Games running Sat 5:30-6:25pm

Please note, Game-itoba is a volunteer event and of course things do come up, events may be rescheduled or cancelled at short notice, we will try to notify you by email should that be the case but it may not be possible.

Everything (Featured Games, Open Games)
Friday: 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm, 11:30pm
Saturday: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm, 4:30pm, 5:30pm, 6:30pm, 7:30pm, 8:30pm, 9:30pm, 10:30pm, 11:30pm
Sunday: 9:30am, 10:30am, 11:30am, 12:30pm, 1:30pm, 2:30pm, 3:30pm

Key:- Play to Win | Tournament | Local Designer | Sponsor | For Kids | Family Friendly | Mature Themes

When Game Name Type Spaces Location GM
Sat 9:30-10:25pmMegacivilizationBoardgame9 availableH01Cyarra
Mega Civilization is a strategy board game for 5-18 players that covers the development of civilizations through history, from the Stone Age to the Late Iron Age.
*Note this game runs the entire day and is not a drop in game* In this colossal game, players lead their historic civilization as they gain victory points by expanding their population, building cities, trading and developing their knowledge and culture.
Sat 11:30-12:25amILO drop-in Play to Win LibraryBoardgameDrop-InG*1ILO
Play to Win
Join ILO to play a game from their play to win library, play the game and enter the draw to win some of the games played at the end of the event (draws on Sunday).
Sat 2:30-6:25pmGalactic CruiseBoardgameFullH02Raymond N
Build and launch ships to send guests on luxurious space vacations.
Sat 2:30-6:25pmGaslandsBoardgameFullM01Kirby
Gaslands is a game of post-apocalyptic vehicular mayhem.

Gaslands is a tabletop wargame of car-on-car destruction in a post-apocalyptic wasteland. Players form a racing team, and compete for money and fame, scrapping in between races for the resources they need for the next race.
Movement consists of movement templates and custom "skid dice" to create a fluid and madcap game.
Sat 2:30-6:25pmGloomhavenBoardgame4 availableGH5Austen McColema
Welcome to Gloomhaven, a game of cooperative dungeon crawling not for the faint of heart! You may have heard of Gloomhaven before but not had the chance to play due to the player count required and long setup time and that's why I am here, I will make Gloomhaven easy for you and your friends so that you can try one of the highest rated board games of time hassle free.

