Prairie Game eXpo - Core Ritchie Centre - Saturday, Sept. 29, 2018 (9am) FREE!

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What: Prairie Game eXpo XIV
Where: Core Ritchie Community Centre
445 14th Avenue
Regina, SK  S4N 3C3
(Corner of 14th and Lindsay Street)
(Use the Prince of Wales library entrance)

When: Saturday September 29, 2018. Starts at 9:00 AM. Clean up starts at 8:00 pm!
Who: Anyone interested in playing boardgames & miniature based games.
Why: Life is Short; Play Games!
Cost: This is a FREE event!









Here are some direct links to the game schedule:
Learn To Play
BoardGames
BoardGame Tournaments
Miniature Games
Role-Playing Games
Game Designer's Corner



Please stay tuned for food and menu items. Kitchen will be run by Al Ritchie Community Association.
CASH ONLY for food and drink. Breakfast, lunch and supper served! No outside food permitted in the venue.

ChadBoudreau

OUR SPONSORS
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SaskGames and Prairie Game eXpo would like to thank the following groups and businesses that help make the event possible:

Al Ritchie Community Association. Visit them online HERE
The Al Ritchie Community Association (ARCA) has been actively advocating on behalf of the community and helping to serve its social and community needs since 1987.

Priorities, goals and activities are determined through interaction with the community at meetings, established programs, events and direct contact with our staff and board. The association operates with the philosophy that residents know what kind of programming they need and want.

ChadBoudreau

WIN FREE STUFF!
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To help encourage sign up and attendance, we will be giving away free games: Oh Captain!  :excited

Rules are easy:
1) You must post on this thread to sign up for a game, run a game, or just let us know you're attending.
2) You must attend the event and sign our log book with your SaskGames I.D.

Bonus entry to draw:
1) Schedule a game on the forum with open spots for sign-up.
2) All Volunteers will get a bonus entry (Table registration, Learn to Play, and event set up). We appreciate all the help!

We will randomly determine all winners after the event and let the winner know they've won. We will announce all winners in this forum.




BONUS EARLY BIRD DRAW!!!

We will also be giving away a bundle of Looney Labs games, Math Fluxx, Chemistry Fluxx, Loonacy.


We will be giving away a bundle of Looney Labs games: Math Fluxx, Chemistry Fluxx, Loonacy at 11:00am. To win you must be signed into the log book, and have made a post of this thread saying you're coming out, running a game, or signing up for an event! You must write your SaskGames I.D. in the logbook to qualify.



ChadBoudreau

LEARN TO PLAY
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Teaching easy / accessible games to people. "Learn to Play" is a PGX initiative to help introduce new games to PGX attendees. Game teachers will teach a single game to groups of people over a two-hour block. Please contact us here if you're interested in volunteering.

No sign up is necessary. Drop in to learn one of these games.


GAME: Ganz Schon Clever
TEACHER: Mike McCallion
TIME: 10:00am - 12:00pm

GAME: Azul
TEACHER: Jen Squires
TIME: 10:00am - 12:00pm

GAME: Jamaica
TEACHER: Brad Boileau
TIME: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

GAME: Century Spice Road / Century Golem Edition
TEACHER: Jason Vanstone
TIME: 12:00pm - 2:00pm

GAME: Instanbul: The Dice Game
TEACHER: Kristy Smith
TIME: 2:00pm - 4:00pm

GAME: Potion Explosion
TEACHER: Rosemarie Opitz
TIME: 3:00pm - 5:00pm

ChadBoudreau

BOARD GAME
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The category "board game" encompasses many a game, including several card-based games, and games that do not make use of a board! Party games, strategy games, family-friendly games, war games, dexterity games and even card games will be represented.

Listed below, you will find the list of games scheduled to be played at Prairie Game eXpo. You are welcome to post on this forum to sign-up for a game. Please ensure you arrive in time to play the game. If your plans change, please post here as well so your spot can be opened up again. This list, the times, and the players are subject to change.

You are also welcome to bring your own games to the event and play at your leisure, or show up with no games and simply see what you can get into.



