Concept: It is time to elect the new leader of the Villainous League of Evil Villains (VLEV). Interested villains campaign by posturing, describing in detail how they would achieve nefarious plans volunteered by VLEV members-at-large. After the end of the posturing period, the candidates vote for another candidate. The villain with the most votes takes the prize.

Players: 3-8
Play Time: <30 minutes

Components:
-20 Villain Cards
-80 Scheme Cards
-30-second timer
-Pencil and paper

Setup:
-Each player is dealt a random Villain card. This card details the Villain's name (for example, Doctor Dastardly) as well some defining traits of the Villain (for example, Volcanic Lair, Bionic Arm, and Mind Control). Players introduce their Villain in the first person in an exaggerated and dramatic fashion.
-The player whose Villain's name comes earliest in the alphabet goes first.

Turn Sequence:
-The active player draws a Scheme Card and reads it out loud. Each Scheme card contains a Goal (World Domination, Build Resources, Kill Heroes, or Recruit Support) and an Objective that would help a Villain achieve that goal (for example, a World Domination objective could be "blackmail an influential Senator", and a Build Resources objective could be "rob a bank").
-After reading the card, the active player turns over the timer and has until time runs out to, in character, explain how his or her Villain would achieve that Objective.
-When the player's time has expired, the player to his or her left starts the next turn.

Ending the Game
-When a player draws a Scheme cards with the same Goal as a Scheme card that player has previously drawn, the end of the game is triggered. Keep playing until all players have had an equal number of turns.
-After the last player's turn, each player writes down the Villain who he or she would nominate to lead the Villainous League Of Villains. Players cannot vote for their own Villains.
-Once all players have voted, the votes are revealed. The player(s) with the most votes win.

Written into History

There are many ways to become immortalized. This game explores some of the various ways that someone can put their self in the record books.

(2-5 Players)

Components

Character Cards (many)

25 (different) Milestone Cards

Overview

Players start by randomly choosing characters (and keep it secret). The characters have lofty goals like; “Cure cancer”, “Become the First Astronaut to Land on Mars”, “Break an Olympic Record”, “Overthrow a Government”, etc.

To accomplish these goals, players will need to collect milestones cards. Some examples of milestone cards include; “Receive a PHD”, “Physical Training”, “Become an Influential Speaker”, “Receive Technical Training”, etc.

Each character requires a set of four milestone cards to become immortalized (and win). The milestone cards required to win overlap between the characters. There is only one of each milestone, so players must try to remember where they are or who has the cards they need to win.

Set Up:

• Each player chooses a two character cards.
• Each player is randomly dealt four milestone cards, which they keep secret.
• Place the remaining milestone cards face down in the middle of the table in a grid pattern.

How to Play:

Phase 1: On a players turn they have the choice of two options: - Give a card to another player OR - Steal a card from another player

Phase 2: After Phase 1, there will be a player with 6 cards and a player with 4 cards.

• The player with 6 cards will discard one of their milestone cards by showing it to all other players and then placing it face down on the table.
• The player with 4 cards will then choose a new milestone card from the facedown cards on the table.

Play continues to the next player and Phases 1 + 2 are repeated.

How to Win:

Play continues until a player has successfully acquired the set of milestone cards needed by one of their characters. They win the game.

If you are having trouble picturing this game, it is like "memory" mixed with set collection. Also, stealing is beneficial if you know a player has the card you want, while giving a card is required to pick up a card from the center of the table. Players can also steal a card in hopes of stopping the other player from completing a set.

My Dad is... IMMORTAL!!!

4 to 7 players

Theme

One-up the neighbor kids by declaring your Dad’s immortal powers with a little cheek and whole lot o’ pizzazz!

Components

72 Cheek & Pizzazz Cards with a unique picture on each card.

Game Setup

Count out ten Cheek & Pizzazz Cards per player and shuffle them together to form the Cheek & Pizzazz Deck. Deal five cards to each player from the Cheek & Pizzazz Deck and place the remaining cards face down within easy reach of all players.

Game Play

The player to the left of the dealer goes first as the Initiator by using any Cheek & Pizzazz Cards from their hand to form a phrase boasting about their Dad.

For example: “My dad has robot laser [picture of robot shooting a laser] eyes [picture of eyes],” could be the Initiator's phrase.