Requirements - A skip in your step, a song in your heart, bravery
Sat 3:30-6:25pmCatan: StarfarersBoardgame3 availableGG3Sebastian
Family Friendly
Catan goes to space! The familiar rolling dice to get resources gameplay is there, as is the trading.
But new is flying out into unknown space, to discover new planets, and alien races to become friends with. But during your flight, you may come across random encounters, like merchants, wormholes, and space pirates! Comes with a huge rocket mothership you shake like a rattle, which determines how far you can fly in a turn (a really fun part of the game!).
Sat 3:30-7:25pmEclipse: Second Dawn for the GalaxyBoardgameFullH03Ross
A game of Eclipse places you in control of a vast interstellar civilization, competing for success with its rivals.
You explore new star systems, research technologies, and build spaceships with which to wage war. There are many potential paths to victory, so you need to plan your strategy according to the strengths and weaknesses of your species, while paying attention to the other civilizations' endeavors.
Sat 3:30-7:25pmSalvage UnionRPG5 availableC01Sean Vincent
Family Friendly
Salvage Union is a post-apocalyptic tabletop roleplaying game. You play as Salvager Mech Pilots who scour the wasteland for salvage in scrap built mechs.
Set in a scarred world ruled by corporations whose denizens live in isolated mega-settlements known as Arcos. The corpos control the vast majority of arable land and resources and have a constant hunger for power and control. As Salvagers you have found a way to live your lives outside the bounds of corpo control, roaming the wastes in a vast mech known as a Union Crawler which houses your entire commu-nity. The scrap you haul back to your Union Crawler is used to support, sustain, and grow your community and craft new Mechs for you and your crew. As you explore the wastelands for scrap you’ll encounter wastelanders, raiders, mutants, bio-titans, alien Meld, and corpo forces all fighting for survival in this hostile landscape. Will you salvage enough scrap for you and your community to survive in the wastes or fall prey to its dangers?
Sat 4:30-6:25pmArcane DominionRPG2 availableR01Christopher
Local Designer & Family Friendly
While visiting with friends in the old part of town, you've fallen through the floorboards and into the ancient ruins of era's past. Get to your feet and find something to defend yourself from what lies in the darkness...
Experience an immersive tabletop RPG where customization and character progression are seamlessly integrated with collaborative storytelling and role play. Use a unique system that incorporates fantasy RPG classics with a modern flair to dynamically train each stat of your character through in-game time!
Sat 4:30-6:25pmGemstonesBoardgame6 availableGC4Marek Corbett
Local Designer & Family Friendly
Venture into the Gemstone Mine. Beware of cave-ins and rockfalls as you ascend, for the journey is fraught with peril. The darkness and narrow passages can be treacherous, but with a bit of luck and skill, you can safely navigate your way out.
Gemstones is a new boardgame created by a local Winnipeg designer. Play time is 60 - 90 minutes.
Sat 4:30-6:25pmHeroclixBoardgame5 availableGD2Robert Neville
Family Friendly
Will be hosting Heroclix games in a battle royal format. Come learn how to play Heroclix! 300-point forces will be pre-made for you ahead of time, and you get to take home the force you play with!!
Sat 4:30-6:25pmKitchen RushBoardgameFullGC3Kevin Petursson
Family Friendly
Fast paced, Juggle orders, prepare dishes, and stock the pantry to satisfy your hungry customers
Sat 4:30-6:25pmMarcher: Empires at WarMiniatures1 availableSH1Johnathan R
Family Friendly
Marcher is a D10-Based, Alternating Activation wargame played on the company level. Players will take command of a company of soldiers from their selected empire, and utilize infantry, armor, and artillery to achieve victory on the battlefield.
Sat 4:30-7:25pmThe Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second EraBoardgame2 availableSH3Shannon Wedge
Mature Themes
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is a cooperative adventure game where players take on the roles of customizable heroes, each with unique classes, skills, and abilities that evolve throughout the journey.
Players will explore one of the regions of Tamriel, levelling up their characters and facing a mix of strategic combat, dungeon crawling, and narrative-driven challenges.
In this demo, players will create their characters and experience a shortened version of the first session of a campaign (which typically unfolds over three play sessions).
Sat 5:30-6:25pmLearn and Win Fire TowerBoardgameFullGG4John reichel
Play to Win & Family Friendly
Fire Tower is a competitive game where players must fight fire with fire.
In Fire Tower your only objectives are to protect your own tower and spread the blaze towards your opponents. Action cards allow players to alter the direction of the wind, and add varying patterns of fire, water, and defensive barriers to the board. The skill comes in effectively directing the resources in your hand and using sound spatial planning to deploy them.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmNight at the Ossuary and Diner FlipCardgameFullGH3Q4ia
Local Designer & Family Friendly
