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2020
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Description
Roll n Cook is a free "Print&Play" game for 1 to infinite players created for people in self isolation. During a game, you will represent your restaurant in a culinary contest and try to score the most points to win.
A game is played in 12 rounds (hours). Each round a player will roll 3 dice for all the players and with the result, earn ingredients that will be used to cook meals, which will give points at the end of the game. There will be lots choices to make and special abilities available to help the player(s) in their task. At the end of the game, the player with the most points wins. If played solo, a star system will indicate if the player wins and how well he performed.
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Pros
- Accessible and family-friendly; quick play (20-30 minutes)
- Educational for cooking concepts and ingredient combinations
- Encourages memory and planning
- Print-and-play friendly and adaptable to any number of players
Cons
- Requires keeping track of many ingredients and recipes on a single sheet
- Working memory demands can be challenging for younger players
- Lacks a formal publisher footprint (print-and-play nature)
Thematic elements
- recipe creation from dice-roll ingredients
- kitchen/restaurant environment; home cooking
- instructional/educational, family-friendly
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — roll three dice each turn and use results to select ingredients
- Pattern Building — assemble ingredients into recipes to score points
- pattern building / puzzle — assemble ingredients into recipes to score points
- print-and-play / drafting — uses print-out sheets and markers and is replayable with multiple sheets
- Resource Management — balance limited uses of special abilities and track ingredients on a sheet
- Set Collection — claim ingredients and manage a growing inventory to complete recipes
- set collection / hand management — claim ingredients and manage a growing inventory to complete recipes
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- you roll three dice and you write the totals here
- you can see that there are different ingredients beside each number
- you're collecting ingredients as you roll those dice and then you've got to put those ingredients together either to make something more advanced like using milk and salt to make cheese or butter
- this is a pretty big sheet with lots of information on it so there is a lot to keep track of
- the working memory component to Roll and Cook
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