Upcoming events.
Courting Trouble @ Val’s Lesbian Bar
Become a character in a romance novel! Woo your desires, challenge your rivals, and craft your story in this rules-light roleplaying-heavy megagame.
For the less romantically inclined, there are still diamonds to steal, family legacies to secure, vampires to slay, gossip to spread, inheritances to fleece, parties to throw/crash/explode, and so much more!
Bark!
The Event
Courting Trouble is rules-light megagame by Benjamin Kanelos of BK Games with a focus on melodrama, role-play, and interpersonal transactions/alliances/negotiations/trades/wedding proposals.
The megagame has been run over a dozen times since its premiere last year, due to its fun mechanics, unique thematic focus, and ability to marry a tortured-but-hot werewolf but not before you dump your lousy Vampire Princess fiancé.
The game will be held at a Lesbian bar but mature, respectful allies and non-lesbian queer folk are more than welcome.
The Setting
Romance + Fantasy = Romantasy
Pride & Prejudice + Lord of the Rings = Counting Trouble
Bridgerton + A Game of Thrones = Courting Trouble
Twilight + Chronicles of Narnia = Courting Trouble
Relationship board detailing the ties that bind between folks.
Vampires and werewolves and fey, oh my! If you’re a fan of fantasy or regency romance novels (Twilight, ACoTaR, Fourth Wing, Bridgerton, etc.) and have ever wanted to be a character in one of those books, Courting Truble is the megagame for you! Team up with up to 5 friends and enter a fantasy roleplaying world brimming with romantic possibilities. Who’s heart will you pursue? What rivals will you challenge? What storylines will you create? The choices are yours in this sandbox game of courtship, intrigue, and adventure. The plot is for you and 20+ players to drive forwards in this rules-light roleplaying-heavy megagame.
Note: This is a ‘closed door’ romance game. No explicit sexual content will be a part of this game. Safety tools will be employed. No touching above the elbow!
The Deetz!
The event will be held at Val’s Lesbian Bar and will be geared towards an LBGTQ+ audience, but mature, respectful allies and non-lesbian queer folk are more than welcome.
Rules and roles will be distributed via email before the event. The rules will also be gone over at the start of the game for those who didn’t have time to read the rules.
Cosplay welcomed and praised but entirely optional.
Mature Themes. The game has major mechanics revolving around love, marriage, and attraction to each other. Immature players not welcome.
Transit Details
Val’s Lesbian Bar is a ~30 min. bus/metro ride from both City Hall and 30th Street Amtrak Station
Street parking is competitive but will likely be available on a Wednesday night, but you may have to hunt
Age Limit. 18+
Have questions or concerns? Please reach out at phillymegagames@gmail.com
Mini Mega Monsters (Premiere)
Mega Mini Monsters is a collectible card and economic management megagame about collecting cool monsters for your gym and using them to compete against other gyms, or even against the nefarious Team Moppet!
Join up to 70 other players and see if you and your friends can be the very best! The best that is right now!
It Came From... The Skies!!!
Join over 40 other “humans” to rise up & defend “your” home planet against a mysterious, otherworldly menace as a Head of State, Scientist, Ambassador, General, Journalist, CEO, or [redacted] in this alien invasion megagame inspired by Jim Wallman’s classic megagame, Watch the Skies.
Courting Trouble Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2025
Become a character in a romance novel! Woo your desires, challenge your rivals, and craft your story in this rules-light roleplaying-heavy megagame.
For the less romantically inclined, there are still diamonds to steal, family legacies to secure, vampires to slay, gossip to spread, inheritances to fleece, parties to throw/crash/explode, and so much more!
PAX Unplugged Convention Badge required to attend event.
Touched by Darkness Megagame @ PAX Unplugged
The Megagame Coalition is proud to present Touched by Darkness - a semi-cooperative dark fantasy megagame by games designer Ben Kanelos (BK Game Design) for PAX Unplugged 2025!
Sickle: A Scythe Megagame @ PAX Unpluged 2025
Join 60+ other players to fight, negotiate, and harness powerful new technologies as prominent political factions, scientists, and industrialists involved in the power struggles of Eastern Europa.
This is a megagame set in the 1920+ Universe - the art universe that served as the foundation for the smash-hit Scythe board game by Stonemaier Games.
Den of Wolves: Infinite Doman Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2025
60 players! 6 hours! 100% fun! Inspired by the pilot of Battlestar Galatica, Den of Wolves is a cooperative megagame that combines elements of board games and diplomacy. Players cooperate to allocate resources while fending off waves of attacks from the vile "wolves". Beware! These wolves are tricky, and a traitor may roam amongst us.
