The future isn’t what it used to be in Plaid Hat Games’ Neon Gods, scheduled to release late this year after a limited release at Gen Con.

Inspired by the techno-dystopia movies of the 1970s and 1980s, Neon Gods puts players in control of their own “futuristic” street gang in the neon-bathed streets of a nameless city in the year 2009.  The gangs operate businesses to earn money, while using muscle to control territory, investing in black market goods for profit, and evading the cops.  To achieve their ends, they recruit gangs of retro-futuristic gang members and deploy them into locations where they can work for cash or fight for control, all in an effort to collect the most “Blurp.”

Neon Gods was created by Isaac Vega (co-creator of Dead of Winter) and features artwork by Igor Wolski.  It includes 1 main board, 4 player boards, 1 recruitment board, 167 tokens, 66 plastic miniatures, 74 cards, 20 tiles, and 9 dice.  The game is intended for 2 to 4 players, ages 14 and up, and takes between 1- 2 hours to play.  MSRP is $59.95.

Plaid Hat will also premiere its super-hero battle game Guardians at Gen Con (see “Superheroes go Head-to-Head in Plaid Hat’s ‘Guardians’”).