Power Vacuum By What? Why? Games May 2026

Here’s a structured feature concept for — designed as a strategic, narrative-driven board or video game where power collapses, and players fight to fill the void. Game Title (working): POWER VACUUM By What? Why? Games. Core Tagline: “The throne is ash. Now prove you deserve the rubble.” 1. The Premise (By What? Why?) By What? A catastrophic event has shattered all established authority — the Silent Surge (an EMP-like pulse that erased digital records, comms, and hierarchy), a Plague of Loyalties (a memetic virus making trust fatal), or the Collapse of the Last Pact (every treaty simultaneously broken). Players choose or roll the “By What?” at game start, changing the rules of engagement.