Western Canada’s Largest Tabletop Gaming Convention! Join us March 14-16, 2025, at the Vancouver Convention Centre - East (aka Canada Place) in Vancouver, BC, Canada.
Yachego is a new two-player competitive abstract game. Playtesters have said it is like Checkers or Go, but with dice. It is suitable for all ages and takes five minutes to learn and between 15 and 30 minutes to play.
I am a writer and game designer with several projects on the go. Yachego is almost ready to prototype and publish and I am looking forward to any feedback at the event. Other projects include writing fantasy fiction, RPG modules and also working on a fantasy advent calendar.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Nash, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
Red Outpost is a worker movement game set on the backdrop of a soviet space outpost. Resources are shared by the players which gives it an interesting new take on the worker movement genre.
With trick taking style action selection and epic space battles, what more could you ask for? Battle your way to galactic dominance and chose the path to victory through your ambitions.
Keyflower has been in the top 100 of BGG since 2012 - discover it for yourself! It is a highly interactive game that combines city building, resource management, bidding, and worker placement in a unique way and it's one of my favourite games. Come check it out if medium-heavy weight game (3.34/5) with lots of tough decisions sounds interesting to you.
Concordia Venus is a peaceful strategy game of economic development in Ancient Rome. Colonists are sent out to settle down in cities that produce bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth. Each player starts with an identical set of playing cards and acquires more cards during the game. These cards allow a player to choose actions during the game and are also worth victory points. Concordia is a medium-weight strategy game that requires advance planning and consideration of your opponent's moves.
Tend to one of four farms in the village of Esporles, Majorca in the resource-management, dice-drafting game La Granja! Build up your farm, produce goods, and send out your delivery donkeys to establish your presence in the island's growing market and beat out your opponents! Open to all experience levels - I am willing to teach the game to any players looking to try it. Depending on the experience levels of the players at the table, we may or may not play with some of the expansion components as well. If there are any new players, we'll likely play the base game (or only add in components that increase the card and roof tile pool).
The Midnight Queen is dead… As her kingdom weeps, the Queen’s dying command was to invoke the Rule By Midnight: a trial of combat and guile, where the Princesses of the Twelve Lands meet in secret to battle and scheme against one another. At the stroke of midnight, the most powerful Princess left standing will be crowned the new Midnight Queen!
Queen By Midnight is a battle-royale deck-building card game of guile, deception, and brawn! Six Princesses each feature unique tactics to battle for the right of the Midnight Court, but only one (and maybe their inner circle) will be the winner.
Root: A Game of Woodland Warfare and Wily Strategy Root is an asymmetrical, strategy-driven board game where cunning creatures battle for dominance in a vast woodland. Each player takes control of a unique faction, from the militaristic Marquise de Cat to the guerrilla-fighting Woodland Alliance, the noble yet fragile Eyrie Dynasties, or even the opportunistic Vagabond—each with radically different playstyles and strategies. With deep player interaction, emergent storytelling, and endless replayability, Root is both a tactical war game and a rich narrative experience. Whether you're plotting political upheaval, waging all-out war, or playing factions against each other, every game unfolds in unexpected ways.Come join for a rousing game of Woodland Warfare! This is a great way to learn the rules and the factions and some engaging strategy in what is one of my favorite games!
If you love deep strategy, unique player roles, and dynamic conflict, Root is a must-play. Will you rule the woodland, ignite rebellion, or thrive in the chaos? The forest is yours to conquer.
I've been in the Greater Vancouver Area for about a year and have completely fallen in love with BC’s rich gaming culture. Some of my favorite games include Twilight Imperium, Arcs, Root, Oath, Gloomhaven, Blood Rage, and many more!I currently run Greater Vancouver Games (GVG... Read More →
Embark on a thrilling journey to claim dominance in Dune: Imperium Uprising! Harness the perfect balance of military power and political cunning as you vie for control over the desert planet of Arrakis. Deploy spies to execute covert operations, secure vital contracts to amass resources, or embrace the ways of the Fremen and ride colossal sandworms into battle!
