Cataclysm Arcade Kickstarter promises a TCG where player victories shape the story

When Brian David-Marshall first unveiled Cataclysm Arcade at PAX Unplugged last year, the veteran Magic: The Gathering commentator and tabletop designer pitched the upcoming trading card game as something deliberately different. Set in a bizarre, post-apocalyptic “retroverse” where gangs, mutants, synthetics, and monsters battle for survival in a gladiatorial blood sport, the game was built around one central idea: what if opening a booster pack was enough to start playing immediately?