Shardbugs TCG

Headliner

The Battle's Never Done

Step into Shard Bugs — the powerhouse trading card game where intelligent bug armies align with Cosmic Avatars (Sol, Luna, and Mars) in an all-out war for total supremacy.

This comic-book-aesthetic beast won Fan Favorite Game of the Year at the 2026 Origins Awards and Indie TCG of the Year at the 2025 ITCG Awards. After funding on Kickstarter in under 60 seconds, Set 4: Terraform is expanding the Hive with explosive mechanics, Sketch Cards, serialized pulls, and stunning holographic finishes.

How it Plays

Command your forces, fuel your devotion to your Cosmic Avatar, and surge to 20 devotion to dominate the field.

Why visit the Launch Pad for Shard Bugs:

This is our headliner for a reason. Demo decks, starter product, and staff who know the Hive inside and out.

Alpha Clash TCG

Pro Tour

Every Clash Matters. Every Choice Shapes the Universe.

Alpha Clash brings story-driven superhero comic battles straight to your table in a high-octane trading card game.

You take command of a Contender (or Alpha), each one a super-powered character with unique abilities and affiliations rooted in the game's lore. Build your deck around their strengths, harness your energy, and unleash them in fast-paced clashes where every decision counts. The game is built for quick-to-learn, exciting-to-master matches, and the outcome of each battle could shape the fate of the universe itself.

Alpha Clash sets new stage with an interconnected media approach, the TCG, a comic book series, and a board game all tell one unified story, with art and characters flowing directly between them. Recent sets like Echoes of Eternity introduced a Role system (Savior, Sentinel, Destroyer) and the Dragons affiliation, while Ancient Alphas continues the Cosmic Block arc with 220 unique cards and seven new Contenders.

How it Plays

Pick your Contender, craft a multi-color strategy, and strike down your opponent's life to 0 to claim the clash.

Soul Masters TCG

Command the Battlemages. Claim the Territories.

Enter Arakiel, a fierce realm where powerful factions clash for complete territorial control. Command a Soul Master, a high-powered battlemage who leads your forces directly onto the front lines.

Soul energy powers your spells and abilities, and your Commander's connection to that energy is what makes them a force to be reckoned with. The game features faction-driven warfare, with factions like Wolven, Valkyrian, Vampyrian, Draconians, and Necromancers all vying for control. Units and Commanders have Shield values, letting you discard cards from hand to generate Shield Energy in response to incoming damage a tense, tactical twist on combat.

How it Plays

Deploy your Commander, manage resources and soul energy, and reduce your opponent's Commander to 0 health. Faction synergies and hidden mechanics like "Hidden Potential" for the Wolven clan reward deep deck-building.

Echoes of Astra

Control the Battlefield. Sequence the Victory.

Echoes of Astra fuses deep deck-building with tactical zone-control on the world of Elyrion, where raw magic meets futuristic tech.

You play as a Sovereign, uniting two factions from five Affinities — Lux, Nox, Calium, Terra, and Solara — and leading your forces across three Combat Zones in the center of the battlefield. Unlike games where you chip away at a health total, Echoes of Astra is a race to 20 Victory Points, earned by capturing and controlling zones. Units move from a Staging Area into Combat Zones, and the Exhaust/Ready system means every positioning decision carries weight.

Supports 1v1 duels, 4-player free-for-alls, and full Draft/Sealed formats, all wrapped in a stunning anime-inspired art style.

How it Plays

Surge into zones, exhaust units to attack or gain Influence, and outmaneuver your enemy to hit 20 VP first.

Malediction

Print Your Army. Command the Battlefield.

Created by Loot Studios, Malediction is the world's first 3D-printable Miniatures Card Game, a groundbreaking crossover between tactical deck-building and miniature wargaming.

Build a custom deck, print your mini army, and clash across modular terrain in thrilling 60-minute battles. Play cards to summon, buff, and command your units on a 2.5-foot battlefield in head-to-head duels or team battles. Each box includes full decks, dice, and digital redemption codes for 20 printable STL files.

For 2 to 4 players ages 14 and up, games run around 60 minutes. You build a custom deck, 3D-print your army, and battle across modular terrain in a game that's easy to learn but hard to master. The core loop is elegant: your cards summon, augment, and assist your miniatures on a roughly 2.5-foot square battlefield, either as a duel or a tag-team battle. Each wargame box contains a full deck, a D20, a quickplay guide, and a redemption code card that provides 20 miniature STL files for 3D printing. Faction-specific items and Reinforcement Packs keep expanding the strategic depth.

Rated 9/10 by CBR for its endless replayability, innovative gameplay, and top-tier miniature sculpts.

Reviewers have called it "a revelation" for its novel blend of card game, tabletop RPG, and wargame mechanics, with miniature quality that is "absolutely beautiful". It won a 9/10 rating from CBR, which praised its high replayability and easy-to-learn ruleset.

How it Plays

Build your warband, print your minis, and dominate modular battlefields with factions like Order of the Shattered Throne, Primal Blood, Conclave of the Spheres, and Legion of the Fallen.

VISIT THE LAUNCH PAD

Demo. Learn. Play. Love. Repeat.

The Launch Pad is built for action and love of the game. Stop by to:

• Demo all five featured games with passionate, knowledgeable players
• Grab starter decks for Shard Bugs, Soul Masters, Echoes of Astra, Alpha Clash, and Malediction
• Jump into organized play: from Shard Bugs exclusive Game Grid Open events to Echoes of Astra starter deck duels and Alpha Clash full blown Pro Tour play
• Connect with the community: jump into fast-growing game scenes right at the ground level

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