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“Can’t tell if it’s sweat or blood dripping in my mouth — in my eyes. If it is blood, whose blood is it? I can’t see — I can’t tell!” D’runna says in a melodic grunt as Sh’ana pulls her to her feet with a hand-grip and tug. “It’s red blood, not orange. Can’t be yours,” Sh’ana breathlessly replies as she gathers spit in her mouth. She spits on D’runna’s face and cleans it off with her thumbs. D’runna winces as each glob of spit spray and rub of a thumb touches her face. “At least my spit is clean,” says Sh’ana. D’runna nods, “It is. Tastes pretty good too, for a human.” Licking her lips again, savoring the taste, “Too good.” Sh’ana exchanges a glance of admonition “I’m not on the menu.” “Ready to fight! To your feet!” Max barks, tossing his axe from palm to palm, swaying from foot to foot. Red and amber clouds of smoke and dust wistfully settle down on the arena floor, carrying the stench of death down with them.
“HOORahRah! HOORahRah!” an uproarious cheer swells from the crowd impatiently waiting for the next wave of fighting to begin. An overpowering honk blares from the translator monitors in a crescendo above the cheer. The crowd begins to quiet. Each arena section pauses, awaiting the next wave announcement. The announcement broadcast is sent directly to the crowd translation devices. Waves of various dialects reverberate off the stone walls—an echoing cacophony of linguistic dentals and glottals. Eventually the echoes reach the entrance tunnels as the announcer’s voice reintroduces their names: “General Maximillian Anu, The Conqueror! Sh’ana Lux, Soul Cleaver! The princess of Ninthreign, D’runna Dir, Vengeance!” In less than a beat, a loud and overpowering sustained horn bellows into the gladiator holding cell. “The Breather ’s over. Lickin’ time ‘s done,” Max says powering up his axe with a jerk of his arm as he dashes ahead of them through the tunnel entrance shouting, “See you in the arena!”
Interaction, Excitement, and Originality! Ophidian 2360: Survival of the Fittest is an all-new card game that features exceptional art, original gameplay, and a compelling backstory. The Ophidian universe is set in the distant future, where players engage in gladiator combat with humans, aliens, monsters, interdimensional beings, and creatures.
What’s great about Ophidian 2360? • 100% manufactured and printed in USA • Non-collectible: no blind buying! • Purchase one Challenge Set (2-deck/set) and begin playing immediately • Three varieties of open and play Challenge Sets • Ophidian 2360 is an ECG [Expandable Card Game]; build upon what you already have (100% compatible with Ophidian 2350) Great Bonuses! Organized Play has full online support via Hack and Slash Games’ active monitored online community message boards and website content updates. Players’ Tournament results will literally drive existing storylines, inspire new character creation, and will ultimately be immortalized in new cards!
Hack and Slash Games will be appearing at Gen Con in booth 2809, where they will be giving live demonstrations of Ophidian 2360: Survival of the Fittest and giving out promo cards.
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