This standalone spinoff to the acclaimed Dune: Imperium takes the strategic deck-building and worker-placement mechanics you love to bold new heights. Will you outwit your rivals and rise to power? The spice—and victory—awaits!
May include Dune Imperium: Bloodlines expansion if it arrives before the convention.
Play as families of the East India Trading company exploiting India for all its resources Negotiate to gain a better foothold and retire in luxurious homes, but beware of the locals rebelling to your actions
In John Company, you play as one of the wealthy British families that have a stake in the East India Trading Company and your goal is to enrich your family while exploiting the lands. The families hold positions of power in the company and each office has duties that they perform that will help the company make money, most of the actions are to benefit the company and the stakeholders. You're not the good guys here. You will need to make deals and play to your strength to get the most out of the company so that your wealthy family becomes even more wealthy, you want to work together to prop up the company but at the same time you want to enrich yourself more than the company.
Netrunner is a two-player asymmetric card game set in a dystopian future where four mega corporations control almost every aspect of daily life. Legendary hackers known as “runners” aim to fight the corps’ influence by hacking into their servers and preventing them from advancing their sinister agendas.
In Netrunner, one player takes the role of the Corp, whose tools include corporate assets and defensive programs called “ice”. Using tools like these and the element of surprise, the Corp aims to advance their agendas to completion. Across the table, the Runner‘s objective is to infiltrate the Corp’s servers and steal their agendas, and they’ll draw on their resources, specialty hardware, and programs to do so. Of course, the Runner is no threat if they’re dead, so a canny Corp may also attempt to “flatline” their opponent through damage—while the Runner’s secondary path to victory is stalling the Corp long enough that they run out of opportunities.
Can the Runner see through the Corp’s bluffs and emerge victorious from their netspace siege, or will the Corp tighten their grip upon the world? Find out by playing Netrunner.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Derek, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
Game of Thrones: The Card Game is a two-player asymmetric card game, where you play as your favourite GOT house, drafting characters and revealing plots to win challenges, gain power and defeat your opponent, while trying to keep your characters alive for one more round.
We’ll be playing Joust, the two-player version, and Second Edition.
The game is played over a series of head-to-head rounds, where you’ll draft and recruit characters, reveal plot cards, and then attack and defend a series of challenges until one person is declared the victor. It’s a strategy-heavy game, where your resource economy is pretty low, so every choice you make can win or lose the game.
This session is open to all experience levels. If you’re a GOT master, amazing! If you’ve never played before, even better! The mechanics are pretty simple (it’s choosing what to do with your cards that’s the hard part), and if you’ve ever played an asymmetrical card game like Magic before, you’ll pick it up in no time.
GOT Card Game is also a LCG, so building your deck outside of gameplay is a big part of the fun once you’ve got the hang of it. So feel free to bring your own deck if you have one, or you can use one of our 8 pre-built house decks and give it a go.
Writer, gamer, cosplayer, nerd- who loves DnD, Thousand Year Old Vampire, and reading stupidly long rule books while organising board game pieces into little bags :)
You are bird enthusiasts—researchers, bird watchers, ornithologists, and collectors—seeking to discover and attract the best birds to your network of wildlife preserves. Each bird extends a chain of powerful combinations in one of your habitats (actions).
Arcs is a sharp, tactical space opera game, for 2–4 players, set in a dark yet silly universe. Players represent officials from a distant, decaying and neglectful Empire who are now free to vie for dominance whether through battle, gathering scarce resources or diplomatic intrigue. Ready yourself for dramatic twists and turns as you launch into this galactic struggle.
A deck of cards in 4 suits with ranks from 1-7 (2-6 for less than 4 players) defines the action selection system. These cards are played in a trick-taking adjacent system to select actions, take the initiative and declare Ambitions. The 3 declared Ambitions are what will score in that deal. Timing is everything. Bad hands must be mitigated by careful card play and benefitting from other players' card play.
