Mythworks megagame SCIRE at Pax Unplugged

Mythworks has a unique gaming experience available at Pax Unplugged this year. If you've ever heard of a megagame, they are running their game SCIRE, which promises to be a truely unique experience:

This year we are running SCIRE (Self Contained Industrial Residential Environment), a CBR+PNK + Weird megagame where a mysterious Event locks down a massive arcology. Over 60 players, split across eight zones, play out the crisis in real time as residents, crews, and rival corporations all try to understand and influence what is happening inside the SCIRE.

Players can join diverse crews like Gangs, Heist Crews, Corpo Security, Sanitation Workers, Performers, Rockers, Cultists, and Journalists, each with their own objectives and relationships. Outside the walls, three corporations and the shadowy EARLs operate as information brokers, trading intel and pushing their own agendas. It sits somewhere between tabletop RPG, live event, and social strategy game.

KEY FACTS

Title: SCIRE (pronounced SKY-er)
Format: Live tabletop megagame, multi table, GM supported
Genre: Cyberpunk arcology intrigue
Play length: 4 hours
Scale: 60+ players at PAX Unplugged
Teams in play: 8 CBR+PNK TTRPG teams inside the SCIRE arcology, 3 corporation teams on the outside of SCIRE, 1 EARL free-roaming broker team, 3 interdimensional entities portrayed by cosplaying player-performers
Structure: GMs are set in their districts; players later unlock travel between districts
Inciting incident: Mysterious Event inside SCIRE
Organizer/Publisher: Mythworks
Where: PAX Unplugged 2025, Philadelphia Convention Center, Room 120C
When: Friday, November 21, 2025.
Time: 2PM - 6PM

ONE LINE

SCIRE (Self-Contained Industrial-Residential Environment) is a CBR+PNK +Weird MEGAGAME where players assume the roles of residents and corporations during the arcology's lockdown triggered by a mysterious and sudden Event!

DESCRIPTION

SCIRE (Self-Contained Industrial-Residential Environment) is a CBR+PNK +Weird MEGAGAME where players assume the roles of residents and corporations during the arcology's lockdown triggered by a mysterious and sudden Event! 60+ players in eight zones operate, influence, and communicate with the rest of the city. Choose from diverse crews, including Gangs, Heist Crews, Corpo Security, Sanitation Workers, Performers, Rockers, Cultists, and Journalists, each with unique objectives! Outside the walls, three rival corporations compete to understand and influence what is really going on. The EARLs operate as shadowy information brokers, greasing the wheels and hunting down leads. Tickets are limited! Join a crew, enter the SCIRE. MAKE IT YOUR OWN!

MEDIA ANGLES

• A single locked down Event that everyone is trying to explain
• Eight live districts that players can later walk between
• Fixed GMs for consistency, moving players for drama
• Inside teams making story while outside corporations race to interpret and respond
• Performer portrayed entities that give cameras obvious focal points

DISTRICTS (CURRENT LINEUP)

• Innovationary
• Affinity
• the PRK
• Waste & Transpo
• Cyberspace
• Black Box
• Ventricle
• Promenade

FILMING AND PHOTO NOTES

Best moments to capture: opening district play, the travel unlock pivot, cross district meetings, entity appearances, endgame huddles. Press can film at district tables and common areas. Please avoid crowding GM seats.

FAQ

What is a “megagame”?
A megagame is a roleplaying game/board game hybrid for very large player counts, often 50 or more.

Is this a regular RPG session?
No. The core experience is one of 8 tables, each run by one GM. They all play into the larger story. The format is a multi-team megagame with a central mystery driven by the players.

Do players move between tables?
Yes! Complexity slowly builds. At first, players at one table with one GM. Travel between areas eventually unlocks during play, with GMs staying fixed to facilitate their area.

Is this the first time SCIRE has been played?
No, its premiere was this year at GenCon for 30+ players in five districts. Pax Unplugged gets the expanded version, now with 60+ players!