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.
Let's play Cascadia and its Landmark Expansion! This tile-laying and token-drafting game can be played up to 6 people. It's a game about the habitats and wildlife of the Pacific Northwest or Cascadia! Game was designed by Randy Flynn, art by Beth Sobel, and published by Flatout Games.
In the base game, you take turns building your own Cascadia by creating habitats and populating it with wildlife. You start with a base tile and expand gradually putting the appropriate animal to the habitat. Points are earned through wildlife scoring cards and the largest number of habitat tiles placed together. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins!
The Cascadia: Landmarks expansion allow players to place landmarks within habitats which adds new end-game scoring benefits to the game. It also adds more unique wildlife scoring cards and habitat tiles to add more players to the base game.
Credits: description information was rewritten and taken from Board Game Geek and the publisher
If you are unaware of how the game works, please watch videos ahead of time about the game. I will still be teaching the game on-site to anyone new to the game, but it would be best to know what you're getting into to see if the game is for you!
How to play Cascadia (10-minute video): https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w-r_TekunQI How to play Cascadia Landmarks (start until 8-minute mark): https://youtu.be/GTb6Tqkloe0?si=EWrKddHZgGKx1MSu&t=11
NOTE: The session will be documented and recorded at times for a news story.
Designed by Mac Gerdts, Concordia is a serene yet strategic game of economic development in the Roman Empire.
Each player begins with an identical deck of cards that drive actions (including buying new cards) and determine victory points. Expand your influence, gather resources, and outmaneuver rivals as colonists establish cities producing bricks, food, tools, wine, and cloth.
Can you build the most prosperous empire? Find out in this timeless strategy classic!
Note: This is two games run by two different people but on one table. Attendees will be split into two groups.
Come play my favourite game!This game by Carl Chudyk is a journey through innovations from the stone age through modern times. Each player builds a civilization based on various technologies, ideas, and cultural advancements, all represented by cards. Each of these cards has a unique power which will allow further advancement, point scoring, or even attacking other civilizations. Be careful though, as other civilizations may be able to benefit from your ideas as well!
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.
In Ark Nova, you will plan and design a modern, scientifically managed zoo. With the ultimate goal of owning the most successful zoological establishment, you will build enclosures, accommodate animals, and support conservation projects all over the world. Specialists and unique buildings will help you in achieving this goal.
Each player has a set of five action cards to manage their gameplay, and the power of an action is determined by the slot the card currently occupies. The cards in question are:
CARDS: Allows you to gain new zoo cards (animals, sponsors, and conservation project cards). BUILD: Allows you to build standard or special enclosures, kiosks, and pavilions. ANIMALS: Allows you to accommodate animals in your zoo. ASSOCIATION: Allows your association workers to carry out different tasks. SPONSORS: Allows you to play a sponsor card in your zoo or to raise money.
255 cards featuring animals, specialists, special enclosures, and conservation projects, each with a special ability, are at the heart of Ark Nova. Use them to increase the appeal and scientific reputation of your zoo and collect conservation points.
End your con on a high note with a fun and rowdy party game that's simple to learn, but luck-of-the-draw to master. The OP games' sleeper agent of the year (in my humble opinion) will have you hitting or passing cards, blackjack-style in hopes of flipping 7 before you bust and lose everything.