Battles are resolved quickly with the attacker choosing their level of risk. The defenders must be prepared with adequate defensive ships and cards in their tableau.
Black Orchestra is a fully co-operative game where you play as historic figures working inside Hitler's Reich, while secretly plotting to kill him and end the madness you see around you.
You will work together to line up assassination plots, gather resources to carry them out, and roll the dice on risky conspiracy actions that hope to raise the motivation you need, undermine Hitler's support, and maybe provide a slim chance to succeed in killing history's worst villain. Unfortunately you will most often either be caught while committing your act of treason or find that your suspicious actions have led the Gestapo to imprison you and your co-conspirators first.
Waterdeep, the City of Splendors – the most resplendent jewel in the Forgotten Realms, and a den of political intrigue and shady back-alley dealings. In this game, the players are powerful lords vying for control of this great city. Its treasures and resources are ripe for the taking, and that which cannot be gained through trickery and negotiation must be taken by force!
In Lords of Waterdeep, a strategy board game for 2-5 players, you take on the role of one of the masked Lords of Waterdeep, secret rulers of the city. Through your agents, you recruit adventurers to go on quests on your behalf, earning rewards and increasing your influence over the city. Expand the city by purchasing new buildings that open up new actions on the board, and hinder – or help – the other lords by playing Intrigue cards to enact your carefully laid plans.
During the course of play, you may gain points or resources through completing quests, constructing buildings, playing intrigue cards or having other players utilize the buildings you have constructed. At the end of 8 rounds of play, the player who has accrued the most points wins the game.
I absolutely love playing board games, especially Euro games and trick-taking games! 🎲 I also enjoy D&D and Cthulhu, but finding a good DM has been tricky—especially since I’ve only been in this country for 2.5 years.If you’re up for board gaming or open to letting me join... Read More →
Don't let the cute art fool you, Root is a strategic and mean asymmetrical war game. Pick one of 10 completely unique factions as you vie for control of clearings. The game can be played from 3-6 players (4 recommended) and the first to 30 victory points wins.
Be a part of the reconstruction of Lisboa after the great earthquake of 1755. You will work with the architects to build Lisbon anew, with the Marquis to develop commerce and with the King to open all the buildings. The overarching gameplay is largely play a card, take an action and then draw a card. The complexity comes in when deciding which action combo to take to build your economy, gain influence, and maximize scoring.
New players welcome as a teach will be included. On the other hand, this game (4.5/5) is best for players with experience in heavy euro or other Lacerda games.
In this colossal game, players lead their historic civilization as they gain victory points by expanding their population, building cities, trading and developing their knowledge and culture. Notwithstanding its large scope, the game's core mechanics are straightforward and easy to learn. A key element in the game is player interaction as they position themselves on the map board and search for valuable commodities during interactive trading sessions.
Star Wars Unlimited (SWU) is a trading card game that is designed with a draft format in mind. I have curated a set of cards (a "cube") which can be used in a draft format without the need to purchase sealed product. Players should be familiar with the rules of SWU but MTG players should be able to pick it up fairly quickly. There will be a maximum of 8 players and at least 3 rounds of swiss will determine the winner.
Because it is such a short game, this event will include multiple games of toy battles!
On your turn in Toy Battle, you either draw two toy troops or place a troop on the board and apply its effect. When a place a troop, you can place it on an empty base, a base that you control, a base that the enemy controls with a lower-valued troop than the one you're placing, or the enemy's headquarters; however, in all cases you must place on a location that has a continuous path to your own headquarters through bases that you occupy, that is, that have your troop on top. If you occupy bases that form a continuous path around a region, you claim the medals within this region.
City Hall sees players competing to become Mayor of New York City. They do this by manipulating the various roles within City Hall, leveraging both political capital and money to boost their approval with the voters. Whoever can best balance city growth with voter approval will win the election for mayor.
