History VideoGame / RenownedExplorers

* LostWorld: The dinosaur-infested Lost Island, hidden from the world by the Anti-Explorers' LANDDELVER machine.

* AffablyEvil: The Anti-Explorers will go to any lengths to stop the Renowned Explorers, and not only are they impeccably-dressed, but it's implied that they recruit from upper-class backgrounds.

* AnachronismStew: While the game is set in the 19th century, the Caribbean expeditions features classical-looking pirates more than one century too late, and [[ModernMayincatecEmpire the Peru expeditions involves an Inca empire]] (the official Inca empire collapsed during the 16th century).

* ChooseYourOwnAdventure: Expeditions consists in moving from nod to nod and choosing, which then give various dialog options which can result in gain/loss of resources, buffs or debuffs, treasures discovery, skill checks, fights...

* {{Deconstruction}}: Of roguelikes. You don't just lead a trio of adventurers to beat people in order to get treasures, as the game's mechanics make clear that gaining more money, prestige, etc. from your discoveries require to hire various helpers (journalists, students, etc.), and to perform lectures and write papers once you're back from your adventures. Having academic formations (naturology, archaeology, physics, etc.) or diplomatic expertise is also very useful to fully exploit the various encounters during your expeditions. Also, depending on the situation, being friendly or using ruse can be as useful as brute violence to solve a combat encounter.
* GentleGiant: Ivan, his bio mentions that while physically powerful, he just wants to be part of a group of friends.

* HotAmazon: Dolores is a strong luchador as well as a shapely brunette.

* {{Uberwald}}: Hungary and Transylvania are both dark areas with thick forests, swamps, ruins, wolves, hooded cultists, and superstituous natives. Transylvania's final boss is a vampire noble.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Not necessary but crew members can have or gain skills in Archaeology to make certain challenges easier. Some explorers, such as Agatha Brunswick, are especially good at this.

%%* EverythingsBetterWithMonkeys

* FantasyKitchenSink: Mummies, vampires, werewolves, voodoo pirates led by a ghost pirates, Tibetan demons, dinosaurs, the Yeti...

* MadScientist: Anna is inspired by this trope, including having a EvilLaugh attack.

* AdventurerArchaeologist: Not necessary but crew members can have or gain skills in archaeology to make certain challenges easier. Some explorers, such as Agatha Brunswick, are especially good at this.

* ArbitraryHeadcountLimit: You lead a party of three player characters (no less, no more). In each entourage "shop", you can only hire one specialist per tier level.

* BoldExplorer: The Bread and Butter of the game. With a team of three explorers it's the player's goal to discover as much as possible within a certain time frame to become the world's most renowned explorers.

** Hit points are named "Spirit", since they aren't a mere health bar but are also affected by ruse or friendliness.

** "Resolve" is a MoraleMechanic, a value which decreases each time a party member is downed (during an encounter) or when you fail some specific actions and/or challenges. It's "game over" when it reaches 0.

** One of the many treasures you can get is an emerald skull. Its description says "Way better than the [[Film/IndianaJonesAndTheKingdomOfTheCrystalSkull crystal skull]]". You find said skull in South America, too.

* TrueCompanions: If the Captain of you Expedition looses all of his/her spirit, the remaining team members immediately gain the mood terrified with the name of the quirk fittingly called "Captain? Captain! CAPTAAIIIIN?", showing how much they care for their leader.

* {{Uberwald}}: Hungary and Transylvania are both dark areas with thick forests, swamps, ruins, wolves, hooded cultists, and superstituous natives. Transylvania's final boss is a vampire.

* AbsurdlyLowLevelCap: Downplayed. The level cap is 5 and your party members will probably be level 3 or 4 once you beat the fifth expedition, but you'll quickly reach the level cap if you complete one or two of the remaining adventures (there are twelve expeditions).

** "Resolve" is a MoraleMechanic, a value which decreases each time a party member is downed (during an encounter) or when you fail some specific actions and/or challenges.

* {{Uberwald}}: Hungary and Transylvania are both dark areas with thick forests, swamps, ruins, wolves, and superstituous natives. Hungary enemies are hooded cultists and Transylvania's final boss is a vampire.

* IdenticalGrandson: Charles Templeton can meet his uncle, who is a look-alike (including the mustache) with gray hair and wrinkles.

* AnachronismStew: While the game is set in the 19th century, the Caribbean expeditions features classical-looking pirates more than one century too late, and the Peru expeditions involves an Inca empire (the official Inca empire collapsed during the 16th century).

* TrueCompanions: If the Captain of you Expedition looses all of his/her spirit, the remaining team members immediately gain the mood terrified with the name of the quirk fittingly called "Captain? Captain! CAPTAAIIIIN?", showing how much they care for their leader.

* ArtisticLicenseHistory: In the player characters' files, countries are refered by their current name and flag, despite some of them being anachronistic (e.g. Ghana didn't exist before 1957).

* AnachronismStew: While the game is set in the 19th century, the Caribbean expeditions features classical-looking pirates more than one century too late, and the Peru expeditions involves an Inca empire (the official Inca empire collapsed during the 16th century).

* CallAHitPointASmeerp: Perks affecting the whole party are called "Research Papers".

** You are on first name basis with [[TheodoreRoosevelt Theodore Roosevelt]] and [[PyotrIlyichTchaikovsky Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky]], whom you can hire to join your entourage.

* HistoricalDomainCharacter: Roche Braziliano, Padmasambhava

* ArbitrarySceptic: Some characters you bring on expeditions will insist that the occult is just a bunch of superstitious nonsense, despite encountering plenty of evidence to the contrary. Magical rituals, werewolves, ghosts, Egyptian gods...