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.
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.
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!
The 18xx family of games are railroad / stock market games, usually with no or very very little luck and heavy strategy. The object isn't necessarily to run the best railroad so much as it is to make the most money. This is a teaching event; games include Tom Lehmann's 1846 and Francis Tresham et al's 1830.
