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DEMO ALERT!

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Humble Bard Games promotional image of Roll With It, Holdout, Spirits of Christmas, and Song of Seas games

Humble Bard Games demos

We are pleased to have John Bailey from Humble Bard games demoing games ALL weekend! (John is bringing enough that you can probably stay the whole weekend at his table!) Go by the gallery and check these out!

Hold (new game)
Hold is a solitaire post-apocalyptic resource management game! Grow your wasteland settlement and achieve objectives by the end of 7 game rounds. You must carefully manage water, food, shelter, community, ingenuity, and defense while fighting off Raiders!

Roll-With-It System
The Roll-With-It System is a solitaire roll-and-write adventure game system featuring thematic variety and endless adventure possibilities. All of the modules are built upon a “skeleton” rules framework.

There are two series so far: -FANTASY -MODERN

Song of the Seas
A pirate adventure game in which you build your Lair and earn the most renown. Fight the tyrannical Imperial Navy, plunder merchant vessels, explore for booty, and encounter legendary perils. Choose the best shanty each round for special abilities!

Spirits of Christmas
Become the three Spirits of Christmas in this cooperative adventure card game! Take Scrooge on a journey through Christmases Past, Present, and Future, and hopefully he will change his ways before he runs out of time!

We Come in Pieces
Become alien invaders of an unsuspecting town in retro America in this competitive and humorous strategy game. Build your robot out of earth junk and use it to "convince" earthlings to follow you to the Mother Ship. Watch out for the Radio Tower!

Want more information? Check out Humble Bard's Facebook page and their website.

Demo Update 2!

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We are excited to announce we have yet another demo in the Gallery area! 

Alpha Clash

We have another demo to add to the Gallery! Alpha Clash is a Superhero TCG based on the novel and comic Alpha Clash.

They will be demoing with our starter decks and teaching the mechanics of the game. And if you like it, they will continue to play with different decks or advanced decks.

Oh and series two is coming out soon! (Rumor has it series two will be available on Sunday of our convention. Not sure if they will have it for sale at Mythic Con or not, but never hurts to ask!)

Check out their facebook page: Alpha Clash TCG and their website.

Alpha Clash promotional image

Demo Update!

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We are excited to announce we have another demo in the Gallery area! And a few additions to Clarion Games demo.

Unyielding Universe

2-4 players attempt to make long and beautiful lifelines. They achieve this by drawing "Year" cards and then placing them within their lifeline chronologically, either by adding them at the end or replacing them. All the while the Universe will try to make their lives more challenging and complex. "Universe" cards that add a scoring adjustment or a gameplay modifier will be drawn, or "Life Complete" cards will be drawn and wreak havoc on your lifeline, not allowing you to play cards past a certain age.

The goal is to score the most points at the end of the round. Scoring factors in the length of your lifeline as well as the quality of your lifeline.

Life is challenging and it is up to us to try and make the best of it, even if we must spite the Universe to do so.

Henchman

Clarion Games will be running their hilarious cooperative backstabber Henchman! A light, fast-playing card game for 2-6 players featuring player interaction, some backstabbing, and a healthy dose of humor. Picture the office meets Sword & Sorcery. Work for an Evil Overlord—a tyrannical, ruthless, megalomaniacal villain bent on world domination. launch an epic competition of subterfuge, deceit, and backstabbing to prove who is most worthy to become the next Henchman!

Four Horsemen: the Omega Wars

In 2025, aliens make first contact with Earth. They've arrived hoping to find a rich new source of resources or advanced technological trading partners. After all, they've detected deep space probes and evidence of space travel. Needless to say they're disappointed

Now 100 years later, humanity has made a name for itself as tenacious and resourceful mercenaries. Unable to face most aliens hand to claw, they've developed powered combat armor known as CASPers, Combat Assault Systems Personal. These 8 foot tall, half ton combat suits have given humanity a serious edge, and the aliens are tired of it.

In a carefully coordinated plot, Earth has been invaded, and the human merc armies fled in order to survive. With Earth occupied, the Omega War is underway. The future of Earth, her few tiny colonies and all of our people's lives are at the stake. This is the Omega War

The Four Horsemen: Omega War is a tactical, strategic and operational competitive card game for two to four players set in the Four Horsemen literary universe created by Chris Kennedy and Mark Wandrey. It is a brutal struggle for power that rewards both careful planning and bold execution as you assume the role of a Commander for one of the various factions.

