It is the 27th Century and human society has spread to multiple planets. Despite political differences and internal problems, most of humanity is at peace. The various factions, spread across multiple star systems, are governed by the Interstellar Council.
This all changed eighteen days ago when the military of Wolf-1061, an insular and secretive planet-state, launched a massive, catastrophic attack against the other inhabited planets. Through a mixture of cyber-attacks, espionage and sabotage, they managed to disable the vast majority of the Interstellar Council's military, and went on to devastate their targets on the various planets.
Through the chaos, the battleship ICSS Aegis was able to survive the attack and escape to interstellar space. It soon found itself protecting and aiding numerous civilian vessels attempting to escape the Wolf forces. The "Survivor Fleet", as it has come to be known, must now provide critical resources for its survivors and vessels, whilst simultaneously trying to maintain government and social order, and mount an effective defense against pursuing Wolf forces.
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.
MegaGames are huge games with a bit of everything - role playing, combat mechanics, tech trees, bluffing, negotiation - but unlike most games they’re mostly driven by you, the player. The umpires, called the “Control Team,” will be on hand to answer questions and come up with rulings your creativity inspires. While you have agendas and goals laid out for you, megagames allow players to invent their own win conditions and pursue those as well.
Event specifics
For this run, we're aiming on having a maximum player count of 44 players. The game will run for approximately 6 hours with plenty of breaks. You are welcome to sign up as groups and we’ll do our best to ensure friends play in the same team (between 2-6 players per team). If we do not get at least 15 players, we may be forced to cancel. If you reserve an event ticket, please do your best to attend or find someone to go in your place. Having players no-show makes things very difficult for game organizers.
Policies & Procedures
Although there will be no explicit references to adult themes, there is a level of maturity required to understand the concepts and interact with other Adults for the long period of time. Due to these factors, the the minimum age requirement is 13.
The Dukes of Highland are committed to fostering, cultivating and preserving a culture of diversity, equity and inclusion. Harassment will not be tolerated and will lead to exclusion from the game without refund. Please read our code of conduct.
Tickets are now on sale!
https://tabletop.events/conventions/river-city-con-2024/schedule/48
The above link will take you to the Tabletop.events portal that River City Con is using for all their tickets and event information. In order to play in Den of Wolves, you’ll first need to buy a convention ticket.
At this point, tickets have to be purchased for the convention at the door so we realize you may not get chance to sign up to the event. Fear not! We have plenty of space so just turn up and we’ll assign you a team when you get there.
As a way of giving back to the community and growing the hobby, The Dukes of Highland will not be charging a penny for the event ticket itself - once you have a convention ticket, the event is completely free! You’ll just need to use the above link to secure your spot in the game.
Check out our Instagram to see pictures from previous Den of Wolves event’s we’ve run: https://www.instagram.com/p/CxGVpqOrmJD/?img_index=1
