Cover art for Video Vortex

Video Vortex

2020 · BGG
Avg rating
7.12
Bayes rating
5.59
Weight
2.29 (Medium Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
1 hr
Ratings count
152

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Description

Video Vortex is a competitive deck-building game for 2-4 players set in a radioactive future Earth inhabited by video-obsessed mutants. Each genre-worshiping character must strategically employ their individual mutant powers while battling opponents and navigating game effects in an attempt to seize control of the wasteland.

On their respective turns, players will spend energy to play special cards, power their deck with rentals from the local video store, and eject chosen cards from play to weaken foes. Runtime, the measure of mutant health, is limited and unique to each character. By advancing an opponent's runtime beyond their limit through Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi attacks, mutants collect "Be Kind" tokens as trophies representative of their conquest. Once three distinctive trophies have been collected, victory is declared by the reigning champion.

—description from the publisher



Mechanics

Deck, Bag, and Pool Building Take That Turn Order: Progressive Variable Player Powers

Themes

Adventure Fantasy Fighting Horror Movies / TV / Radio theme Science Fiction

Publishers

Mondo Games

Designers

Mitch Ryckman Trevan Haskell