#shortgames

Hey all~

A couple weeks ago I released a brand new, bite-sized survival horror game you can play for free on itch.io right now. In it you play as Haneko, a student who's forgotten her assignments and has to get them back from her school at night before they're due tomorrow. It's short, sweet, and was inspired heavily by Silent Hill.

You can check it out here:

Star Trek Deck Building Game - The Next Generation

  Time: 60 - 90 minutes

Players: 2 - 5

Tipsy Level: 8/10

Hey everyone!  Another post coming to you from CONvergence 2013!  Tonight it is the Star Trek Deck Building Game.

Take a shot whenever you buy an iconic Star Fleet Character

Take a drink whenever your starship is destroyed

Take a shot whenever you defeat or gain a new ship

Take a shot when when you win a battle

Take a drink whenever you upgrade a card to a different species.

Take a drink if you line up 3 of the same type of card in the starbase (3 kingons, ferengi, starships etc)

Legendary: A Marvel Deck Building Game

  Time: 45 Minutes

Players: 1-5

Tipsy Level: 8/10

Convention post #2, sorry it’s a little late. Here we go! Ran in to Alcoholic Luigi from Geekparty.com last night, so this my official shout out to him! Played a ROUSING game of Hex Hex with him. He won.

I have some new rules for you “hot off the presses”, today it’s Legendary (or “Wait-for-it” as I have affectionately nick-named it ala Barney Stinson from How I Met Your Mother). This is the longest post we’ve made so far, so bear with me!

First off, I LOVE this game. It’s in my top three favorite board/card games of all time. This may or may not be because I love deck building games and it prominently features my favorite super hero team, the X-men. This game features a combination of drinks and shots, so pay attention to the list. This game has a lot of rules, so it might be a good idea to print or write out the list for this one.

Take a drink whenever a master strike card is played

Take a drink whenever a Scheme Twist is played

Take a drink whenever you KO a hero from play or your hand

Take a drink whenever a hero is KO’d from the HQ

Take a shot when you purchase a card that costs 7 or more recruit points (the one-of spiderman triggers this rule as well, despite the fact that his cost is 2)

Take a shot whenever you fight the mastermind

Take a drink any time you gain a wound

Take a drink whenever a villain escapes

Take a shot whenever a villain escapes with 1 or more bystanders

If evil wins, every player takes a shot

Special rule: Players may take two drinks to randomly exchange any hero that has been selected at the beginning of the game. All players must agree to the hero change and all players must take the drinks.

Special Rule: Players may take a shot to exchange the mastermind that was selected at the beginning of the game. All players must agree to the mastermind change and must take the shot.

Team/Character Specific Rules

Avengers Assemble: The first time you activate an Avengers (any power that has the A symbol) Super Power give 6 drinks

X-gene mutation: At the end of the game, if your deck contains three or more different X-men team members, give 8 drinks

Cable and Deadpool: At the end of the game, if Cable and Deadpool are the only heroes you purchased this game (other than Maria Hill), give 4 drinks and take for drinks.

X-force Five: At the end of the game if you have two or more different X-force heroes in your deck, give 5 drinks.

Spidey Sense: At the end of the game, take a drink for each Spiderman hero you purchased this game.

Agents of Shield: At the end of the game, if your deck contains only Nick Fury and basic Shield Heros (including Maria Hill) give 10 drinks

Gods of Thunder: At the end of the game, if your deck contains only Storm and Thor heroes (aside from basic heroes), give 2 shots.

This game is pretty heavy on the drinking so I recommend using 1 to 2 shot mixed drinks. The Team Specific Rules are optional. I think they are kinda neat, but you may not want to increase the drinking amount that much. To the drink recommendations!

Drink Recommendations:

The following Avengers drink recipes were found on 9gag.com. Tispy Cthulhu is not the creator of these cocktails. If you are the creator of these cocktails, send us a message so we can credit you!

Captain America In a shot glass, layer 1 part Crème de cocao, 1 part Blue Curacao, 1 part Grenadine serve with tiny flag or sparklers

God of Thunder

In highball, combine 1 part mead, 1 part berry liqueur, 1 part lingonberry vodka serve chilled.

Iron Man

In a tall glass, layer 1 part scotch, 2 part orange juice, 1 part grenadine, 1 part drambuie. Garnish with orange slices.  Somewhere between a tequila sunrise and a rusty nail

HULK SMASH

In a tall glass, combine 1 part Midori, 1 part Absinthe, 1 part Mountain Dew.