 

Restoration Games’ Return to Dark Tower

And just for fun, Clarion Games be bringing and running Restoration Games’ Return to Dark Tower too!

For an age, the tower lay in ruins. Unbeknownst to the people of the realm, a great evil stirred in its bowels. It started with strange sightings: a flock of crows flying in circles until they dropped from the sky, the lake frozen solid in the height of summer. In time, they could not deny that which they most feared.

The evil had not been vanquished. The darkness would soon fall again. The tower will rise.

A "sequel" to the 1981 grail game, Return to Dark Tower is a game for 1-4 players who take the role of heroes. Together, they gather resources, cleanse buildings, defeat monsters, and undertake quests to build up their strength and discern what foe ultimately awaits them. When the heroes face the tower, the game shifts into its dramatic second act, where the players have one chance to defeat the enemy once and for all.

The game features both cooperative and competitive modes of play.

The game features traditional game mechanisms, such as engine building and resource management, paired with a technological interface unlike any seen before in games, including the titular tower, which holds more than a few secrets.

Return to Dark Tower game

Game Demos at Mythic Con 2023

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We are hosting some amazing game demos during our convention. Be sure to go by the gallery and check out these games!

Rocket Fire: A Space Exploration Board Game

A competitive family "turns base" dice and card game for 2 to 4 players. In Rocket Fire, the goal is to become the first player with six or more rockets ready to launch into outer space.

Fuel the Fire

Undermine other players and give yourself explosive advantages with Power Cards. After resolving dice rolls and with enough chips, players can take control of the game using as many power cards in their hands as they can afford.

Still, everyone starts somewhere, and these actions can’t just be used right away. The first round differs as each players prepares their strategy and their hand with the resources available at the start of the game. However, for every round after the first, the gloves are off, and the scheming begins!

Eyes to the Skies

Though creating setbacks for other players can be fun, don’t lose sight of your ultimate goal: becoming the innovator that sends six or more rockets into the endless web of space and discovering all of its secrets.

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All weekend 

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Rocket Fire Box Cover art

Art Dealers Without Manners

Welcome back, Twice Alive Games! Art Dealers Without Manners is a game for 3 to 8 players, playable in about an hour. The game is set in the cutthroat world of art buying and the treacherous actions of those trying to assemble the greatest of all galleries. Your objective is to defeat the other Art Dealers by forcing them to lose all their Investments Stakes or by being the first to assemble a collection of the greatest artworks in the world. [3-8 players , 30-60 mins playtime] You can pick up Art Dealers Without Manners on their website.

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Saturday only 

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Contents of Art Dealers Without Manners game

Midnight Zombie Sabatage

Twice Alive Games! will also be demoing Midnight Zombie Sabatage (MZS). 

Fight for survival as you are plunged into the war between Zombies, Survivors and Maniacs. Midnight Zombie Sabotage is a hidden identity card game that supports 3 to 16 players, who will take on the roles of 14 unique characters who must use their character specific abilities, deductive reasoning and critical thinking skills to identify the enemy and convince the rest of your party to eliminate the threat while avoiding becoming a target yourself. Players will have hilarious fun while being challenged by the various scenarios they find themselves in, including; being out numbered, not being able to speak at times, being converted to the opposing team, having your role reversed by the Maniac’s influence, or not blowing your cover while behind enemy lines and so on. Survival of the Smartest.

Midnight Zombie Sabotage is a hidden identity game that is played in a single round, consisting of three phases: NIGHT, DAWN, and DAY. During the DAY phase players will divulge and deceive before voting to eliminate a player (or multiple players in a tie).

MZS supports 3-16 players, who will take on the roles of 14 unique characters. You must use your character specific abilities, deception, and collusion to identify the enemy and convince the rest of the party to eliminate the threat while avoiding becoming a target yourself. Intended for ages 11 and up.

The game includes game box, 16 character cards, 9 action tokens, 1 token board, 20 neutral tokens, rule book. You can pick up MZS on their website.

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Saturday only 

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Contents of Midnight Zombie Sabotage

Kado

As if demo'ing two games wasn't enough Twice Alive Games will be demoing Kado as well! Maintain poise and composure while masking your ferocity and guile as you bid, build and reserve unique floral arrangements in order to obtain prowess, honor and blessings. There is no time to stop and smell the roses while engaged in Kado: the Way of the Flower.