Food Chain Magnate is a heavy strategy game about building a fast food chain. The focus is on building your company using a card-driven (human) resource management system. Players compete on a variable city map through purchasing, marketing and sales, and on a job market for key staff members. The game can be played by 2-5 serious gamers in 2-4 hours.
Knizia is likely the most prolific board game designer in history, with over 700 games to his name. We will be meeting at noon, and splitting into 1-2 groups, to play a 3-4 Knizia games together. We will choose to play games out of his such as classics like Through the Desert, Taj Mahal, Ra, Tigris and Euphrates, Amun Re, or Medici, as well as some lesser-known gems such as Rheinlander, Stephenson's Rocket, and Orongo. Feel free to bring some your favourite Knizia games!
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join AJ, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
Join me, a TCTC Volunteer Game Steward as I teach you and guide you through Eclipse: Second Dawn for the Galaxy. Eclipse is a heavy SciFi 4X game where you get to take control of a space empire as they expand through the galaxy. It's a lot of fun, and it's one of the tightest rulesets you'll find in whole tabletop hobby, but it's a lot for new players. So, if you're looking to learn the rules and strategy of this amazing game, this is the session for you!
Worker Placement meets Tug of War as you influence multiple battles. Very fun, breezy, highly interactive Paolo Mori design. SUSD re-publishing later this year.
In 1982, in Kansas, USA, a group of seemingly unrelated individuals arrived at the Parker Manor for their own purposes. Little did they know, their destinies had already been written, whether in the distant past of the unknown future... Today, all coincidences are deliberate arrangements of fate, a seemingly impossible murder case, a confrontation between deceit and science. In the cage of time, who will have the last laugh?
Sidereal Confluence is a game of aggressive cooperation, where the player who cooperates the best and most will win. It's six rounds of intensive trading of resources, technology, favors, and future promises, and it shines with nine players. Newbies welcome as long as you're prepared to wheel and/or deal!
It is crucial to know the base game of Arcs before playing this expansion. That is highly recommended.
Arcs: The Blighted Reach Campaign – Forge Your Legacy Among the Stars The Blighted Reach Campaign expands Arcs into an epic, multi-session experience where your choices shape the fate of the galaxy. This modular campaign introduces branching narratives, evolving player powers, and a rich tapestry of political intrigue, military conflict, and galactic ambition. As the empire crumbles, will you seize power, rally the remnants, or exploit the chaos for your own gain? Each session builds on the last, with past victories (and betrayals) echoing into the future. No two campaigns play the same, ensuring endless replayability and emergent storytelling. This is one of my favorite games of all times!
I've been in the Greater Vancouver Area for about a year and have completely fallen in love with BC’s rich gaming culture. Some of my favorite games include Twilight Imperium, Arcs, Root, Oath, Gloomhaven, Blood Rage, and many more!I currently run Greater Vancouver Games (GVG... Read More →
Fun game for newbies and for experienced players. Pull ingredients from a bag to make a portion and collect points. Pull the wrong ingredients and your potion could explode. Up to four people
Ethnos is a fantasy themed set collection area control game. In Ethnos, players call upon the support of giants, merfolk, halflings, minotaurs, and other fantasy tribes to help them gain control of the land. After three ages of play, whoever has collected the most glory wins!
In more detail, the land of Ethnos contains twelve tribes of fantasy creatures, and in each game you choose six of them (five in a 2/3-player game), then create a deck with only the creatures in those tribes. The cards come in six colors, which match the six regions of Ethnos. Place three glory tokens in each region at random, arranging them from low to high.
Each player starts the game with one card in hand, then 4-12 cards (double the number of players) are placed face up on the table. On a turn, a player either recruits an ally or plays a band of allies. In the former case, you take a face-up card (without replacing it from the deck) or the top card of the deck and add it to your hand. In the latter case, you choose a set of cards in your hand that match either in tribe or in color, play them in front of you on the table, then discard all other cards in hand. You then place one token in the region that matches the color of the top card just played, and you use the power of the tribe member on the top card just played.
