a way to contain and control the reactions of this alien artifact, or its exponentially increasing destructive power will remove our planet from existence, reconfiguring our space and time to the extra-dimensional needs of its creators. Can you and your team work together to shut the Tesseract down, or will humankind simply be a blip in the grand scheme of the universe? Only time will tell.

Tesseract is a compelling, cooperative dice-manipulation game for up to 4 players. The focal point of the game is a block of 64 dice, the Tesseract, which sits at the middle of the board on a raised platform. Players will remove cubes to put in their individual labs, transfer them as needed to others, adjust the cube's values and, importantly, isolate the cubes into the containment matrix, neutralizing them.

In order to Contain a cube a player must have in their lab 3 or more cubes all of one value (a Set) or in sequence (a Run), either all of one color or having none of the same colors. By filling the containment matrix completely (24 total unique dice) they will stop the reaction and win. But if the Tesseract has its last cube removed beforehand - or if 7 breaches occur, the game is over and our world ceases to exist.

Asymetric character abilities include a passive, 'always on' ability and a unique action that is only available to that character. Research cards earned during play will help give players an edge, as do the even more powerful Containment cards, unlocked from the matrix.

Tesseract is a very challenging co-op game, with plenty of replay value built into the number of characters and various threat platforms which govern the difficulty. The game scales remarkably well and also has a solo mode that is every bit as engaging. The tension mounts quickly as the Tesseract sheds cubes at the end of each player's turn, primes them and potentially causes Breaches to occur, bringing us closer to disaster.