GAME: PitchCar Mini
TEACHER: Chad Boudreau
START TIME: 9:00am
DURATION: 30 minutes per race; hope to do 2 races
# OF PLAYERS:
1. Chad Boudreau
2. Ragdollgun
3. JRobot4
4. bzarhands
5. tlh878
6. swoop_ds
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GAME:  Android: Netrunner
TEACHER: Nick Murphy
START TIME: 9am
DURATION: 60 minutes per match
# OF PLAYERS: 2 players per match
1. Nick Murphy
2. trimmer
3. moment
4. Jen
5. Matt P
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GAME: Black Orchestra
TEACHER: Brad Boileau
START TIME: 9:00am
DURATION: 120 Minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 5
1. bboileau
2. Lori
3. Jim
4. Natasha
5. Scott

GAME: Cry Havoc
TEACHER: Brent
START TIME: 10:00
DURATION: 2 hours
# OF PLAYERS: 4
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GAME: Downforce with expansions
TEACHER: prairieguy
START TIME: 10:00 AM
DURATION: 60 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 6
1. prairieguy
2. Jon
3. tlh878
4. zeker
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GAME: Bloodborne: The Card Game
TEACHER: Tyson C
START TIME: 10:30 AM
DURATION: 45 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 3 - 5
1. Tyson C
2. ChadBoudreau
3. Mark CazaKoff
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GAME: Castles of Burgundy
TEACHER: Miles
START TIME: 11:00
DURATION: 120 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 4
1. Miles
2. Jill
3. CdnPhoenix
4. Natasha

GAME: Sidereal Confluence
TEACHER: Mark M
START TIME: 1:00 pm
DURATION: 3 hours
# OF PLAYERS: 6
1. Mark M
2. zeker
3. GaryMartensite
4. trimmer
5. Mark Cazakoff
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GAME: Rise of Tribes
TEACHER: Lawrence
START TIME: 2:00
DURATION: 90-120 Minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 4
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GAME: Nyctophobia
TEACHER: Brad Boileau
START TIME: 3:00
DURATION: 90 Minutes (2 games)
# OF PLAYERS: 5
1. bboileau
2. Ragdollgun
3. ChadBoudreau
4. Justlucky
5. Inertia

GAME: Through the Ages: A New Story of Civilization
TEACHER: RTigger
START TIME: 4:00 PM
DURATION: 240 Minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 4
1. RTigger
2. Craftybernardo
3. hades
4. Hades' friend

GAME: Tiny Epic Zombies
TEACHER: Lawrence
START TIME: 4:00
DURATION: 90 Minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 5
1. Lawrence
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GAME: Before There Were Stars...
TEACHER: Brad Boileau
START TIME: 4:30
DURATION: 60 Minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 6
1. bboileau
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GAME: Brass: Lancashire
TEACHER: Trimmer (Zeker's copy)
START TIME: 4:30pm
DURATION: 180 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 4
1. Trimmer
2. Zeker
3. lifeofturner (to confirm)
4. reynard

GAME: Lazer Ryderz
TEACHER: Brad Boileau
START TIME: 5:30
DURATION: 90 Minutes (up to 2-3 games)
# OF PLAYERS: 4
1. bboileau
2. Chad B
3. Ragdollgun
4. Dana T.

GAME: Catan Histories, Settlers of America, Trails to Rails
TEACHER: Miles
START TIME: 5:00
DURATION: 120 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 4
1. Miles
2. Jill
3. nikkisportraits
4. wendyj

GAME: TBA
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ChadBoudreau

BOARD GAME TOURNAMENTS
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We will be running organized tournaments at Prairie Game eXpo. Past tournaments have included King of Tokyo, Setters of Catan, Ticket to Ride, Camel Up, Dominion, Dixit, Lanterns, Kingdomino, Smash Up & more! Please watch this space as we unveil our schedule. Please reserve your spot here. Feel free to tell us what you'd like to see at future PGX events.