At the end of the first age, whoever has the most tokens in a region scores the glory shown on the first token. After the second age, the players with the most and second most tokens score glory equal to the values shown on the first and second tokens respectively. Players score similarly after the third age, then whoever has the most glory wins. (Games with two and three players last only two ages.)
Tried Wingspan and want something familiar, yet different? Play Wyrmspan and build an engine with a tableau of mythical dragons and upgraded components.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Nash, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Derek, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Bad Moon Rising
Wolves is a semi-cooperative board game. You take on the role of a community leader attempting to manage limited resources to help get your people through the winter. To survive, you need to co-operate and share through the gifting of what you've gathered and grown, which will dwindle as you head toward winter.
Indonesia is a game in which two to five players build up an economy, trying to acquire the most money. Players acquire production companies, which produce goods (rice, spices, microwaveable meals, rubber, and oil), and shipping companies, which deliver goods to cities. As cities receive goods, they grow, increasing their demands. Production companies earn money for each good delivered to a city, up to the city's capacity, but they must pay shipping companies for the distance traveled, even if they end up losing money. Players can research advantages, like greater shipping capacity or the ability to merge companies, possibly stealing ownership of lucrative plantations or shipping routes by buying out other players.
Heavy economic euro where players manipulate supply and demand to capture the most market share. Players will produce goods, price them, and sell to other players or the open market while researching technology to improve their output.
In Let's Go! To Japan, you are a traveler planning, then experiencing your own dream vacation to Japan. The game consists of thirteen rounds in which players draw activity cards illustrated by Japan-based artists and strategically place them in different days in their week-long itinerary. These can't-miss tourist attractions will have you bouncing between Tokyo and Kyoto as you try to puzzle out the optimal activities to maximize your experience while balancing your resources. The game ends with a final round in which you ultimately go on your planned trip, activating each of your cards in order along the way. The player who collects the most points by the end of their trip wins!
Smartphone Inc. is a economic strategy game where you step into the shoes of a tech CEO during the mobile phone revolution. Balance production, research, and global expansion while setting competitive prices to dominate the market. Its simultaneous action planning keeps gameplay fast and engaging, with clever decision-making and minimal downtime. Whether you're a fan of Eurogames or just love the idea of crushing your competition, this is your chance to outsmart your rivals and build the ultimate tech empire.
Heat: Pedal to the Metal combines a solid 1960's racing theme with a deck building mechanic, where players must plan out cards to play at each corner and carefully manage their heat to avoid the dreaded spin out. Learn the core rules of the base game and incorporate the garage, weather and road conditions modules for some added challenge!
Member of "Board Games & Tea", where we host weekly public board game events in Port Moody, in accordance with the official proclamation for BC. I teach euro-style games and host social deduction sessions for all ages at our community events. When not immersed in the hobby, I do technical... Read More →
Take your place as the new Chancellor by getting votes from different faculties of a magical university, but watch out! Other player's pawns will get in your way in this cutthroat and extremely chaotic worker placement game with hidden objectives. Will you go on the offensive or defensive or be just faster than the rest before they can upset your well laid plans, it's all up to you and your spellslinging students.
Reiner Knizia's most famous auction game, where players bid for sets of Egyptian artifacts and societal resources in order to attain the highest score over three epochs. Each player draws tiles in sequence until a red "Ra" tile is drawn or a player "invokes Ra", signalling an auction. Use your 3 bidding tiles wisely, as you must take all tiles up for auction if you win and a new bidding tile for the next epoch.
Member of "Board Games & Tea", where we host weekly public board game events in Port Moody, in accordance with the official proclamation for BC. I teach euro-style games and host social deduction sessions for all ages at our community events. When not immersed in the hobby, I do technical... Read More →
"Welcome to the Rococo era. Louis XV reigns in France, and it's the height of fashion to attend his lavish balls where important luminaries dress up in extravagant gowns and fancy frock coats, all eager to surpass one another in elegance and grace." Become a tailor and dress the best nobility has to offer to gain prestige at the Grand Ball.
