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Players
2
Age
10+
Playtime
60 min
Collection
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Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 92:19:28 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Straightforward and easy to understand.
- Asymmetrical gameplay provides distinct experiences for each side.
- Fast-playing and tactical.
- No dice rolling involved.
- Small box, quick setup, and play time.
- Nominated for a Charles S. Roberts Award for Best Medieval Wargame.
Cons
- Not something entirely new or different in terms of core mechanics.
- Requires small tweezers for managing tokens due to their size.
Thematic elements
- Christians attempting to take over a Muslim stronghold, while Muslims aim to thin out the Christians.
- Spain
Comparison games
- Undaunted
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Action Point Allowance — Players spend action points, determined by their initiative card, to move units or attack.
- Area Control — The game involves controlling columns on a small board, with different movement rules for each side.
- asymmetrical gameplay — The Christian and Muslim sides have different movement rules and objectives.
- Card Drafting — Players simultaneously play cards to set initiative, with the highest number going first. Each card also dictates action points.
- Combat — Combat is resolved by counting unit strengths, flipping a card from the deck, and adding values to determine damage.
- Unit elimination — Units have two hit points and are removed from the board once defeated.
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Quotes (from this video)
- Hey y'all it's time for Rolling Dice and taking names.
- The community is going to be friendly I don't think our community was any more friendly than the fighting game Community I mean everybody was super nice there and very polite.
- If you like economic games this is an excellent economic game and that's what's so misleading about you look at it and it's like how is this an economic game and it strictly is.
- So straightforward easy fast playing little war game very strategic is it something new something different not really but it is quick it's easy to play and I think the asymmetry of the two sides is what really makes this a good game.
- If the whole thing about ethnos was the shifting of the area control or area majority and being able to battle for that is what made that game for you then this is not going to be archus society is not going to be a game for you.
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