December 10th, 2018
Pittsburgh 68, Shuffling Horror Alt Rules, Shuffling Horrors
During a game of PITTSBURGH 68, a player commented that the Jack of Zombies looks a bit like Dwight Schrute from The Office – that added a bit of fun to that game for sure!
When the cards above appeared on the movie screen during a recent game, I commented, “What’s better than one Schrute…” These twins reminded me of an original playtest rule that allowed the Director to gain bonus attacks for a throng built with matching cards. A throng with a pair of Schrutes got you two attacks for that throng. Three of a kind got you three attacks from that throng.
A long forgotten rule from the vaults!
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November 4th, 2018
News, Shuffling Horror Week
Our fifth annual Shuffling Horror Week is in the rearview mirror now, and what a week it was! Games were run all over the place, from NYC to Chicago and a few states in between. All in all, it was a ten game series and the Survivors won a whopping eight games – not a good year for our Directors and Monsters! Here’s some other fun facts:
–Five different Directors shuffled the horrors: Tracey, Myra, Andy, Donald, and Larry.
–Games were run in four states: NJ, OH, PA, IL.
–The first game in the series was at the Monster Bash Convention in Mars, PA. Appropriately, it was a Roswell 51 game and an alien victory!
–Four games were run by Tracey Puckett and the Dungeons & Coffee crew in Ohio and featured a couple of deck mash-ups! One was a P68/R51 combo called “The Plan 9 Initiative”, and also one the featured our Santa Vs The Space Invaders deck (with Elvis in a special guest appearance).
–Two of the craziest combos reported were The Business Man with The BB Gun (in the Plan 9 Santa mash-up) and The Farmer with The Ray Gun (in the War of the Worlds game run in Grover’s Mill).
–6 out of 10 games ended with a Last One Standing finale. These survivors were: The Robot, The WAC, The Reporter, The Business Man, The Housewife, and The Sheriff.
In every single Last One Standing scenario, the survivor prevailed! What are the odds of that?!?
Are the survivors and players starting to get wise to our monsters’ terrifying tactics?!? Fear not, Directors – next year we will have some Deep Ones in the mix (INNSMOUTH 32 will be released) as well as some other surprise thrills and chills we have in the works!
Thank you to all the Directors and Players who joined us for this series!
We couldn’t do it without you! See you next year…
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October 17th, 2018
News, Shuffling Horror Week
It’s that most creepiest time of the year, Shufflers! Time to crack open your Shuffling Horror boards and terrify your friends and family! If you are running a home game, we want to log your game results for our series (info below). For local friends and fan, we’ll be running games at several NJ locations; the schedule below will be updated as time/place is confirmed; each event will also be entered on the GameWick Games facebook page.
Shuffling Horror Week Events
Thursday, Oct 25 @ 7:00 pm. Time Warp Comics & Games, Cedar Grove, NJ
Friday, Oct 26 @ 7:00 pm. The GameWick Dungeon (Private Event)
Saturday, Oct 27. The Dungeons & Coffee Series, OH.
Sunday, Oct 28 @ 2 pm. Czig Meister Brewing Company, Hackettstown, NJ
Monday, Oct 29 @ 7pm. Grover’s Mill Coffee, Grover’s Mill, NJ
Tuesday, Oct 30 @ 7pm. Bergen County NJ Gamer Guild, Rutherford, NJ
Tuesday, Oct 30 @ 7pm. Toggle Games, Chicago, IL
Wednesday, Oct 31 – HALLOWEEN
For those of you running a Pittsburgh 68 or Roswell 51 home game, we want to know about it! If you can, take some pics and send us the final results. Here’s what we need to know for our “world series” tally:
Director vs How Many Players: ?
How Many Reels Played: ?
Who Survived: ?
Amaze Your Friends!
Run a Sci Fi Double Feature!
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August 23rd, 2018
Limited Release, Roswell 51
We’ve released the first add-on to our Shuffling Horror line: Santa Claus Vs. The Space Invaders! In this holiday B-movie blockbuster, the Alien Warlord hatches an evil plot to kidnap Santa and ruin Christmas in Roswell! All normal Shuffling Horror rules are followed, however, a new “Capture” rule brings a dynamic twist to ROSWELL 51 play. (Yes, Virginia, you need a copy of Roswell 51 to play this game.)
This ho-ho-holiday extravaganza deck has twenty cards, including:
(8) Characters (Santa, Mrs. Claus, Toy Soldier, and more!)
(6) Items (BB Gun, Nunchuks, Slingshot, and more!)
(2) Instruction Cards
(1) Chaos Card (a Shuffler variant)
(2) Blank Cards (a Director can create a new plot device, shuffling horror, or power play card for gameplay!)
This special release is for our fans. It is only available directly from GameWick Games, either via our website or at a convention appearance. Just like the limited release of an indy movie, YOU will be one of the few Shuffling Horror screens nationwide playing this film! This release is also a bit of an indy experiment for us; we wanted to print this in small batches and just keep it all locally sourced. Direct from us to you!
Santa Claus Vs. The Space Invaders
A Shuffling Horror Limited Release
(1) Twenty card deck.
$14.99 + $3.50 shipping/handling (USA Only).
International orders, please contact us for pricing info.
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July 4th, 2018
Roswell Reports, Shuffling Horrors
On this date in 1951, four years after the infamous “Roswell Incident”, the Roswellian Star reported all sorts of wacky things going on around town. Did the citizens bravely band together and stop the outer space invasion – or did they just become pod people?!?
Only those who play the SHUFFLING HORROR: ROSWELL 51 boardgame know for sure…
Happy 4th of July from your favorite
independent game company!
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May 31st, 2018
Roswell Reports, Shuffling Horrors
GaryCon X is in the rearview mirror, but the memories of those games still linger for many! One that I remember well is a ROSWELL 51 game that had such a spectacular ending! The terror of the outer space invasion mounted reel by reel, until a final survivor was left to save humanity. It all came down to the WAC, as played by Erin W. Surrounded by alien players on all sides, it was the WAC versus seven players! Luckily, Erin was able to score two Horror Stars during the course of the game and this made all the difference in her survival.
In Erin’s words… “Being the last one standing for my first game was incredible! Larry ran the game seamlessly, and I had a blast even though I barely knew anyone at the table. By the end of the game, I didn’t want it to be over even though I had won. Shuffling Horror didn’t leave any awkward or empty moments with action on every card and around every corner!” (Erin W., Age 13)
“I Didn’t Want It To Be Over…”
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