Help me get my first play in! I was super excited to buy this game at the end of last year but I haven't been able to get it to the table. If you'd like to try out this critically-acclaimed game with me and don't mind learning together, come join me!
The game mechanics for this game include: Area majority, hand management, and set collection. BGG suggests 2 hours to play this game, I have added an hour for learning and slow easing into the first couple turns :)
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Nash, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
The Shackleton Series is a 6-episode puzzle adventure. The storyline follows the true account of how 28 men got trapped in ice off the coast of Antarctica for 2 years, and everyone made it home alive! Find clues, and solve puzzles, to uncover the mysteries of how Shackleton and his crew managed to escape from Antarctica.
In Cosmic Encounter, each player becomes the leader of one of dozens of alien races, each with its own unique power. On a player's turn, he or she becomes the offense. The offense encounters another player on a planet by moving a group of his or her ships through the hyperspace gate to that planet. Both sides can invite allies and play cards to try and tip the encounter in their favor.
The object of the game is for players to establish colonies in other players' planetary systems by landing their ships on the other players' planets. The winner(s) are the first player(s) to have five colonies on planets outside his or her home system. The players must use force, cunning, and diplomacy to ensure their victory. And, because alliances are a key part of the game, multiple players can win together!
Explore Paris in the 19th century. Discover its renowned architecture and obtain the most eminent buildings in the right districts to achieve victory. Paris is a typical medium-weight Kramer and Kiesling Eurostyle-game with straightforward gameplay, short player turns, and an ingenious point salad mechanism. You mainly score points by obtaining the right buildings and collecting the right bonus cards. New players welcome.
I recently went to Spain and picked up a few recently released trick-taking games that are not yet available in North America. Games I will be featuring are Avio, 3 Chapters, Danger, Plata and more
Come by and learn to play Altered, a new and unique trading card game set in the ever changing world of Asgartha. Players take control of 1 of 6 Factions and their Heros, and race to be the first to explore the ever changing landscape.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join AJ, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Bad Moon Rising
Amsterdam is a unique euro game by Stephan Feld where players are racing to deliver goods and play cards by acquiring cubes through a novel system: the more cubes you want, the longer you have to wait for them.
Battlestar Galactica is a semi-cooperative game for 3–6 players. Players play as one of ten possible characters, classed as 'Political Leaders', 'Military Leaders', 'Pilots', or 'Support', each character having benefits and drawbacks. Player are secretly dealt one loyalty card at the start of the game which determines whether the players are human or Cylon and therefore whether they win or lose if the humans achieve their goal. Simulating the activation of a sleeper agent in the television series who did not realise she was a Cylon, players draw a second card midway through, which may turn them to the Cylon side. A hidden Cylon player can covertly disrupt the humans' plans, meaning that, for the humans, deducing who is secretly an enemy agent is a critical part of the game. Players can send suspected Cylons to Galactica's brig and a revealed Cylon can still be disruptive after returning to their home fleet via the Resurrection Ship.
Arcs is a sharp, tactical space opera game set in a dark yet silly universe. Players represent officials from a distant, decaying and neglectful Empire who are now free to vie for dominance whether through battle, gathering scarce resources or diplomatic intrigue.
This is one of the hottest games released last year. I've never played it, so I thought I'd take out the library copy and give it a try. I will read through the rules and/or watch a how-to-play video prior to our playthrough. If you are familiar with the game, you're welcome to teach it. If we're all beginners, we can figure it out together.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Nash, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join AJ, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Trouble Brewing.
What is Stationfall? Well, imagine a dozen or so random humans, robots, and none-of-the-aboves, each with their own abilities, goals, and secret relationships, have been turned loose on a space station that is going to be incinerated upon its inevitable reentry into Earth's atmosphere. You are one of these characters, and the others are collaborators you have on hand ready to assist you in achieving your goals. But choose them wisely, as any one of them could secretly be another player waiting to betray you!
