1-4 60-90 mins Ages 14+
Welcome to
Techlandia
Imagine an all-powerful technology company, like the ones you interact with every day. But, this tech titan is secretly a front for a Lovecraftian death cult!
The Techlandia Corporation, and its twisted CEO, Dexter Ward, plan to use the launch of the highly anticipated new TX-1 smartphone to open a gateway to another plane of existence, bringing elder gods back to our realm to sow destruction.
What’s in the box…
Techlandia is a modern dungeon crawl adventure, where 1-4 players attempt to infiltrate the high-tech corporate headquarters of the Techlandia corporation.
This is everything you will need to get the scoop…
- 12 Hex Map Tiles
- 8 Jumbo Enemy Cards
- 20 Encounter Cards
- 4 Jumbo Spartphone Dashboards
- 4 Jumbo QR Cards
- 6 Jumbo Lore Cards and 1 Doomsday Clock
- 4 Heroic Tech Bloggers
- 6 Tech Cultists and 1 Executive Monster
- 60 Marker Cubes and 1 Die
- 4 QR Tokens
Game Features…
You’ve heard of mysterious disappearances and dark doings surrounding this all-powerful multinational conglomerate. Getting a scoop on what’s really going down would be a career-making move.
So guess what? We’re sneaking in!
In order to do that, you must get past the security checkpoint, which will allow you access to the elevators leading down to the event level.
In order to do that, you must present the proper QR code invitation at the security desk.
In order to do that, you need to collect four QR code fragments, then present the correct final code at the security desk.
In order to do that, you’ll need to investigate rooms in the building for clues, discovering where the QR code fragments can be found and collecting them before
About the Designer…
Dan Ackerman is a longtime games and technology journalist and Senior Managing Editor at leading tech news website CNET.
He writes about hot-button consumer technology topics, from virtual reality to cybersecurity and appears regularly as the in-house tech expert on CBS This Morning.
His 2016 non-fiction game history book, The Tetris Effect (Hachette/PublicAffairs), covers a tangled web of software licensing deals in the Cold War Soviet Union, and has earned rave reviews from the New York Times, Fortune, LA Review of Books and many other publications.
Designing the Game…
In designing Techlandia, I had three key goals in mind.
- To create a game that featured some of my favorite mechanics, like a hex-tile-based map, interesting characters, fast combat, strategy, and exploration — all in a package that would fit on a standard apartment-sized table.
- Design a complex multi-part storyline, deeply tied to gameplay, that could be played in a 60-90-minute session. Some of us have to go to bed. (Or give up the kitchen table for dinner).
- Do it all at a reasonable cost, because there are only so many $100-plus all-in pledges you can sneak into the joint checking account. So, Techlandia is $39, including free US shipping and discounted international shipping.
Designing the Game…
Techlandia: The difference is night & day…
