Players enter This War of Mine: The Board Game as a group of civilians trapped in a besieged and conflict-ridden city, enduring many hardships that often test the essence of humanity. To survive, players often need to make tough moral choices, which have consequences until the rest of the game. During the scavenging runs the characters face dangers of a bomb-shelled city, make friends or mercilessly rob other survivors. The choices are never easy, but survival is at stake.