Stationfall is a box full of creative solutions, but that box is going to morph, twist, and grow teeth over the course of play. Your best turns will exploit the unique tactical freedom of being a secret conspiracy, as well as deductions about your opponents’ identities and motives. Stationfall is messy, intricate, and full of dangerous variables.
A semi-cooperative negotiation game with a possible traitor in the Android (cyberpunk-esque) universe. We each run a corporation that is contracted by the US Government to run part of the city of New Angeles, which is on the equator and hosts a trillion-dollar space elevator. If we keep the city running, we keep our contracts. But if the city descends into chaos, the Government pulls our contracts and we all lose. But one player may be secretly aligned with the feds trying to backstab us so we all lose. And, we each have a secret rival we're trying to earn more capital than to win. So we're working together... but only as much as necessary.
In this award-winning game, players take on the roles of Grandes in medieval Spain. The king's power is flagging, and these powerful lords are vying for control of the various regions. To that end, you draft caballeros (knights) into your court and subsequently move them onto the board to help seize control of regions. After every third round, the regions are scored, and after the ninth round, the player with the most points is the winner. In each of the nine rounds, you select one of your 13 power cards to determine turn order as well as the number of caballeros you get to move from the provinces (general supply) into your court (personal supply). New players welcome.
Come play some Japanese trick-taking games! Options include Yokai Septet, Nokosu Dice, Schadenfreude. There will be two tables, hosted by myself and Yann G
The bees have discovered economics. The queens believe that if they sell honey to the bears, badgers, and woodland creatures, they will find peace and prosperity. Spring has arrived and it's time to build the hive, find nectar, make honey, and, for the first time ever, set up shop.
Honey Buzz is a worker bee placement game where players expand a personal beehive by drafting various honeycomb tiles that grant actions that are triggered throughout the game. Each tile represents a different action. Whenever a tile is laid so that it completes a certain pattern, a ring of actions is triggered in whatever order the player chooses. A tile drafted on turn one could be triggered up to three times at any point during the game. It all depends on how the player places their beeples (bee+meeple) and builds their hive. After all, in the honey business, efficiency is queen.
As you continually expand your hive, you'll forage for nectar and pollen, make honey, sell different varieties at the bear market, host honey tastings, and attend to the queen and her court. There's only so much nectar to go around, and finding it won't be easy. Players will have to scout out the nectar field and pay attention to other players searches to try to deduce the location of the nectar they need for themselves.
Locomotive Werks is an economic game in which players purchase the ability to produce engines, pay workers to produce them, and sell to the volatile, dice-driven market.
Play as a divine being who has sired a demigod in the realm of humankind. The identity of your lineage is known only to you. Use positional play to complete quests—and influence fate to ensure the outcome is in your favor. Strike the perfect balance of misdirection and mischief to capture the throne.
There are 9 Demigods. At the beginning of the game, each player is secretly assigned one Demigod as their offspring. When the game begins, however, players may control the actions of any Demigod, not just their own. Through strategic play, special powers, and secret voting, players must aid their Demigod in gaining Renown. But be careful! Giving away your lineage too soon may cause the other players to work together toward your Demigod’s demise.
Blood on the Clocktower is a captivating and addictive social bluffing game for those who delight in deduction and deception. No two games are ever the same and no player is ever eliminated. In Blood on the Clocktower, death is not the end…
Join Derek, your Storyteller from Metro Vancouver Clocktower, for beginner and learn to play sessions of Bad Moon Rising
End the evening with a relaxed word-game cooldown!
If you were going to head back to your hotel to get in a daily Wordle before bed, come try this game! It's Wordle, but where the sneaky Lie-brarian will try to mislead players, who work co-operatively to provide guesses, by swapping correct/false/wrong place clues.
This game usually includes a timer, but I will not enforce this unless the group wants it. This game is also played over multiple rounds with each player getting chance to try out the Lie-brarian - I believe 1.5 hours will give us time to play multiple rounds even without strictly sticking to the timer times. Feel free to come and go as table-space allows :)
