Launched in 1995, the OverPower CCG built a community of players around the world. That community kept the game alive for three decades, and LRG saw potential in it well beyond its original run. The first official set since 1999 arrived with Edgar Rice Burroughs, Top Cow, and World Legends characters, followed by the Skybound set featuring Invincible and The Walking Dead. Both shipped alongside an updated rules set built for modern competitive play.
OverPower is now on shelves in more than 800 stores across North America, with distribution in Canada, Europe, Brazil, and Argentina. Season One is complete, our first national champion has been crowned, and organized play is running weekly in stores nationwide. Every sanctioned event is supported by Tournament Kits and overseen by official judges. As our tournament calendar grows, we need more of them, so we are asking the community that kept this game alive to step up again.
Once upgraded, judges are visible to local retailers running sanctioned events, who can contact them directly about officiating. Judges can also find nearby events through the OverPower event hub and are encouraged to reach out to their local game stores. Every event a judge supervises earns Power Points, a virtual currency redeemable for promo cards, apparel, pins, playmats, and more, shipped directly to them. This is separate from any compensation the hosting store provides. Judges get access to a store reserved for the program in addition to the regular player store, and receive prize packs containing cards available only through live play at brick-and-mortar stores.
Larger regional and national tournaments are in development. These will carry stronger incentives and represent the best opportunities in the program. Full details, including applications and event information, will follow in the coming months.
For questions about the judge program, contact Head of Organized Play James Sanderson at james.sanderson@lrg.games.