Learn to Play: 18 card games by Q4ia. Learn the sneaky trick taker, Night at the Ossuary, plus the fun and quick Diner Flip.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmThe Incident and Gloom Lake - A Danger in the Details - Its small town psychics vs Hungry UFOs, Reptilian Skinchangers, and Mind Control Agents.BoardgameFullH07GMB Chomichuk
Local Designer
Since The Incident I can move things with my mind.
I was with my friends when it happened. Yesterday my friend went missing, just after i saw Some Mysterious Strangers/ The Light in the Sky/ The Nice New Neighbors. A voice on the TV/ Record Players to me to Avoid the Light/ Open the Inner Door/Follow the song. The Incident and Gloom Lake. It’s small town psychics vs Hungry UFOs, Reptilian Skinchangers, and Mind Control Agents.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmThree MerchantsBoardgameDrop-InGE2Jed Doerksen
Local Designer & Family Friendly
A simple 10 minute abstract game for 3 players, featuring chess-like rules and healthy amount of gold coins. This locally designed game proved to be exceptionally popular at ComicCon 2024, and will getting a release date in the future.
Sat 5:30-7:25pmAzulBoardgameFullC05Darryl
Family Friendly
In the game Azul, you have been challenged to embellish the walls of the Royal Palace of Evora.
Players take turns drafting colored tiles from suppliers to their player board. Later in the round, players score points based on how they've placed their tiles to decorate the palace. Extra points are scored for specific patterns and completing sets; wasted supplies harm the player's score. The player with the most points at the end of the game wins.
Sat 5:30-9:25pmCompany of MonstersRPGFullR03Lee McFarland
Mature Themes
Ever wanted to play the 'bad guys'? Here's your chance to turn the tables and play monsters in this rules-light tabletop RPG. Collaborate to push back civilization from your lands and defeat the awful adventurers.
Sat 5:30-8:25pmDead ReckoningBoardgameFullC04Kyle Skayman
Family Friendly
Dead Reckoning is a 4X game of exploration, piracy, and influence based in a Caribbean setting. Each player commands a ship and crew and seeks to amass the greatest fortune. During the game, you can: customize your ship, card-craft your crew, control the region, battle via a dynamic cube-tower, and uncover secrets of the sea.
This is a heavier game that having an understanding of 4x gameplay would be beneficial. I will not turn down anyone who wants to learn though!
Sat 5:30-7:25pmGiant Killer Robots: Heavy HittersBoardgame2 availableH04Nathan Goold
Family Friendly
From the talented designers at Weta Workshop.
GKR: Heavy Hitters is a customizable tabletop game for 1-4 players, combining high-quality collectibles with dice-rolling, deck-building and tactical play. Pilot your Heavy Hitter (the biggest, baddest robot on the board) and a squad of three Support Units through the ruins of an old city, competing to either wipe your opponent off the map or reduce four skyscrapers to rubble!
Sat 5:30-6:25pmIsle of SkyeBoardgameFullGC2Karla
Family Friendly
Buy land tiles to create your own clan territory and earn the most points.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmManhattanBoardgameFullGD3Cheryl Petursson
Family Friendly
Manhattan is a light easy game in which players construct a skyline of skyscrapers over several districts, or city blocks, of Manhattan Island. Ultimately, each player seeks to have built the tallest buildings in the most city blocks of the Island.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmMy ShelfieBoardgameFullGF2Michael Hofer
Family Friendly
Well, you've finally moved into your own place. Congratulations. Now begins the unpacking and organizing. Unpack and organize your items on your shelf, competing with your fellow players for the best arrangement.
Sat 5:30-7:25pmNemesis LockdownBoardgame1 availableH08Jer Johnson
Mature Themes
If you thought waking up to monsters on your ship was bad, try waking up for work on a secret moon base to alarms blaring and the power surging on and off.
Find survivors and a way of this rock or make your way to the isolation chamber or the bunker before the things that go bump in the night find you. (Will be using the alternate option of the original Intruders) (Aliens Themed)
Sat 5:30-6:25pmNorthwindBoardgame1 availableGB4Angie Barton
Family Friendly
Fend off pirates, trade goods and upgrade your ship and crew to fulfill contracts.
Sat 5:30-6:25pmWilmots WarehouseBoardgameFullGB2Kevin Brouwer
Family Friendly
In Wilmot's Warehouse, we’ll work co-operatively to organize the warehouse, using our collective memory and imagination - probably with some silly stories we make up too.
At the end of the game, in a mad rush, we’ll try to match all 35 face-down tiles with customer cards, as we hope to remember where we put all the tiles down. Anyone is welcome to play (ages 14+) with us - we’ll play 4-player (either my lovely partner or I will jump in)!

28 games in this slot, thanks to all of our GMs for making Game-itoba such a great place to try new games

Please note, Game-itoba is a volunteer event and of course things do come up, games may be rescheduled or cancelled at short notice, we will try to notify you by email should that be the case but it may not be possible.

28 total, 14 full (2 drop-in)

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