K!ll Chain – Fallen Dominion Studios

Hack the System. Build Your Syndicate. Bring Down the Corporations.

Build an underground hacker syndicate, recruit elite operatives, deploy devastating exploits, and outmaneuver rival factions as you race to dismantle the world’s most powerful megacorporations in an all out battle for reputation and contracts.

Every alliance is temporary. Every exploit has a counter. Every betrayal changes the game.

🕶 Cyberpunk deck-building + tactical engine-building
⚡ Fast turns, high tension, big payoffs
🤖 50+ unique exploits & modular objectives
🧠 Competitive, Solo, and Co-Op modes
♾️ Huge replayability

Coming to Kickstarter soon.

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Welcome to the Network.

Fight back against the Global Mega-Corporations in this futuristic dystopian strategic game.

Many ways to Play; Many ways to win

1-5 Players | 90 minutes | Ages 14+
5 Corporations. 52 Unique Exploits. 38 Unique Contracts.
3 Expansions: Leaders (Asymmetric Gameplay), Sentinels (to Hunt or Be Hunted), Expanded Modes

Why You’ll Love this Game!

KILL CHAIN was inspired by movies and books set in cyberpunk dystopian worlds and hacker lore, combined to create a compelling blend of cyberpunk driven themes that evoke tactical planning, player interaction, and asymmetric strategy into a hacking game experience that rewards clever play and adapts every session.

Fast to Learn

Learn the core rules in minutes while uncovering new strategies over dozens of plays.

Endless Replayability

Objectives, exploits, and rival syndicate plans change every game, ensuring no two sessions are alike.

Meaningful Player Interaction

Negotiate, sabotage, bluff, and race your opponents in a cyberpunk world where every decision matters and tensions mount as you prepare to execute your KILL CHAIN.

Asymmetric Gameplay

Every syndicate begins with different strengths, resources, and opportunities, encouraging unique paths to victory.

This isn’t another deck-builder. KILL CHAIN is built for players who want strategy with actual interaction, negotiation, and betrayal baked in.

Every Victory Tells a Story

Bluff your rivals into targeting the wrong corporation.

Watch another syndicate overextend, then steal the contract they spent three turns building toward.

Attack and remove the exploit a rival built towards.

In KILL CHAIN, the best hackers aren’t the ones with the most resources–they’re the ones who know exactly when to strike.

What’s in the Box?

Competitive, Solo, and Cooperative Rulesets

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Beautiful Acrylic Game Pieces

Hacker Meeples, Networking cubes, and exploit tokens with different capabilities — the acrylic pieces are gorgeous and make each play a delight!

100+ Cards

52 Exploits, 38 Contracts, and 2 unique ability cards per leader.

4 Dual-Layered Syndicate Boards

Each syndicate board has a dual layered premium presence, allowing for a slottable system for the acrylic game pieces, cards that slot into the syndicate, and leader boards that assemble in expanded asymmetric game mode.

Deluxe Premium Acrylic Pieces

You will enjoy the refined quality of the acrylic game pieces that highlight the cyberpunk universe.

Gameplay Overview

1. Lead your Syndicate

You take on the role of a leader of a syndicate of hackers, living outside of mainstream society.

You may come from meager means, but you make up for it in savvy and your unique abilities that brought you to this way of life.

Combine your leader board and your syndicate board to create your asymmetric table of abilities.

Play rounds of gameplay where you make strategic decisions that build your deck, upgrade your network by trashing cards, and perform jobs to gain valuable resources.

2. Escalate your Power

Use your workers and cards carefully to perform actions on the dark web or other locations.

Install, upgrade, and execute your cards to build up your Syndicate Board, giving you additional future options and unlock powerful combinations.

Build your rig (hardware + malware + black market gear)

3. Exploit their Weakness

Once you have the resources and syndicate board you need-

Develop your threats, then deploy them to corporate targets using KILL CHAINs, and complete your faction’s secret objectives.

Play exploits, deploy your threats, & complete valuable contracts to generate crypto, gain information, and grow your reputation.

Sabotage rivals, forge alliances, and Hack the Planet!

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Built Through Hundreds of Playtests

Every move reveals information. Every card you play gives your rivals another clue.

In KILL CHAIN, the best players don’t just build the strongest engine—they hide their intentions until it’s too late.

Played over 200 times at conventions and refined through hundreds of player feedback sessions.

Meet the Team

After working on crypto systems and cyber defense systems for the last 25 years, I knew it was time to gamify what I have learned as a way to educate while making it a compelling game. K!LL Chain is a testament to the love of games and cyber security.

Sean Howard, CISSP

Game Designer, Publisher, Sr. Principle Cyber Security Engineer

I have always wanted to make a great game about cyber security. It has never been done well. This is that game! If you play it once, I know you will love it!

Jim Byrge

Game Designer, Senior Cyber Threat Hunter

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Remain Alert!

They are watching. Always cover your trail; your actions in the Dark Web and the fringe will draw unwanted attention from the Mega-Corporations. They will stop at nothing to remove you as a threat. They’ll spare no expense. They’ll even send hired Sentinels of their own against you, to find you, hunt you, and end you.

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