GAME: AZUL
ORGANIZER: Dana_Tillusz
START TIME: 12:00 pm
DURATION: 120-135 minutes
PLAYERS: 16
DETAILS: FOUND HERE
GAME BOARDS NEEDED:  4
GAMES PROVIDED BY: ComicReaders *1, Jen Squires *1, Derek T *1, Rosemarie O *1 Thanks for the use of your copies!
PRIZES: "PGX Champion" mug
1. Jennifer Squires
2. Hades
3. Fernbud
4. steampunch
5. MikeMcC
6. nikkisportraits
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GAME: Century: Spice Road / Golem
ORGANIZER: Dana_Tillusz
START TIME: 2:30 pm
DURATION: 120 minutes
PLAYERS: 16
DETAILS: FOUND HERE
GAME BOARDS NEEDED:  4
GAMES PROVIDED BY: ComicReaders *1, Jason Vanstone *1, Jennifer Squires *1, Derek T *1Thanks for the use of your copies!
PRIZES: "PGX Champion" mug
1. JRobot4
2. Jennifer Squires
3. Hades
4. Fernbud
5. Inertia
6. steampunch
7. standstrong4u
8. NeikeDjour
9. MikeMcC
10. nikkisportraits
11. Reynard
12. puty
13. Dana_Tillusz
14. johnnythrust
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GAME: Dragon Ball Super Card Game - 3 vs. 3 Tournament
ORGANIZER: Hayden M
START TIME: 1:00 pm
DURATION: 240 minutes
PLAYERS: 18 (6 teams of 3)
DETAILS: The format is simple. Each player on the team is identified by a player letter (A, B or C). Player A plays against player A on the other team, B vs B, and C vs C. In order for a team to win the match, at least 2 players need to win their match. Matches are best of 1. Everyone gets a chance to play in this fun tournament.
PRIZES: Every participant receives a promo card
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GAME: X-WING
ORGANIZER: Shawn M / Stewart L
START TIME: 10:00am
END TIME: 4:00pm
PLAYERS: 10
DETAILS: FOUND HERE
PRIZES: This tournament uses the FFG Store Championship 2018 OP Kit.
1. Shawn M
2. Stewart L
3. Rob S
4. William B
5. Matt
6. Jace P
7. Derek C
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ChadBoudreau

MINIATURE GAMES
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PGX is a great place to showcase the many diverse miniature games in the hobby. PGX has hosted events for all sorts including Warhammer (Fantasy & 40K, Warmachine, Maulifaux, Infinity, X-Wing & more!




GAME: Warhammer: Age of Sigmar
ORGANIZER: Michael P (parkermech)
TIME: 11:00am - 4:00pm
DURATION: 30 minutes per session
PLAYERS: 2 players per session with plenty of room for observers
DETAILS: Age of Sigmar is a table-top miniatures game from Games Workshop. Players assemble, paint, and field fantasy miniatures and engage in combat on a gameboad featuring detailed terrain. Michael is demoing and answering questions about the game. Each demo is approximately 30 minutes in length. 2 players per demo. Lots of room for observers. No experience required. Pre-registration is not required but you can do so to ensure you get a chance to try this game.

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2. Deathrider

GAME: Warhammer 40K: Kill Team
ORGANIZER: Jonathan B
TIME: 12:pm - 4:00pm
DURATION: 60 minutes per session
PLAYERS: 2 players per session with plenty of room for observers
DETAILS: Set in the same universe and using the same miniatures ranges as Warhammer 40K but with a different rules set, it allows you to play a game of fast-paced tactical skirmish combat in games of 2-4 players, in less time and with a fraction of the models you'd need to play a full game of Warhammer 40K. Jonathan is demoing and answering questions about the game. Each demo is approximately 60 minutes in length. 2 players per demo. Lots of room for observers. No experience required. Pre-registration is not required but you can do so to ensure you get a chance to try this game.

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GAME: Infinity
ORGANIZER: Matty V
TIME: 12:00pm start
DURATION: varies
PLAYERS: 2 players per session
DETAILS: One hundred and seventy-five years into the future - Humanity has managed to survive despite itself, but for how much longer? Infinity is a game with 28mm high metal miniatures that simulates combat and special operations in a science fiction environment with Manga aesthetics. The Infinity game system is fast, spectacularly realistic and offers enormous tactical flexibility. Infinity uses a new and dynamic system that allows both players to be active during each turn.

