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 & 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 & eject chosen cards from play to weaken foes Runtime the measure of mutant health is limited & unique to each character By advancing an opponent's runtime beyond their limit through Lo-Fi & 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 Players 2-4 Playing time 60 mins Ages 14