(Bracketed words here represent the pictures on the Cheek & Pizzazz Cards being used to support the phrase.)

The first player to produce a response is considered the Challenger.

For example: “Oh, yeah! My dad eats [picture of mouth] lasers [picture of flash of light] for breakfast [picture of bowl and spoon].”

Once both sides have had a chance to boast, the Initiator may decide to end the showdown or initiate another round of boasting against the Challenger allowing the Challenger to respond or decline. The showdown ends when the Initiator does not initiate, the Challenger declines, or one of them runs out of cards. Once the showdown ends all players outside of the showdown vote subjectively to decide which of the two won.

If there is a win the cards that the loser played in the showdown become a part of the winner’s Cheek & Pizzazz Hand. The cards the winner played are discarded. Both players then replenish their hands from the Cheek & Pizzazz Deck with as many cards as they played in the showdown. Another showdown then commences.

If there is a tie both players return the cards they used to their Cheek & Pizzazz Hand and may not draw new ones. Another showdown then commences.

Additional showdowns continue with the role of Initiator being taken by a player to the left of the previous Initiator. Players are eliminated when they run out of cards and there are no cards left to draw. Eliminated players may still vote.

Cards and Immortality

As you can see from the examples the Cheek & Pizzazz Cards range from humdrum to awesome in their depictions but it is up to the wit and creativity of the player to form them into killer smack-down sentences rocketing their Dad to fame and immortality.

To help with this seven Immortality Cards are mixed into the deck. If one of these Immortality Cards is played during a showdown (as in, “My Dad is… IMMORTAL!!! [picture of the word 'IMMORTAL!!!'],”) that player automatically wins the showdown.

Winning

The last player with cards wins and their Dad shall be recognized by all to be... IMMORTAL!!!

The players are priests who are converting the myths and legends of their god’s greatness from oral stories to written cannon. Any player can initiate by stating the title of a myth regarding the god (a made up god name for the story) and a single fact. This title and fact will stay the same for subsequent rounds. The play then proceeds clockwise with each player repeating what was said before, without removing or changing information, but adding one and only one fact in the round. This continues until one player makes a mistake at which point a player points out the mistake, accusing the god of being drunk, tired, or something else that causes them to retire from this round of the game.

The accusing player then initiates a new round. False accusations force the accusing player to retire. If no consensus is come to, the round begins again. It’s the same story, however, it can include as many facts from previous rounds that the initiating player chooses to include (see example below) however nothing can contradict something from a previous round. So if it was stated that a city was created in Africa then it can’t be stated to be in Europe in a later round. When initiating the player cannot make up a new fact.

Players can’t use long numbers or series of garbled letters that are very hard to remember (ie: “then he dialed the number 23432335454”)

Here’s an example of play with 4 players:

PLAYER 1: “Let’s tell the story of how Raido the Swift killed a serpent”.
PLAYER 2: “Raido killed the great Serpent of Aargaar.”
PLAYER 3: “Yes, it was Raido who, on the 4th of March, 44BC, killed the Serpent of Aargaar”
PLAYER 4: “Raido, on the 4th of March, in 44BC, killed the Serpent of Aargaar for stealing his sacred plums”
PLAYER 1: It was Raido, on March 4 44BC who killed the hated Serpent of Aargaar for stealing his sacred plums off his tree.”
PLAYER 3: PLAYER 1 must be a liar for he has added both that the serpent was hated and that the plums were on the tree.
PLAYER 1: That’s right, I am a liar. [sits out]
PLAYER 3: Well, then let’s continue to tell the story of how Raido killed a serpent for stealing his plums.
PLAYER 4: Yes, Raido, known for his sense of justice, killed a serpent for stealing his plums.
PLAYER 2 (skipping player 1 because player 1 is out): Yes, it was Raido, known for his sense of justice, who killed the serpent, for stealing his plums from his favorite tree.

[and play goes on until only one person remains]

Optionally, after the story is told, players can write down what the story was and, at the end, vote on the best story.

The players are fashion designers struggling to make a name for themselves that will last forever -- or at least as long as 'forever' is in fashion! They must compete against one another to produce this year's hot-ticket-item -- a belt, a dress, a pair of pants, a shirt, or (oh my god) shoes! But beware, designers are fickle creatures. Each year, one not-item is selected -- don't get caught with the not!