Matty V will be at Prairie Game Expo starting at 12:00pm to demo the game and answer questions. He has everything you need to try out this miniatures game. He is also available for pick-up games with other players of Infinity. Advance registration is not required but feel free to post if you are coming to play or check out Infinity.

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GAME: Star Wars Legion
ORGANIZER: Shawn M
TIME: 5:00pm start
DURATION: varies
PLAYERS: 2 players per session
DETAILS: Star Wars: Legion invites you to enter the ground battles of the Galactic Civil War as the commander of a unique army of miniatures filled with troopers, powerful ground or repulsor vehicles, and iconic characters like Darth Vader or Luke Skywalker. While innovative mechanics for command and control simulate the fog of war and the chaos of battle, the game's unpainted, easily assembled minis give you a canvas to create the Star Wars army you've always wanted to lead into battle — whether you fight for the monolithic, oppressive Galactic Empire or the ragtag Rebel Alliance.

Shawn M will be demoing Star Wars Legion, starting at 5:00 PM. 2 players per session; no experience or material required; plenty of room for onlookers; and, plenty of time for questions. If you already play Legion feel free to come to Prairie Game Expo for pick-up games.

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GAME DESIGNER'S CORNER
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Saskatchewan has a growing community of board game and role playing game designers. PGX supports local game designers showcase their games by hosting a "Game Designer's Corner" in which there will be demos and play tests of local designs featured throughout the day. Contact Derek (lifeofturner) for more details!

GAME: Borders of Kanta
DESIGNER: Lorne Kletke
PLAYERS: 2-6
START TIME: 10 am, 12 pm, 2 pm, 4 pm
DURATION: 15-20 mins. per player

Each player leads a clan regaining its wealth after a plague closed all borders across the realm, and cut the clans off from the states they controlled. Every player gets a set of six-sided tiles picturing the leader they chose. Each tile represents a group of six clan members. These members are assigned one to each tile side, and each speak one of three languages. Tiles must be placed next to at least one other tile on the board, and must speak a common language at all shared borders. Wealth is built by competing or collaborating to form rings of occupied states that become trading centres and earn gold for participating clans. Players can earn resources that hold value at the end of the game, or that can be played for advantage. Each clan has its unique abilities as well.

For more information, check out chinookgames.ca!

GAME: MC: The Biker Game
DESIGNER: Devin Fifield
PLAYERS: 4
START TIME: 1:30
DURATION: 2.5-3 hours

This game allows each player to operate their own motorcycle club. Each player will start in a different state and encounter faction groups in the form of cards, denoted by a number in each state.  Players will roll dice to determine encounter outcomes based on die faces on the cards under each tag.  Friendly side will have Peace and Ally.  Hostile side will have Intimidate and Defeat. Allied factions will give the player an extra die roll to add to combat rolls in the same state. Factions who are attacked will want retaliation, determined by a dice roll challenge under the Retaliation tag. Players will be able to expand their club to a new adjacent state when they have 12 or more members in their original charter.  Once a player has 6 charters they can call end game, and each other player gets 1 last turn.  Add up victory points to determine the winner.

For more information, check out http://www.reedgamingsystems.com/mc-the-biker-game!

GAME: The New World Order
DESIGNER: Ferne Hebig
PLAYERS: 2-4
START TIME: 11 am and 3 pm
DURATION: 60+ minutes

Years after the great war they call "the apocalypse"  has ended, humans and aliens have been forced to coexist. You are conflicted souls, a ragtag group of unlikely heroes trying to find your place in The New World Order. This entertaining family game will have you testing your Faith in Humanity against the Apocalypse effect!  hoose alien, human or hybrid characters, select a mission, work to collect resources, increase your character's stats, and purchase the upgraded gear you will need to complete your mission. You will be challenged by events that force you to balance risk with reward to make choices that will allow you to complete your mission in the allotted time. This go-around we'll be testing some new iterations on character alignment and how it affects game play.

