Introducing Repertory
Our second game is about touring theater companies, and its digital edition is free to play in your browser today. The physical edition is in development.
Stagehand Games has a second game. It is called Repertory, and you can play it now at playrepertory.com, free, in your browser.
What it is
Repertory is a board game for two to five players about running a touring theater company in the age of gaslight and railways. Over six Seasons you draft new plays and performers, open productions, and send your troupes out along the rail lines to perform them.
Every show gets three performances. It earns Acclaim while it’s new, Coins once it’s settled in, and a Legacy when it finally retires. Most of the game is knowing which show to put on where, which to hold back, and when to let one go.
You all play to the same audiences. Every show leaves a town a little less eager for the next one, no matter whose company put it on, so your rivals are changing the map every turn. Nobody attacks anybody. Sharing the crowd is competition enough.
It’s set in the same world as Pull the Strings, the theater, but it’s a different kind of game: longer, more strategic, and made for an evening at the table.
The digital edition
The digital edition runs in a browser on a computer or an iPad. There is a guided first game with a coach, rival companies run by the computer, and a pass-and-play mode for a table of friends. Nothing to install and nothing to buy.
It’s labelled a playtest edition because the rules may still change. If something feels off, tell us. The Contact link at the bottom of this page comes straight to us.
The physical edition
The box is in development. We will share more as it takes shape, including how and when you can get one. If you want to hear first, the sign-up is just below.
In the meantime there is a page for Repertory on this site, with more about how it plays and a small tour you can try without leaving the page.