The Following X-men themed drinks are credited to Drink The X-Men (on Tumblr). Tipsy Cthulhu didn’t create these drinks.

Gambit

1 oz Rye Whiskey, 1 oz Cognac, 1 oz Sweet vermouth, 1tsp benedictine, 2 dashes peychaud bitters, 2 dashes Angostura bitters. Mix together in a large glass, over ice. Dilute with soda water if preferred. Drink while trying to work out what, if anything, Gambit’s name has to do with his powers.

Colossus

Pour equal parts Vodka and Kahlua into a shot glass, pour that over ice and and add milk or cream.

Nightcrawler

1 oz. Blue Curacao, 1 oz. Orange Liqueur, 4 oz. Lemonade, Grenadien syrup. Pour the Blue Curaçao, orange liqueur, and lemonade into a highball glass full of ice. “Sink" the grenadine by dropping a few dashes down the side of the glass so that it sinks to the bottom.

Rogue

1 oz Jim Beam, 1 oz Johnny Walker, 1 oz Jack Daniels, 3 oz ginger beer, 1 oz fresh lemon juice, 1 tsp cherry liqueur. Pour the cherry liqueur over crushed ice in a large glass. In a separate container, such as a jug or a bowl, although a jug would be easier for pouring so maybe go with that, mix together the lemon juice, Jim, Johnny and Jack. Add to the glass. Finally, add the ginger beer and stir slowly.

Emma Frost

2 oz. Vodka, 1 oz. Frangelico, cream. Pour vodka and Frangelico over ice-cubes in a short glass. Stir slowly, then top with cream.

Ororo Dark and Stormy

Guillotine:

Time: 30 minutes

Players: 2-5

Tipsy Level: 5/10 or 8/10

This is one of our favorite games to play because it’s fast, simple enough to be completed with the amount you drink and yet complex enough that the game varies and holds your attention. When we don’t know what else to play, this is our go-to game. We've devised two versions of this game, one with shots and the other primarily with mixed drinks. We initially played this game with shots but it becomes too much very quickly. Recommended drinks after the rules.

This game can be played one of two ways and the way you’re playing should be decided ahead of time. Generally the more players the less potent the game will be, but even with 5 players playing with shots can still knock your socks off. To play the shot version, use shots. To play the gentler (but still fairly potent) version use sips of mixed drinks - we recommend about one shot of 60-80 proof liquor for every 5 ounces of mixer.

Whenever you collect a noble worth 5 or more points (this includes your third, fourth and fifth palace guard).

Whenever a gray noble is added to your score pile (the person who ended up with the clown drinks, not the person who collected it from the line).

When you have 8 action cards in your hand (do this only when you get the 8th card. If your hand drops back to the starting amount of 5 cards and manages to get back up to 8 from there, drink again)

Whenever you play Callous Guards and for every turn they remain in play. (For the shots version we recommend dropping this to every round rather than every turn)

If you collect Robespierre

If you play Scarlet Pimpernel

Everyone drinks at the start of every day, excluding the first (to make the drinks version a bit heavier, we recommend making this a shot.)

If you have the most points at the end of the game, give a drink.

If you have the least points at the end of the game, take a drink.

Drink Recommendations:

Any French wine

Will to Live - Briefly blend half a cup of ice, 1oz orange liqueur, 1oz amaretto, 1/3oz cognac and 3tbsp vanilla ice cream, serve in a tall glass.

King’s Ruin - 12oz champaign, 1.5oz cognac, stir gently.

French Revolution - In a mixing glass with ice, stir 2oz brandy and half an ounce rasberry liqueur. Strain into a champagne glass and fill with chilled champagne.

Miskatonic School for Girls

Time: One hour

Players: 2-4

Tipsy Level: 5/10

This is another Arkham flavored treat, this time in the form of a deck building game! The rules are among the most simple we've ever made, but we do use a combination of mixed drinks and shots so pay close attention to what you should be doing.

Take a drink whenever you give a substitute teacher or take a transfer student - take two if you do both in the same turn.

Take a drink whenever your students are defeated by faculty.

Take a shot every time your sanity drops to another color threshold.

Everyone take a shot when an event happens.

Finish your drink when your sanity reaches zero.