ChadBoudreau

ROLE-PLAYING GAMES
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We will be hosting an area at PGX devoted to role-playing games. If you would like to run a RPG event please let us know. Past games have included Pathfinder, Dungeons & Dragons, Star Wars, 3 6 9 & more!

GAME: Dungeons & Dragons 5th Edition
ORGANIZER: Berny H
TIME: 10:00am; 1:00pm; 4:00pm; 6:30pm
DURATION: 90 - 120 minutes per session
PLAYERS: 3 - 5 players per session
DETAILS: Berny is a newer DM looking for with other first time players or veterans who don't mind playing with those who are new. Each session is a 1st level, short Dungeons & Dragons adventure where we will have fun, kill stuff, learn a bit about D&D together, and hopefully make friends. Take on the role of a longsword-wielding hero to fight evil, or a powerful sorceress who can shoot ice from her fingertips, or help out your allies with cosmic healing as a dwarven cleric! No experience required. Ages 16+ unless otherwise permitted. You will not be required or expected to act out or use a dwarven voice, but you are most welcome to, as this is a role-playing game. Using pre-made classic characters we should be able to jump into the game fairly quickly after a brief tutorial of really basic, simple 5th edition rules. Note that this is not a serious game where every rules will be followed to the letter. The goal is to have fun and learn how to DM/play D&D.

GAME: Starfinder - Skittershot
ORGANIZER: Saskatchewan Starfinder Society
TIME: 9:00am
DURATION: approximately 3 - 5 hours
PLAYERS: 4
DETAILS: When a routine salvage operation deep in the Vast goes awry, the skittermanders Dakoyo, Gazigaz, Nako, and Quonx must board a luxurious cruise liner controlled by a rogue artificial intelligence to save their vesk boss and a group of hapless passengers. All manner of obstacles block their path to success, from malfunctioning massage tables to cybernetic undead to vermin from another plane, but if the skittermanders can work together (something skittermanders do best), they are sure to be hailed as tiny, furry heroes! That is, of course, if the passing pirate starship doesn't blast them all out of space first...

In addition to this exciting adventure, this book includes four pregenerated characters that are ready to play, with full stat blocks and backstories. The inside back cover also holds a wealth of information that will help you roleplay the six-armed creatures, such as their species' thoughts on food, religion, and how to relate to other cultures, as well as examples of skittermander slang.

Skitter Shot is an adventure for four skittermander characters who are eager to help those in need and explore a seemingly abandoned starship, written for the wildly popular Starfinder RPG.

GAME: Starfinder - Scoured Stars Invasion
ORGANIZER: Saskatchewan Starfinder Society
TIME: 1:00pm
DURATION: approximately 3 - 5 hours
PLAYERS: 24
DETAILS: Scoured Stars Invasion is a Starfinder Society Scenario designed for levels 1 - 8. Balancing time against the lives of the myriad trapped Starfinders, nominated First Seeker Luwazi Elsebo authorizes a dangerous mission to return to the fated region of space known as the Scoured Stars. The might of the resurgent Society is finally poised to breach the formerly impenetrable barrier surrounding the trinary system. The galaxy pauses to watch if a new generation of Starfinders can save those once lost. A mission of exploration and a mission of mercy, this return to the Scoured Stars will undoubtedly shape the future of the Starfinder Society.

Content in The Scoured Stars Invasion also contributes to the ongoing goals of the Second Seekers (Luwazi Elsebo) faction. Content in this scenario also contributes to the ongoing year of the Scoured Stars storyline.

Written by Mikko Kallio
Scenario Tags: Exclusive, Faction (Second Seekers [Luwazi Elsebo]), Starship

GAME: Pathfinder - Through the Maelstorm Rift 7-99
ORGANIZER: Saskatchewan Pathfinder Society
TIME: 9:00am
DURATION: approximately 3 - 5 hours
PLAYERS: 6
DETAILS: Through the Maelstorm Rift is a Pathfinder Society Special designed for 6th-level pregenerated characters. Even the limitless Plane of Air is at risk of eldritch instability, and a cult dedicated to the planes' integrity has sensed an imminent calamity brewing deep within a primal storm. In this special adventure, the players portray a diverse coalition of elemental guardians that must embark on perilous journey into the maelstrom's heart and avert a disaster that threatens the Inner Sphere.

