Thunderworks Games Roll Player: Monsters and Minions Strategy Boxed Board Game Expansion Ages 12 & Up (TWK2002), Multivolor/Assorted

This is a great game whose simple mechanics hide a cascade of strategic decisions that you will find yourself struggling to make, just to eek out one more Reputation Star. From the random luck of a die-roll to the many manipulations you will perform to get everything just right, this game is brilliant. It takes up a bit more space on a table than I thought it would, but it is by no means a large game. Merely bucked my expectations. In spite of that, and all the dice involved, the game is clean and easy to set up and put away.The premise is a novel one: as players, you are literally creating a character for a table top RPG. The game presents you with a character archetype, including Race, Class, Alignment, and Backstory. Through the purchase of skills and equipment, and the clever manipulation of the dice you are presented with, your goal is to earn Reputation Stars by meeting the various requirements that are scattered across the Class, Alignment, and Backstory cards. In the end, whoever satisfies more of these goals and earns the most Reputation Stars wins.Obviously I can't do it justice here, but this is a great game. It has a Yahtzee type of feel to the pace, but with even more decisions to make and ways to bend the dice to your will. I've only played it with one other person, so I can't comment on 3 or 4 player games. Player interaction is minimal, but it is meaningful. You can directly ruin someone else's day, or you can be oblivious and let your opponent run rampant and embarrass you with their score. You can easily make the wrong decision with your dice; but when you finalize the placement of a crucial die you've spent a few turns manipulating and moving, it is satisfying.Highly recommended.

Premise: You're creating a roleplaying character that must stand the test of time (and the brutal whims of your future game master).You roll dice to try to optimize your character's stats and gear to match your character's best potential.Your class (fighter, rogue, druid, paladin, etc.), background, alignment, and gear are scored based on a rating on how well you matched your dice sets to be optimal.Match them well, and you score points to win.There's lots fun ways you can manipulate the dice on each turn, depending on which ability you place your chosen die into.Loads of fun, easy premise to grasp (literally anyone who's played an RPG of any kind, regular or video game).Does take slightly longer than advertised on the box, but it's a great time and rarely seems to drag even as other players are taking their turn.

Role Player is a incredibly fun game about making a D&D character (w/o the license of course). The game is neck deep in theme. You even get a character sheet....er.....board, a character class, race, alignment and even a background! Neat!At it's core, the game is about dice manipulation and placement to earn VPs and/or gain special abilities. Placing dice to increase your stats give you a one time special action, which depends upon which stat you increased (each stat 'power' is different), and each class has a list of prime stats that you get VPs for each stat you match. Role Player then throws in cards (in the form of armor, swords, magic items, etc) that give you even more abilities, ways to gain VPs and so forth! Added to that, your character gets a "background" which allows you to score even more VPs by placing colored dice on certain spaces on your character sheet....er......board! You can score even more points by manipulating your alignment through a cube that moves towards evil, good, law and chaos depending on your actions!! Furthermore, the color of your dice (and equipment cards are also color coded!) and your character class (each class is color coded) can add even more VPs if your match them at the end of the game!AAAHHHHH!!! So many choices, so much strategy!! But the game is simple and easy to teach!If you ever rolled up a character in a paper and pencil RPG, you will LOVE this game. If you like Euro/AmeriTHRASH hybrid board games, you will love this game. If you love games with LOTS of dice, you will love this game! GET IT!