Kado is a Japanese themed handmade family board game that can play up to 6 players from age 11 and up. In Kado you take on the role of 6 elderly Japanese women competing against each other in obtaining the materials needed to reserve floral arrangements to secure the honor and blessings (points) bestowed by each arrangement. You and your rivals may be after the same arrangement so be carful how you bid so as to gain the advantage or you may need to bid on materials you don't need in order to sabotage your opponent.

You can pick up Kado on their website.

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Saturday only 

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Contents of Kado

TROSS

Tournament Saturday

Twice Alive Games is bringing back TROSS. TROSS is Viking chess/checkers. But unlike usual checkers, the objective is not to eliminate your opponent's pieces, but to humiliate by capturing their throne. It’s about the throne, not the pawns. Send the enemy home cowering and dishonored! TROSS is Norwegian meaning “to spite”. You must cleverly outwit your opponent without completely eliminating their pieces. You might have to spite your own pieces to do so.

The listing is for one complete handmade game including the canvas scroll game board featuring rustic stained wood ends, attached with sturdy brass nails and a red stained, wooden box with screen printed TROSS logo. All 20 wooden cube pieces are also hand-stained and are contained in a handy burlap drawstring bag. Game instructions also included.

Your TROSS game board can also be wall hung and displayed as the work of art that it is via the attachment on the back upper wooden end. The game is available with red stained wood ends. The game storage box and wood ends are stained red.

Recommended for ages 8+. Please be advised that small cube game pieces may be a choking hazard for young children. You can pick up TROSS on their website.

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Saturday only 

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Tross game contents

Trash Dash

Find some time to go experience Trash Dash. (The critters you can play are sooooo cuuuuuutttttteeee!) Who knew playing with trash could be so fun? (Hint: Karen's cat, Karen's cat knows)

Trash Dash is a fast paced racing card game in which 2-6 players are trash animals competing to be the quickest critter on the streets! Racing laps around an alleyway may seem straightforward enough, but when you’re up against the most mischievous trash animals from across the city you’ll need to stay sharp!

Every game of Trash Dash is filled with playful conflict as the litter critters use their special abilities and hand of Action cards to mess with the other racers. Balancing the tension of that conflict are moments of sudden excitement when a player takes the lead with a well timed Trash card combo or when a player’s risky gamble is rewarded with that perfect roll of the Burst dice! To win on these streets you’ll have to be speedy, savvy, and a little bit scrappy!

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Saturday only 

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Trash Dash Cover Artwork
Illustration of a cute raccoon in a cluttered alley.

Don’t Die

No matter who or where you are, we all have one goal in common: Don't Die.

Don't Die is a tabletop roleplaying game about making decisions and avoiding terrible consequences. Focus on conflict over task resolution. You can open the door but will you regret doing so? Create characters quickly, play using a single die, and run in any setting.

They will be running demos on Friday and have a game on the schedule for Saturday morning. Learn it on Friday and play on Saturday! Grab your seat for the game.

Don't Die by Terrable Games can be found here: https://terrablegames.com/products/dont-die

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Friday demos and Saturday morning game

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Cover artwork for the game Don't Die.

Clockwork Cats (PLAYTEST)

Clarion Game Studios is giving you the opportunity to playtest Clockwork Cats. 

Will YOUR cat build the better mouse trap?

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All weekend

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Brewster Rockit: Space Guy (SNEAK PEEK)

Clarion Studios brings Tim Rickard's hilarious Web and print comic to life in this fast paced and funny game for 2-6 players. They're in serious trouble on the R. U. Sirius!

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All weekend

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Hull Breach!

So, what the heck is Hull Breach?  Well, we're glad you asked that question. Hull Breach is a sci-fi cards-and-dice game featuring epic space combat between ships, firefights between Marine boarding parties, and plenty of clever tactics and galaxy-shaking events. You assume command of a space station belonging to one of our several in-game factions and fight it out with one or more other Commanders to achieve galactic domination! The object of the game is to protect your Station - your home in space - from other Commanders while trying to capture or destroy theirs.  Be warned - they’re trying to do the same thing to you. It's a tough galaxy and at the end of the day only one Commander gets to remain standing.

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All weekend

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