IR #23 - New Horizons Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe PLAYTESTING / GAME DESIGN Added! DYSTOPIA GM: Tyler McAndrew Dystopia is a game set in a ruined future where corporations rule over the remnants of Earth from the megapolis of “Utopia”. The Mega-Corps are striving towards complete domination, even as unrest stirs and public dissent threatens to bring everything into chaos. Each player and their chosen corporation must build up their resources, working together to squash the dissidents. All the while you are plotting against your allies in a struggle of power, wealth and influence, to become the biggest corporation of Utopia in a bid to fulfill your own unique nefarious plans. If the rebellion goes unchecked, the entire system will crumble leaving everything in ruin, but any Corporation left too long on their own devices may take control of the city in chaos! Any player could win, but all the players can lose… Playtesting and Demos on Saturday and Sunday. Feedback [...]

IR #23 - New Horizons Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe New Game Added! Cult Following - The One True Game GM: Megan Munn Cult Following is a creative storycrafting card game. Each round two or three players are selected to be cultists. All the other players are designated as recruits. Cultists choose three ideas from a hand of five cards and creatively bind them together into a ridiculous cult. Recruits draw cards with questions and choose one to ask the cultists to help them figure out which cult to join. Each cultist takes a turn to answer. The recruit then picks their favorite answer and gives that cultist their question card, which represents a new follower that has joined that cult. The first cultist to reach two followers wins the round. Space for 8 players. Adult 16+ (Saturday 7:00PM) Register at https://warhorn.net/events/impossible-realities-24-new-horizons/schedule/agenda

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NEW GAME OFFERING! IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe Magic The Gathering Booster Draft GM: Steve Henderson Booster Draft is one of the most played Magic formats at every level of competition and casual play. Together with Sealed Deck, it's the Limited format of choice for most tournaments, including Pro Tours, Pro Tour Qualifiers, and Grand Prix. It's popular among occasional players who want to avoid the pressures of maintaining a collection and a Constructed deck. On the other hand, it's equally popular among serious players who enjoy the depth and challenge of the format. Learning Booster Draft should be a priority for any aspiring Magic player. Booster Draft (or just "Draft") is like Sealed Deck, with the additional preliminary step of drafting the cards. The players—usually eight sitting in a circle—each open a booster pack, pick one card, and pass the pack to the next player, who picks one card and continues to pass it along. Eventually, all of [...]

NEW GAME OFFERING! IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe Board Game Blitz GM: Steve Henderson As the title says, play lots and lots of Board Games and get points and try to come out victorious! Loosely follows the rules via the web link below, but modified slightly. For example, instead of 8 hours, we only do 4. 1. Game Rules. Rules for each game will be straight out of the box. No variations or house rules will be used unless otherwise noted. The tournament organizer will have final say over any rules questions or disputes posed by the players. 2. Learning Games. We do not expect players to be familiar with every game in the game list but knowing them does provide a strategic advantage. If needed, the rules for each game will be explained before starting, and any rules questions during the game will be answered. 3. Time Limits. Players are expected to take their turns in a timely [...]

NEW GAME OFFERING! IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe Roleplaying Game Magical Kitties Save the Day! GM: Alexa Bailey Magical Kitties at a Glance An all-ages roleplaying game of cute, fierce, cunning kitties. Use your magical powers to solve problems and save humans from terrible troubles! Every Magical Kitty has a human. Every human has a Problem. In Magical Kitties Save the Day, you need to use your magical powers to solve problems and save the day. But kitties live in Hometowns that are filled with witches, aliens, hyper-intelligent raccoons, and other foes. They make human problems worse, so the kitties need to go on adventures to stop them before that can happen. Magical Kitties Save the Day is a roleplaying game designed for all-ages. Older players — whether they’re parents, babysitters, teachers, or older siblings — can be the Game Master for kids as young as six-years-old and everyone else who loves kitties. If you’ve been looking for a [...]

IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe Boardgame Tournament Battletech Grand Melee GM: Jarrid Brooks Space for 4-24 players. All Ages. (Sunday 9:30AM) Rules for the Grand Melee Each player is given one minute to decide what they want to do move, jump or stay put. This encourages players to pay close attention to the game as well its speeds the game up to keep people interested and alert. (( for new players please let us know if you are having problems with movement, rules and firing and we will help you out as much as we can )) Rules 1. The Era we are in is the clan invasion (3050-3061) and civil war (3062-3067) 2. BV 2500 and you can choose clan or inner sphere 3. 20 to 100 tons mech 4. mech must be verified through master unit list (clan or inner sphere) 5. Ammo is standard except LBX weaponry you can have cluster but it has to be [...]

IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe Boardgame Tournament Twilight Imperium 3rd Ed GM: Dana Betts Twilight Imperium Third Edition is an epic empire-building game of interstellar conflict, trade, and struggle for power. Players take the roles of ancient galactic civilizations, each seeking to seize the imperial throne via warfare, diplomacy, and technological progression. With geomorphic board tiles, exquisite plastic miniatures, hundreds of cards, and introducing a rich set of strategic dimensions that allows each player to refocus their game-plan, the original designer has seamlessly incorporated the better qualities of other recently popular games to improve on the gameplay of the original TI, making it at once perfectly well-rounded and pleasantly familiar to experienced gamers. Space for 6 players, races drawn randomly (draw 2 select one), Sun 9:00 AM all day until closing or 10VP attained.

IR#23: New Horizons, Sept 7-8, 2024 @ Offline Board Game Cafe RPG Announcement Call of Cthulhu 7e – “Building a Mystery” GM: Dana Betts St. Sebastian's is an older church in disrepair in a declined part of Boston’s outskirts. Almost all the residents have moved away and the area is abandoned, but faith still persists. Using what little money he has, the last Father of the parish is attempting to renovate and rejuvenate the church. A group of volunteers have chipped in their time and efforts to help out. Space for 6 players. Adult 18+ Advisory: Mature content, horror (Saturday 7:00PM)