Casting Shadows Explore your magic. Embrace your power. Awaken your DARKNESS....

Explore a dark, enchanting realm, gather primordial magic, and unleash your inner beast in a fast-paced, supernatural arena combat game that combines deceptively adorable creatures with ruthless tactical elimination.

Casting Shadows (designed by Ramy Badie and published by Unstable Games / TeeTurtle) brings the whimsical yet cutthroat design sensibility of Here to Slay and Unstable Unicorns onto a modular hex-tile battlefield. Stepping into the paws of small, charming woodland critters, players roam across ancient ruins, cavernous rifts, and overgrown shrines to collect magical resources, master offensive and defensive spells, and summon loyal animal companions. The ultimate objective is simple and unforgiving: harness enough dark energy to awaken your colossal Shadow Form and annihilate every rival caster until you stand alone as the supreme Shadow Caster.

The tactical depth centers around action point efficiency, resource dice management, and positioning across the modular hex terrain. Each turn, players roll custom resource dice to generate Shadow Fragments, Gems, and Orbs, which are spent to traverse the tiles, learn spells from a shared market, or trigger localized tile abilities. As players absorb lethal Shadow Fragments, they steadily charge their transformation meter; reaching full power flips the player board to reveal an intimidating Shadow Form with devastating unique passive powers and activated strikes. Balancing long-range hex attacks, defensive counterspells, and companion synergies against incoming area-of-effect assaults ensures each 30-to-60 minute duel escalates into a frantic, high-stakes battle of survival.

Game Specs at a Glance:
Age Range: 12+ Years
Publisher: Unstable Games / TeeTurtle
Play Time: 30-60 Minutes
Player Count: 2-4 Players
Complexity: Light-Medium (Dice Rolling, Grid Movement, Hand Management, Player Elimination, Variable Player Powers)

What's in the Box?

• 7 Double-Sided Modular Hex Tiles
• 4 Double-Sided Player Boards
• 4 Wooden Character Meeples
• 5 Engraved Resource Dice
• 52 Main Deck Cards
• 10 Companion Cards
• 10 Counterspell Cards
• 4 Quick-Reference Player Cards
• 13 Double-Sided Resource Tokens and Health Dials
• 1 Hex Tile Reference Guide and Official Rulebook