Players: 2-9 Time: 10-20 minutes Supplied materials: 150 red, yellow, and blue fashion item cards (belt, dress, pants, shirt, shoes); 50 white ‘I love it’ counters, 50 black ‘I hate it’ counters

Play

1. Each player begins with four cards in hand, as well as counters equal to the number of players plus one. The counters are half white, half black, with the split counter as white (for example, four players each have four fashion cards, three white counters, and two black counters to start).
2. Each player, starting with the tallest person and ending with the shortest, may make a statement by discarding a card from their hand. For example, a player might say "I think shoes are OUT!", while discarding a shoes card from their hand. All players pass or discard before the next step.
3. Each player submits a facedown card to the center of the table -- their entry in this year's fashion design line-up! One additional card is drawn from the deck and placed into the fashion line-up. The line-up is then shuffled together.
4. Each card is revealed one by one, with players casting a vote counter facedown. When all the fashion items are revealed, the (still facedown) voting counters are collected, like fashions are grouped together, and the fashion with the most white counters is immortalized! The item with the most black counters is declared the not-item for the round, and that player must hang their head in shame!
5. The immortalized fashion icon does not draw this round, but places the winning item prominently in front of them for the rest of play (as theatrically as possible). The loser draws up to three cards, throwing themselves back into their design work. The rest of the players draw up to two cards, returning their hand to four cards.
6. Play continues until a player accumulates four fashion season winners in front of them.

Alternative to play

Players with the most fashions in hand matching the winning fashion(s) style and color win the round. In this case, players have a few options during Step 2, listed below.

Alternative Actions

• Making a Statement: the cards discarded during this action are facedown, and need not be the fashion item declared -- a player in the lead may do well to bluff!
• Spread a Rumor: a player may pass one of their cards to another player in an attempt to win over the second player. That player must discard the passed card or one from their hand.
  • Discard and Draw: a player may discard a card from their hand and draw another.

Drawing

Architects visit the prime minister to show outlines of the building they have designed, hoping the prime minister chooses their building to fund, making them immortal. To speed the process the prime minister only gave one sheet where all architects, in turn, can draw some lines on. The first who finishes his building will get the funds.

Material

• Drawing sheet of 9x9 squares.

  • Each intersection is a coloured dot (5 colours, each 20 times).
  • On each square, building material is show. Like stone, marble, wood, glass, metal. (8 types each 10 times, and one 11 times).

• 40 drawing cards with all combinations of building and colour occurring exactly once.

• Building cards, showing outlines of famous buildings. (Think Eiffel Tower, Pyramids.) Buildings are reduced to horizontal, vertical and diagonal lines and fit on 7x7. Each building has the same number of lines, and a small amount of diagonal lines.

• Drawing pen token per player.

• One square long sticks to represent drawn lines (horizontal, vertical, diagonal).

Set up

• Each player places their drawing pen on any intersection on the board.

• Each player receives a building card. The other building cards are not needed in this game.

• Shuffle the drawing cards (closed deck)

• Decide the start player.

Turn

A turn consists of drawing cards, playing cards and discarding cards.

Drawing cards

The player draws cards and put them open on table until:

• He wants to stop

• The last card shows material already open on table. The player is not only forced to stop, but also loses all cards with the same colour and all cards with the same material as the last drawn card, including the last drawn card.

Playing cards

The player may play as many of the drawn cards as he wishes (including zero), in any order he wishes. The colour of the card specifies an intersection one step away (horizontal, vertical, diagonal) where the pen token moves to. A diagonal move costs an extra card with the material shown on the square. Only one pen token per circle.

With every step the player may

• Only move the pen

• Draw a line where there is none (lay a stick)

• Double (secure) a line (lay a second stick)

• Erase a single line. If after erasing the player makes another move, he will draw a double line. The player can only continue over an empty line to draw this double line. Otherwise his turn ends.

If a player draws a (single or double) diagonal over an existing single diagonal, this existing one is removed. A player cannot draw, or move, over a double diagonal line. A player can move over a single diagonal line and will leave it as it is.

Discard

The player discards any remaining cards.

Immortality

The player whose building is created in sticks (single or double) wins the game. Rotations are allowed. It does not matter which player laid the sticks.

