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Pizza Roles

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2025
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Description

Pizza Roles is a ten-minute "filler" hidden roles game where your role is what you want on your pizza but are too timid to say. Play simulates a conversation about what kind of pizza to order with each player vying for what they want while trying not to seem overbearing.

Eight Topping cards represent the game state. Gameplay consists mostly of moving these Topping cards back and forth between the "not on the pizza" zone and the "on the pizza" zone. Each player is dealt a secret Role card showing their objectives in the game and a small hand of Conversation cards they can play to manipulate the Topping cards.

Players take turns either playing a Conversation card from their hand to change the Toppings or choosing to pass. Players can always choose to pass, but the game will end as soon as the majority of players pass in succession.

When the game ends, players reveal their secret Roles and any Toppings in the "on the pizza" zone will score. Points are totaled and all players with a positive score are joint winners. Sometimes, everybody wins!

There is also a cooperative mode with slightly modified rules: Players must work together to make sure that everybody is happy with a pizza because if a single player loses, ALL players lose. Luckily, players make two pizzas instead of one and only score using the best pizza for each Role.

—description from the publisher

Description

Pizza Roles is a ten-minute "filler" hidden roles game where your role is what you want on your pizza but are too timid to say. Play simulates a conversation about what kind of pizza to order with each player vying for what they want while trying not to seem overbearing.

Eight Topping cards represent the game state. Gameplay consists mostly of moving these Topping cards back and forth between the "not on the pizza" zone and the "on the pizza" zone. Each player is dealt a secret Role card showing their objectives in the game and a small hand of Conversation cards they can play to manipulate the Topping cards.

Players take turns either playing a Conversation card from their hand to change the Toppings or choosing to pass. Players can always choose to pass, but the game will end as soon as the majority of players pass in succession.

When the game ends, players reveal their secret Roles and any Toppings in the "on the pizza" zone will score. Points are totaled and all players with a positive score are joint winners. Sometimes, everybody wins!

There is also a cooperative mode with slightly modified rules: Players must work together to make sure that everybody is happy with a pizza because if a single player loses, ALL players lose. Luckily, players make two pizzas instead of one and only score using the best pizza for each Role.

—description from the publisher

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Video pf8A5NcwQ94 Tantrum House Discussion at 0:37 sentiment: positive
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positive
Pros
  • Simple rules
  • Resonant theme
  • Perfect for family game night
  • Good as a filler game
Cons
none
Thematic elements
  • Awkwardly ordering pizza
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Hidden rolls — Players get a hidden roll that describes what toppings they like on their pizza.
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  • Aloha and welcome to T M Studio 808
  • I can't believe that it's already the second half of February this year seems to be flying by
  • So those are some of the games coming to crowdfunding this second half of February
  • As always let me know in the comments which games you are looking forward to and if I missed any of your favorites let me know
  • And until next time
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Video r8jlUDumfnY Tabletop Tokki Playthrough at 4:24 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Fun, quick, concise objectives
  • Conveys pizza theme and card-driven scoring
Cons
  • Role-playing aspect not deeply explored
Thematic elements
  • pizza / food
  • role-playing-ish
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • card play with conversation prompts — collectively creating a pizza by playing conversation/ scoring cards
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  • the theme and presentation were really nice
  • frustratingly fun
  • I had a blast with it
  • the production itself was so distracting and disappointing for me personally
  • very fun, quick, concise objectives game
  • Beautiful art from the designer It Takes Woo
  • really concise, easy to learn, and it plays in just a few minutes
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Video HvFdRpzfo-Q The Board Game Garden Discussion at 7:41 sentiment: neutral
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  • you are somebody's reason to smile
  • play games for three days straight it is amazing
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