{"product_id":"the-four-doors","title":"The Four Doors","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eHalf an hour that behaves like a campaign, which is a neat trick in a box this size.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eMatt Leacock designed Pandemic and Forbidden Island, and has spent twenty years working out how to make co-operative games that do not collapse into one person telling everybody else what to do. The Four Doors is his small-box version: four doors, a threat that escalates, and a group deciding together which one to open next.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt runs about thirty minutes and plays from solo up to five, which is an unusually wide range for something this compact. Reviewers keep describing it as feeling like a campaign in a single sitting — the state carries forward between doors, so choices made early narrow what is available later. Portable, quick, and considerably more game than the footprint suggests.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003ePerfect for:\u003c\/strong\u003e anyone who loves Pandemic but cannot reliably get four people around a table for ninety minutes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e1–5 players | About 30 minutes | Age 10+\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e—\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e📖 \u003cstrong\u003eNew to the style?\u003c\/strong\u003e \u003ca href=\"\/blogs\/news\/what-is-a-cooperative-game\"\u003eWhat Is a Cooperative Game?\u003c\/a\u003e — how co-ops work, and which ones to start with.\u003c\/p\u003e","brand":"Happy Camper","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":49758285725848,"sku":null,"price":39.99,"currency_code":"AUD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0772\/8381\/9672\/files\/the-four-doors-135641_5e5e3.jpg?v=1787915689","url":"https:\/\/www.cartellgames.com.au\/products\/the-four-doors","provider":"Cartell Games","version":"1.0","type":"link"}