At least one character box is required with the core box to play the game.

Paperback Adventures is a solo-focused game. It was designed from the ground up as a strategic, highly-replayable solo word game. There are also additional gameplay variants for cooperative play between two players.

One CORE BOX includes:

• Rulebook
• Enemy Tray with Tokens (designed by Game Trayz™)
• 12 Enemy Cards
• 12 Reward Cards
• 7 Penalty Cards
• 5 Enemy Vowel Cards
• 4 Wild and Letter of Your Choice Cards
• 23 Item Cards
• 22 McGuffin Cards
• 12 Boss McGuffin Cards (4 in envelope)
• 5 Plot Twist Cards
• 1 Shop Card
• 1 Archive Card
• 7 Penalty Card Sleeves