We finished our 1st Mega Game — Touched by Darkness @Shelfside

Uploaded May 2026 | Updated September 2026, 3 weeks ago

We got around to the 15+ player mega game, Touched by Darkness! It only took about 8 hours and to rent an entire event space. This mega game has teams of up to 4 players cooperating to survive while trying to do their team’s specific goals. However, everything is wrapped within the lightheartedness of roleplaying, or even LARPing! We didn’t see so much war gaming in our session, but there was the shadow attack that I did not participate in. There’s plenty of negotiation and worker placement to do, as you try to feed your people and also participate in the ritual. If you’re the servant of the dark one (traitor), you want to be part of the ritual and sabotage it!

Touched by Darkness assets: thegamecrafter.com/games/touched-by-darkness

Games mentioned: Twilight Imperium 4, Unfathomable, Lords of Waterdeep, Battlestar Galactica

Table of Contents:
Overview - (0:00)
What is a Mega Game? - (1:17)
Cool Stuff & Moments - (6:00)
Concerns & Improvements - (17:48)
Ashton’s Final Thoughts - (24:42)

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We finished our 1st Mega Game — Touched by Darkness

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