Horrid Henry’s Big Box of Pranks
Games and Entertainment
App
TIME TO GET HORRID AND PLAY SOME PRANKS! Big Box of Pranks is a fast and funny, action-packed...
Angry Birds Epic RPG
Games
App
Unleash the Angry Birds flock in a free turn-based RPG, and join a community of more than 85 MILLION...
Wireless Transfer App:Sync backup photo and video
Photo & Video and Utilities
App
Wireless Transfer App is an easy to use photo and video transfer tool. It helps you easily and...
When Broadway Went to Hollywood
Book
The Wizard of Oz, Gigi, Top Hat, High Society - some of the most popular movie musicals ever made...
iFunch - Mushrooms AI recognition, Fungi catalogue
Reference and Education
App
*** NEW POWERFUL AI RECOGNITION FUNCTION *** You’re in the woods… looking for mushrooms or just...
Originals: How Non-Conformists Move the World
Book
The #1 New York Times bestseller that examines how people can champion new ideas—and how leaders...
Business psychology
Dream Quest
Games
App
Play cards! Kill monsters! Level Up! Dream Quest is a roguelike deckbuilding game inspired by the...
Purple Phoenix Games (2266 KP) rated Roll Player in Tabletop Games
Jun 12, 2019
On your way into town, you bump into a mysterious stranger. He tells you that he’s on a quest and is looking for companions to share in the journey (and loot!). A sneaky rogue like yourself might just pick-pocket the man and be on your way. But as a warrior, maybe you’ll go along for some action! What? You’re a wizard? That’s ok! Every good adventuring party needs a character knowledgeable in the mystical arts! The point is, your character is what you make it, and that is exactly how Roll Player works – think RPG character creation, but game-ified!
You take turns rolling dice and drafting cards to hone up your skills and attributes – the player at the end of the game with the best adventurer (determined by Victory Points) is the winner! You start with a set race, class, and backstory that determine your end-game attribute goals, and any extra Victory Points are up to you! How will you manipulate your dice to achieve your goals? How can you draft the perfect skills to outperform your opponents? The possibilities are endless!
Having played Roll Player at least a dozen times, I can honestly tell you that I thoroughly enjoy it. Rolling dice and drafting cards seems simple enough, but the amount of strategy needed to try to meet all of your end-game goals is what makes Roll Player a fun challenge. This game requires more thought than others, but I don’t think that necessarily makes it any harder to learn or play. I’ve found that once I help walk a new player through their first turn, the rest of the game is fine, and turns generally pass quickly enough too (as long as your opponent doesn’t suffer from AP…) so that the game doesn’t actually feel that long.
All in all, Roll Player does make you think, but it’s not such a heavy game that it’ll feel super serious. Purple Phoenix Games gives it a 17 / 18 (Josh has yet to play it).
https://purplephoenixgames.wordpress.com/2018/12/03/roll-player-review/
The Marinated Meeple (1853 KP) Jun 12, 2019