Order of the Stick Adventure Game: The Shortening!
Description:
Play the popular OOTS board game in just two hours with The Shortening expansion. With new monsters, new shticks, new backstories, and a certain lich who isn't going to just sit around and wait for you to get to the bottom of the dungeon, you'll have more fun in half the time.
Take on an ever-changing role in the treacherous world of Shoguns and Ninjas! Be one of 4 to 12 secretive lords struggling to control the Eastern Lands amidst treachery, assassination, and revolution. The land is governed by the Shogun, or, if he is not around, by the Priest... unless the Wizard decides to take power. What is going to happen when an Aristocrat hires a Samurai or when a Trader enters an agreement with a Ninja? And beware! If all the Farmers join together, everyone will lose their belongings!
Take on an ever-changing role in the treacherous world of Shoguns and Ninjas! Be one of 4 to 12 secretive lords struggling to control the Eastern Lands amidst treachery, assassination, and revolution. The land is governed by the Shogun, or, if he is not around, by the Priest... unless the Wizard decides to take power. What is going to happen when an Aristocrat hires a Samurai or when a Trader enters an agreement with a Ninja? And beware! If all the Farmers join together, everyone will lose their belongings!
Players receive resources from arriving ships, and after buying and selling with other players, try to assemble the resources the Senate is most eager to receive. However, the needs of the Senate change from year to year. In OSTIA, players must judge when is the best time to provide goods to the Senate. But, players must also sell goods in order to get the income necessary to obtain more resources. And, the Senate watches to make sure that no one uses more resource types than they should&. Will you be clever enough to become the favorite of the Senate?
Players receive resources from arriving ships, and after buying and selling with other players, try to assemble the resources the Senate is most eager to receive. However, the needs of the Senate change from year to year. In OSTIA, players must judge when is the best time to provide goods to the Senate. But, players must also sell goods in order to get the income necessary to obtain more resources. And, the Senate watches to make sure that no one uses more resource types than they should&. Will you be clever enough to become the favorite of the Senate?
The time is 600 B.C. and mainland Greece stands on the threshold of glory. The Aegean Islands now attempt to share in that glory and to thrive in an increasingly profitable (and dangerous) world.
The time is 600 B.C. and mainland Greece stands on the threshold of glory. The Aegean Islands now attempt to share in that glory and to thrive in an increasingly profitable (and dangerous) world.
Come play your favorite party games with the Gamer Wenches of Gen Con. We will be sponsoring traditional games such as Apples to Apples, Settlers of Catan, Lunch Money, Pieces of Eight and much more. Stop by and play a game or two!
The spontanious party game that has everyone making a point. Discover who's the party pooper, and who's the party animal. Prizes awarded, and points accumulated towards OTB Gen Con Championship.
For one price you can try almost any game from the Steve Jackson catalogue any time during the convention. Come and go as you please, play for half an hour and come back for more anytime! Try games like: Munchkin, FRAG, SNITS, Strange Synergy, Chez Geek, Dork Tower, SPANC, Ninja Burger, Awful Green Things, Hackers, Nightmare Chess, X Bugs, Illuminati, and more! Come discover the secrets of Illumination! The stars are right, are you ready?