Infinite Domain is an expansion to the original Den of Wolves which increases the player count and incorporates new ships as well as several bonus roles.
PAX Unplugged Convention Badge required to attend event.
Gods of the Ancient World @ PAX Unplugged 2025
The Gods from high atop Mount Olympus meddle in the mortal affairs of the ancient Greek Empire and rising Roman Empire in their contest to control the Mediterranean in this megagame of mythic proportions!
PAX Unplugged Convention Badge required to attend event.
Philly Megagames @ PAXU 2025
Philly Megagames is joining the Megagame Coalition to bring five megagame events to PAX Unplugged in Philadelphia, PA, on the weekend before Thanksgiving week.
Touched by Darkness Megagame @ Temple University
Philly Megagames is partnering with Temple University Library to bring the Touched by Darkness Megagame to Temple University student & faculty on February 8th, 2025!
Touched By Darkness @ PAX Unplugged 2024
Part of the Megagame Coalition Suite of Games of PAX Unplugged 2024
Darkness is coming! Gather resources, light beacons, and survive with up to 4 friends. But beware! Darkness may have claimed a teammate, and they cannot be trusted!
The Eclipse has risen. Darkness has swallowed the Empire and is coming for your outpost next! You and your teammates must gather resources, light the arcane beacons, and attempt to survive. But beware! The Shadows that attack your outpost are not the only threat. Darkness may have invaded the mind of a teammate, and you can no longer trust them. Can you hold this last bastion of humanity together and banish the Eclipse? This is a Den of Wolves inspired Megagame with gameplay tweaks and a new setting.
Den of Wolves Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2024
Part of the Megagame Coalition Suite of Games of
PAX Unplugged 2024
43 players! 6-hours! 100% fun! Inspired by the pilot of Battlestar Galatica, Den of Wolves is a cooperative megagame that combines elements of board games and diplomacy. Players cooperate to allocate resources while fending off waves of attacks from the vile "wolves". Beware! These wolves are tricky, and a traitor may roam amongst us.
Deephaven Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2024
Part of the Megagame Coalition Suite of Games of PAX Unplugged 2024
Come to Deephaven! A narrative megagame about overly-ambitious dwarves building a new city fortress. Players will delve deep into the mountain to discover unique resources, forge legendary weapons, develop thriving trade and culture, and fight back against the many dangers they uncover!
It Came from… The Skies!!! Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2024
Part of the Megagame Coalition Suite of Games of PAX Unplugged 2024
Think Model UN meets Independence Day in this dramatic megagame of geopolitical tensions amid extraterrestrial incidents.
The Generalissino is Dead Megagame @ PAX Unplugged 2024
Part of the Megagame Coalition Suite of Games of PAX Unplugged 2024
Il Generalissimo is dead! How can the country go on? Who will lead the people?
Take up a role vying to come out on top as the glorious nation of Yugenya goes through its first succession crisis in a game inspired by the Death of Stalin. A Megagame about a country in Crisis! The all-powerful leader is dead, but even in death, he casts a long shadow on the future of Yugenya!
Play as the various Ministries and Departments that hold together the small nation of Yugenya as it struggles to forge a new identity after its charismatic leader dies.
Fall in Philly Megagame
Philadelphia Megagames is proud to announce our autumnal Fall n’ Philly megagame event, DINO ISLAND!
Join up to 45 other players in building and managing your very own dinosaur-ornamented amusement park! Except at these parks - the ornamental dinosaurs are real!
By Other Means Megagame
Philadelphia Megagames is proud to partner with No Land Beyond of Baltimore, MD to present By Other Means - the space epic megagame by acclaimed megagame designer, Ed Silverstone.
PMG @ Gen Con
In partnership with the Megagame Coalition, Philly Megagames is heading to Gen Con 2024!
You can see the full line up of our megagame events at the con on the Megagame Coalition website.
Den of Wolves Megagame
A small fleet of interstellar vessels tries to balance survival, politics and military challenges as they attempt to stay one step ahead of their pursuers.
It is the 27th Century. After a catastrophic attack on humanity, one battleship and a few civilian vessels must fight to survive, govern themselves and maintain order, as they flee from their pursuers. Den of Wolves is a game about difficult political, military and survival choices in a long-term crisis scenario. Players will take on the roles of starship captains, officers, and engineers, as well as politicians and military personnel. The game has a focus on managing resources, as well as various units and assets – however, talking and negotiating with other players will be crucial in order to achieve success. The game also seeks to represent political and military systems, and their decisions, and so players should expect some political simulation.