Defend earth from alien invasion! Upgrade abilities in this cooperative, modular board, expansive cast of heroes tower defense style game!

Cast of Characters Challenge

11 different playable heroes each with 2 trees of upgradeable abilities

Defenders of Cypherion City is a cooperative, tower defense-style game in which players play as superheroes defending the world from an alien invasion!

Players will fight, dash, heal, upgrade abilities, as they defend earth from sudden doom.

• Roll 2 dice for dis/advantages and for strength of actions
• Upgrade your abilities throughout the course of the game
• 11 different, unique heroes to play as

Defeat the BOSS aliens to win the game.

Game Contents

• 1 Box
• 4 Hero Boards
• 11 d6 (4blue, 4white, 1black, 2beige)
• 1 Alien Deck (18 Poker sized cards)
• 9 Alien Action/Advance cards (Divider size)
• 99 Hero Cards (Micro sized, 9 per hero)
• 36 micro Boon/Bane Cards (18 of each)
• 24 Map Hex Tiles (for the board)
• 4 Spawn Hex Tiles (for the board)
• 1 Rulebook (hi)
• 32 Alien token stands (black)
• 5 Hero token stands (asstd colors)
• 30 triangle SpireBot tokens
• 30 square Minion tokens
• 2 domino BOSS tokens
• 11 domino Hero Tokens
• 10 cube counters (asstd colors)
• 2 d20 (red)
• A whole lotta fun!

How to Play

Start the game with simple, easy abilities. As the game progresses and you learn strategy and get comfortable, you can upgrade your abilities to more powerful and complicated ones. Easy to learn and finish in an hour.

Setup

1. Choose your hero and grab all the cards associated with them
2. Choose what BOSS(es) you will fight against
3. Set up the *modular board
4. Shuffle and place the corresponding alien decks nearby
5. Place the BOSS(es) in their Spawns
6. Place 2 SpireBots in all 4 Spawns
7. Place your heroes on their Base Tile
8. Place all the alien tokens nearby You’re ready to begin!

On Your Turn

You always start by rolling 2 dice (one white and one blue). Use the dice to do your 2 actions.

1. Roll 2 dice
2. Then, place those dice on 2 different Actions
3. Finally, you resolve all the actions of all heroes in Any order

Boons & Banes

When you roll your 2 dice, if the total of that roll is 3 or less, you draw BANE Cards. These add bad effects until you can resolve them. When the total is 11 or more you draw BOON Cards. These add Good effects, or 1-time bonuses to yourself or your team.

Where’s the Fun

Play as a Superhero with amazing powers. Upgrade those abilities. With 11 different heroes, 2 different BOSSes, and 8 different Minions to fight against, every game is always different. The board is modular, so each game is unique and fun and fresh!

Help This Game Grow!

• Vote for us in the Cast of Characters Challenge contest

Who We Are

GAME DESIGN BY Ronald Radcliffe • ART BY Real artists • NO A.I. art was used.