Video Vortex is a competitive deck-building game for 2-4 players set
in a radioactive future Earth inhabited by video-obsessed mutants. Each
genre-worshiping character must strategically employ their individual
mutant powers while battling opponents and navigating game effects in an
attempt to seize control of the wasteland.
On their respective turns, players will spend energy to play special
cards, power their deck with rentals from the local video store, and
eject chosen cards from play to weaken foes. Runtime, the measure of
mutant health, is limited and unique to each character. By advancing an
opponent's runtime beyond their limit through Lo-Fi and Hi-Fi attacks,
mutants collect "Be Kind" tokens as trophies representative of their
conquest. Once three distinctive trophies have been collected, victory
is declared by the reigning champion.