A narrative-driven Victorian skirmish game set in a dark, reimagined world where classic literature and history collide.
It is the late 19th Century, where machines whisper, magic burns, and reality bends under steam.
Steam powers industry. The Engine powers destiny.
The world of Twisted is one of steam-powered machines, driven by forces beyond mortal understanding — a clockwork world where the mysteries of Alchemancy and the raw forces of nature are harnessed in strange and unsettling ways.
Behind it all is a singular force, driven by its own goals and desires. It seeks to create an ideal world — one it believes to be harmonious, equitable, and immaculate.
But the world it desires is not the world of man.
To court the Engine’s favour is to gain power.
To tempt fate is to risk everything.
Character-Driven Skirmish Play
Each model represents a unique individual with their own abilities, role, and narrative significance.
Strategic Card-Based Activation
A card-driven activation system keeps play fluid and tactical, with momentum shifting constantly between players.
The Eye of the Engine
A dedicated deck that represents the Engine’s influence, introducing uncertainty, chaos, and opportunity into every turn.
Dynamic Mission Generation
Flexible systems for objectives, hidden tasks, deployment, and terrain ensure no two battles unfold the same way.
Narrative Campaign Play
A linked campaign structure that connects missions into a larger story, allowing consequences, rivalries, and outcomes to carry forward over time.
Narrative at the Core
What began in London now spreads outward, its influence drawing Factions into confrontations across a world reshaped by steam, power, and ambition.
Twisted is built around narrative, story-driven gameplay linked through campaigns. Individual games are fast, tactical, and cinematic — but it is through campaigns that the world truly comes alive. Characters grow, suffer consequences, form rivalries, and carry the weight of previous battles with them into future encounters.
Every character in Twisted is a named individual with a distinct backstory and role within the wider world. As campaigns unfold, players guide their Companies through interconnected missions where choices matter, outcomes persist, and victories often come at a cost. The story does not reset when a game ends — it moves forward.
The Rules of Twisted
Twisted blends skirmish-level tactics with narrative uncertainty. Players explore the dangerous applications of Alchemancy, harness strange and powerful technology, and clash over control of territory, influence, and opportunity. While London remains the crucible of conflict, the reach of The Engine now extends far beyond its streets.
At the center of every battle is The Engine itself. Its presence is not abstract or passive — it actively interferes in the unfolding conflict. Through the Eye of the Engine deck and the Favour of the Engine mechanic, The Engine exerts its will, altering plans, rewarding ambition, and punishing hubris..
The battle may end, but the story does not!
Demented Games is an independent tabletop game studio creating immersive experiences set in the Victorian steampunk world of Twisted.
THE GAME
What is Twisted?
Getting Started
Gameplay Videos
Rules
THE WORLD
Dickensians
Guild of Harmony
Scions of the Sand
Servants of the Engine
THE MINIATURES
About our Miniatures
Painting Guide I
Painting Guide II