Overview

In the land of Mosaicus everyone loves all things Mosaic, so now that the king has decided to make a national flag of course it has to feature a mosaic pattern. Artists are quickly getting to work hoping to have their design immortalized on the flag. The king has appointed his chief officials Aerius, Barius, Carius, and Darius to find a suitable pattern for the flag. Each official has enough influence to sway the king if he sees what he's looking for. The trouble is the officials often change their mind on colour and pattern preferences.

Components

Supply of octagon tiles - each octagon is divided into a variety of square and/or triangular sections coloured in combinations of red, blue, green, and yellow

Supply of square tiles - either a single colour or dual colours along the diagonal

Supply of pattern objectives with shapes to create

A square game board with a circular dial in each of the corners (to represent the king's advisors). The dials are divided into pie shaped sections that are coloured red, blue, green, yellow, red, blue, green, and yellow. The dials have arrows on both spaces of a single colour (the arrows would be on a different colour for each dial). These arrows are there to point to the pattern objectives which are positioned around the outside of the dials.

Setup

Randomly place pattern objectives as marked around the dials. Place all of the tiles face up in a central supply. Align the dials so that each dial has an arrow pointing toward the middle. Select a starting player.

Gameplay

Players take turns trying to arrange tiles in front of them so that the shape from a pattern objective is evident in a single colour (the octagons line up with each other and the squares fit into the spaces between the octagons).

On each turn players perform an action and then may optionally choose an additional action as long as it is different than the initial action. The possible actions are: place a new tile, remove a tile, move a tile, or rotate a dial. When choosing to move or remove a tile players may choose any tile. However, when selecting a new tile the choice is limited by the position of the dials. In order to select an octagon it must contain the same colours as those pointing toward the middle on all dials (there are arrows on the board to make this clear). In order to select a square tile it must contain the colours (or colour) from a spot where a pair of dials point to each other. The new tile is added to the player's pattern. When rotating a dial it may be rotated in either direction to a new colour without passing the initial colour.

Game End

A player's pattern is immortalized on the flag if at the end of his or her turn, his or her pattern matches a pattern objective to which an arrow is pointing.

Our world is dying. Disease, riots, meteor showers, nuclear weapon attacks, even creatures from beyond our dimension – all of this has happened so fast. Humanity has mere minutes left. We might be gone, but we will not be forgotten. We have sent all of our history into space to be discovered by the civilizations to come and we still have a chance to send a short message with final memories into the endless void. One last chance for immortality.

Ender Poets is a narrative card game about apocalypse and haikus for 2-8 players. Your goal is to send the last memory of human race into space before humanity’s end.

Contents: Deck of 56 custom cards with apocalyptic artwork and colored symbols. Artwork represents player's character memories of the apocalypse, while symbols are there for rules. There are two kinds of symbols on each card: Suit/Theme symbol and Rule symbols.

Gameplay:

Setup: Shuffle the deck. Deal five cards to each player. Play one card from the deck onto a central pile. Play proceeds clockwise from the starting player.

On your turn play a card on top of the pile. The card played must match either the suit or the color of the topmost card on the pile. Say a Haiku/short poem inspired by the artwork on the visible card(s). If the poem is accepted, resolve the rule symbol. If you don't have a card of matching suit or color – draw a card.

Haiku: Game revolves around creating haikus/short poems. They should be short enough to be spoken out in a single breath (time and oxygen are limited in the final days of humanity) and should be related to the visible card artwork. If the poem is deemed to long or not on topic it can be voted out.

Voting: After a player has spoken his Haiku, other players can object to it by saying “Too Long” or “Wrong Topic”. All players (including the haiku creator and the player who has objected to it) then vote by pointing either to the creator or the player who objected. Majority rules and draws are in favor of the creator. If your poem has been voted out you do not resolve the special rule from the Rule symbol, but your card stays on the pile.

Rule Symbols are simple icons describing actions to be taken after the poem is accepted. Sample Rule symbol actions include:
All other players draw X cards
Player to your left/right draws X cards
Discard X card from the top of the pile
Give player a card from your hand
Change turn order
Split the pile (this creates extra spot you can play a card, but your haikus have to include all visible artwork).

Endgame:
When a player plays the last card from his hand, the world has ended. He has created the humanity's last poem solidifying his and humanity's immortality. He is the winner of the game.