Megagames, Conventions, and Covid-19 For the audio-inclined among us, Noah and I also recorded a chat about Gen Con this year and running megagames at Cons in general with Becky (of BeckyBecky Blogs) in a MegaCon Mini-Panel, linked here! Lead up to Gen Con Peter: Oh man, this was a crazy Gen Con. This was …
Sickle is a rules-light megagame, and has been designed not to require pre-game rules distribution. Below are pdfs of the basic rules for those interested in reading ahead of time nevertheless! The basic rules will also be gone over at the beginning of the event and paper copies will be available to all players, along …
Sickle: A Fan-Made Scythe Megagame – Basic Rules PDF Read More »
Earlier in the Summer of 2020, the megagame design “One Dead Archduke” was advertised on the Megagame Coalition website, which got a lot of WWI and grand diplomacy fans excited. The designer, me (Peter Nixon), has since gotten a full time job and unfortunately has decided to shelve the design for now. Additionally, there was …
Draft Night 30xx is a legacy megagame, meaning the outcomes of one megagame effect the next. One of main legacy elements of Draft Night 30xx is the policies passed collectively by the League Owners. This page will be updated after each run of Draft Night by the League Supercomputer (moderators). Detailed below are the major …
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Written by Noah Allington of Michigan Megagames Den of Wolves is an interstellar chase megagame about difficult political, military and survival choices in a long-term crisis scenario. Players take on the roles of starship captains, officers, engineers, as well as politicians and military personnel as humanity tries to survive while fleeing from its pursuers. My tenure as the captain …
Den of Wolves After-Action Report (Captain of the Lucas; Gen Con 2019) Read More »
Watch the Skies! is a contemporary geopolitical megagame that takes place during a historic world moment – first alien contact. Players take on leadership roles within nations, corporations, the media, or the aliens. Anything goes as players navigate their way through politics, economics, and warfare in pursuit of their team’s objectives. In Watch the Skies! …
Watch the Skies! After-Action Report (Operative Control; Gen Con 2019) Read More »
Below are some links to various blog posts, picture repositories, and after-action reports by Players, Volunteers, and Lead Organizers. If you have pictures you’d like to share or would like to write your own after-action report, let us know and we’ll link to it below! Pictures! (click the megagame below) Den of Wolves (Thursday) …
Gen Con 2019 – Pics, Podcasts, Blog Posts, and After-Action Reports (AARs) Read More »
Sickle is a fan-made megagame set in the 1920’s alternate history universe created by Jakub Różalski and popularized by the Scythe board game (published by Stonemaier Games). Players fight, negotiate, and harness powerful new technologies as prominent political factions, scientists, and industrialists involved in the power struggles of Eastern Europa. In Sickle, I played the …
We had the pleasure of working with a driven group of undergraduates at the University of Minnesota Yelling for History Club to put on a pre-World War I era megagame. The cooperation sprung out of our popular previous event, where several members of the club personally witnessed the dissolution of the Rusviet Union and the …
Entente: A Political Waltz in 19/14 Time (University of Minnesota – Spring 2019) Read More »
