The ART Project
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Save art. Stop the White Hand.
In The ART Project you are part of the Art Rescue Team : a team that travels the world to recover stolen works and put an end to the White Hand 's plundering. From Japan to Rio, Traveling through Scandinavia, you coordinate quick missions in a tense and cinematic cooperative game , where every choice can be worth a masterpiece saved… or lost.
Each round you draw 2 mission cards , decide the turn order together and use a shared pool of resources : Fuel , weapons , allies , clues . Playing a mission means spending wisely, Collect useful leads and push the team one step closer to the goal. Time is running out: you must save seven works before the quest deck runs out.
Why “The ART Project” conquers the table
- 🧭 Pure cooperative : shared resources, shared decisions, constant tension
- ⏱️ Fast pace : ~40 minute matches full of meaningful choices
- 🌍 Global travel : different scenarios, routes to plan, unexpected events to manage
- 🧠 Accessible yet deep : streamlined rules, tactical finesse (management and timing)
- 🎨 Art by Vincent Dutrait : a setting that exudes adventure
- 👥 1–6 players : Solid solo play, perfect with family and friends
If you're looking for a cooperative strategy game that rewards planning, communication, and Intelligent use of resources , fasten your seatbelts: The ART Project is a race against time where every saved mission is a blow to the heart of the White Hand.
Art doesn't wait. Neither do thieves.
Details
- Running Time : ~40 min · Age : 12+ · Complexity : 2.1/5
- Language : Italian · Publisher : Mancalamaro
The ART Project
Product Details
🐸 HOW TO PLAY
A team against cultural crime
In The ART Project , players join an international team fighting the criminal organization The White Hand . Their goal is to recover seven stolen works of art before time runs out.
Missions to tackle together
Each round, players draw two mission cards and, after deciding the order of play, choose one to solve. Missions provide valuable clues, but require the expenditure of common resources such as fuel, weapons, or allies.
Shared resources, crucial decisions
The entire group shares the same resource pool, and every expense affects the entire team. Carefully managing jerrycans for movement, weapons for defense, and collected clues is essential to reaching the end of the campaign.
The pressure of time
The mission deck is the game's countdown timer: if it runs out before seven works have been saved, the team loses. Tension builds round after round, requiring a balance of risk and cooperation.
Collective victory or defeat
There is no individual glory: either the team wins together, managing to stop The White Hand and return the works to the world, or it fails and the artistic beauties remain lost forever.
📦 BOX CONTENTS
6 Mission Maps, 72 Mission Cards, 5 Black Ally Dice, 6 Colored Player Dice, 6 Player Pawns, 6 Player Cards, 6 Fuel Tokens, 6 Transceiver Tokens, 6 Weapon Tokens, 20 Health Tokens, 40 Agent Tokens, 8 Artwork Tokens, 6 Lost City Markers, 1 Van Board.
🃏 SACHETS
63x88mm - Quantity 78
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You don't fight with weapons alone. Sometimes, art is the last form of resistance.
A team of specialists. An invisible enemy. And art must be saved at all costs.
The ART Project – The world needs heroes… armed with paintbrushes
The siren sounds. Another masterpiece is gone. The White Hand strikes again.
But you're not Louvre tourists. You're the ART Project – Art Rescue Team – an elite team ready to travel across continents to save stolen masterpieces before they disappear forever.
From Tokyo to the favelas of Rio, from the ice of the North to the sands of Africa, each mission is a race against time, a cooperative challenge made of resource management, shared clues and crucial decisions .
Are you ready to risk everything for a Monet? Or will you let the global chaos overwhelm you?
A modern, tense, and immersive cooperative game where art is defended with strategy.
The ART Project is a cooperative board game for 1-6 players , published in Italy by Mancalamaro, that combines shared resource management, quick missions and constant tension .
Each player receives two mission cards and, together with the others, decides the order of actions: planning, global movements, recovery of works and management of allies, clues and ammunition.
All resources – fuel, clues, weapons, allies – are shared among players , and must be used carefully to overcome each crisis zone.
The goal? Save seven works of art before the quest deck runs out. If you fail, the entire world will lose something eternal.
An intense experience, perfect for close-knit groups , but also excellent solo. A title that's quick to explain but deep to play , with an aesthetic designed by Vincent Dutrait that strikes right at the eyes (and the heart).
We played it, and now every brush looks like a sword 🐸
The ART Project impressed us with its ability to blend theme, tension, and mechanics into a surprisingly cohesive mix .
Each game is a race: few rounds, shared choices, resources in the balance , all seasoned with missions with real escalation.
The cooperative system works very well even with inexperienced players, and communication between members is vital .
We also really appreciated the variety of maps , the small decisions that change everything, and the always clear iconography.
Perfect for those looking for a fast, accessible cooperative game with a real strategic soul , far from the usual fantasy clichés.
If you love Pandemic or The Crew, but want something with more style and less déjà-vu… this project is for you.
Other Mancalamaro board games worth your art radar:
⚔️ Unmatched - Slings and Arrows – Shakespeare in final duel mode.
🎲Unmatched - The Witcher - Realms Fall – Magic and steel in Geralt's multiverse.
🌞 Unmatched - Sun's Origin – Samurai and legends of the Rising Sun in epic battles.
🗡️ Unmatched - The Witcher - Steel and Silver – White wolves and silver blades, only for true strategists.
👑 Unmatched - Battle of Legends - Volume Two – Legends clash in timeless battles.
💡 Luz – Enlightenment and strategy in a surprising cooperative puzzle.
🐉 King of Tokyo Duel – Monsters, dice, and Tokyo to destroy with your claws.
Cooperiamo.Poi ascoltiamo il capo.– FrogZen
Gioco in solo per rilassarmi.Litigo con me stesso.– SoloFrog
Mazzo perfetto.Pesco cinque zavorre.– Lady Meeple
Motore online.Al penultimo turno.– MechaFrog
Primo meeple posato.Posto sbagliato.– Capo Rana
Drafto con criterio.Ti nego la carta giusta.– Lady Croak
Spingo la fortuna.Lei non si muove.– Rana Fortuna
Tiro benissimo.Scrivo rimpianti.– Scribe Frog
Mi manca solo una carta.È nel tuo tableau.– Girinix
Elimino ogni sospetto.Tranne il colpevole.– SherFrog
Non mi affeziono.Sticker uno: lacrime.– Archivista Anfibio
È chiarissimo.Fino a pagina 17.– Maestro Ranaldo
Il downtime insegna la pazienza.E lo shopping di espansioni.– FrogBerto
Non è indecisione.È turismo nel regolamento.– La Rana Saggia
Cooperiamo.Poi ascoltiamo il capo.– FrogZen
Gioco in solo per rilassarmi.Litigo con me stesso.– SoloFrog
Mazzo perfetto.Pesco cinque zavorre.– Lady Meeple
Motore online.Al penultimo turno.– MechaFrog
Primo meeple posato.Posto sbagliato.– Capo Rana
Drafto con criterio.Ti nego la carta giusta.– Lady Croak
Spingo la fortuna.Lei non si muove.– Rana Fortuna
Tiro benissimo.Scrivo rimpianti.– Scribe Frog
Mi manca solo una carta.È nel tuo tableau.– Girinix
Elimino ogni sospetto.Tranne il colpevole.– SherFrog
Non mi affeziono.Sticker uno: lacrime.– Archivista Anfibio
È chiarissimo.Fino a pagina 17.– Maestro Ranaldo
Il downtime insegna la pazienza.E lo shopping di espansioni.– FrogBerto
Non è indecisione.È turismo nel regolamento.– La Rana Saggia
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