The Event

The Megagame Coalition is proud to present Sickle: A Scythe Megagame by Riley Nixon (with permission from Stonemaier games!).

This is part of the PAX Unplugged 2025 suite of megagame events being hosted by the Megagame Coalition. Badges to the PAX Unplugged convention are required to attend the event and can be purchased here.

Sickle is a mechanics-light megagame inspired by the National Security Decision Making (NSDM) genre of serious games that emerged from the US Naval War College and spread to various gaming cons via the NSDM crew, but set into the alternate history setting of the 1920+ Universe. Megagamers who like to ground themselves in board game mechanics may be more comfortable playing our Gods of the Ancient World, Den of Wolves, or Touched by Darkness PAXU 2025 events.

Sickle has been run several times to great effect. Pictures and a debrief of a previous run of the game (with not-so-great audio) can be seen here!

The Setting

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.

At the center of the chaos is the mysterious Factory. Originally constructed by Nikolai Tesla, the Factory produced wondrous technologies utilized by the great armies of Eastern Europa to destroy each other during the Great War. And although the Great War is over, the power struggles are just beginning.

Sickle is a fan-made megagame set in the 1920+ Universe created by Jakub Różalski and is home to the award-winning board game Scythe by Stonemaier Games and more recently, the Iron Harvest video game by King Art Games. We thank Stonemaier Games for their support and encouragement in this and other fan-made projects!

The Deetz!

• 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.

• Age Limit. 16+ with adult escort, otherwise 18+.

Have questions or concerns? Please reach out at phillymegagames@gmail.com