June Minigame: ICE/Break

You are a black-hat hacker in a techno-feudalist near-future ruled by soulless megacorps, about to go on a Black-Dive: a fully-immersive jaunt into the darkest depths of the Net. What you're about to do violates at least seventeen different international regulations. Most hackers never even wake up from their first Black-Dive — the Enforcers aren't paid to take you in alive.

Even still, you're about to pull the deepest Dive yet.

Your goal is to break twelve Servers, before Enforcement closes in and your hardware goes dark forever.

Ready to Jack-In?

(Abre numa nova janela)

ICE/Break is a cyberpunk-themed singleplayer solitaire card-game with heavy inspiration from Cyberpunk 2077 and Android: Netrunner. The first few draws are usually pretty simple, but from our experience, taking home the win at the end is easier said than done.

I know, I know — But Nicole! You just made a cards-game last month! I promise there will be dice again in July. But I’m pretty happy with how this game turned out.

To play, you need a deck of cards and about half an hour of your time — and, for the first time, a stapler, if you plan on printing!

That’s right, we’re upping our game (pun not intended). Each month our minigames are getting cooler visuals and better formatting — and now, a higher page-count! With A4 paper, this makes 8 pages on 2 sheets. Perfect* for booklet printing. That’s right again — ICE/break is officially our first zine 😎

*If we can get the printer formatting to work.

Paid members can grab the PDF from the download link below the break. The rules will also be posted, along with a few photos from play. And if you’re just looking — you’re missing out!