Written by Linda Zayas-Palmer.

GAME: Starfinder - The Claim to Salvation 1-00
ORGANIZER: Saskatchewan Starfinder Society
TIME: 9:00am
DURATION: approximately 3 - 5 hours
PLAYERS: 6
DETAILS: The Claim of Salvation is a Starfinder Society Special designed for 4th-level pregenerated characters. Following the disastrous Scoured Stars Incident, the Starfinder Society fights to remain relevant as the rest of the galaxy moves on. With surviving agents stretched to their limits, the First Seeker launches a desperate bid to search the false moon of Salvation's End. Will the mission reveal a discovery that can stabilize the Society long enough for a new generation of Starfinders to come to the fore? Players use 4th-level versions of the Starfinder iconic characters in this debut special event of the Starfinder Society Roleplaying Guild.

Written by Larry Wilhelm.

GAME: Fiasco
TEACHER:  Chad R
START TIME: 10:00am
DURATION: 2-3 hours
# OF PLAYERS: 3-5
URL: Board Game Geek
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Fiasco is inspired by cinematic tales of small time capers gone disastrously wrong – inspired by films like Blood Simple, Fargo, The Way of the Gun, Burn After Reading, and A Simple Plan. You'll play ordinary people with powerful ambition and poor impulse control. There will be big dreams and flawed execution. It won't go well for them, to put it mildly, and in the end it will probably all go south in a glorious heap of jealousy, murder, and recrimination. Lives and reputations will be lost, painful wisdom will be gained, and if you are really lucky, your guy just might end up back where he started.

FIASCO is an award-winning, GM-less game for 3-5 players, designed to be played in a few hours with six-sided dice and no preparation. During a game you will engineer and play out stupid, disastrous situations, usually at the intersection of greed, fear, and lust.* It's like making your own Coen brothers movie, in about the same amount of time it'd take to watch one.

*It's 10:00 AM! We'll decide the playbook together from a pre-printed, family-friendly collection.

GAME: Microscope
TEACHER:  Chad R
START TIME: 1:00
DURATION: 2-3 hours; players may drop out when they wish
# OF PLAYERS: 1-6
URL: Board Game Geek; Tablecard

Want to explore an epic history of your own creation, hundreds or thousands of years long, all in an afternoon? That's Microscope.

You won't play the game in chronological order. You can defy the limits of time and space, jumping backward or forward to explore the parts of the history that interest you. Want to leap a thousand years into the future and see how an institution shaped society? Want to jump back to the childhood of the king you just saw assassinated and find out what made him such a hated ruler? That's normal in Microscope.

You have vast power to create... and to destroy. Build beautiful, tranquil jewels of civilization and then consume them with nuclear fire. Zoom out to watch the majestic tide of history wash across empires, then zoom in and explore the lives of the people who endured it.

GAME: The Quiet Year
TEACHER:  Chad R
START TIME: 4:00
DURATION: 90 minutes
# OF PLAYERS: 1-6
URL: Board Game Geek; Tablecard

"For a long time, we were at war with The Jackals. But now, we've driven them off, and we have this – a year of relative peace. One quiet year, with which to build our community up and learn once again how to work together. Come Winter, the Frost Shepherds will arrive and we might not survive beyond that. But we don't know about that yet. What we know is that right now, in this moment, there is an opportunity to build something."

The Quiet Year is a map game. You define the struggles of a post-apocalyptic community, and attempt to build something good within their quiet year. Every decision and every action is set against a backdrop of dwindling time and rising concern.

The game is played using a deck of cards – each of the 52 cards corresponds to a week during the quiet year. Each card triggers certain events – bringing bad news, good omens, project delays and sudden changes in luck. At the end of the quiet year, the Frost Shepherds will come, ending the game.

ChadBoudreau

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