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Roll to the Top: Journeys

Game ID: GID0453416
Game Info
Year
2023
Players
1-6
Age
11+
Playtime
20 min
Complexity
1.1/5
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Description

In this illustrated roll-and-write players guide a young artist on a journey around the world racing dice values up famous landmarks to be first to reach the top.

Description

In this illustrated roll-and-write players guide a young artist on a journey around the world racing dice values up famous landmarks to be first to reach the top.

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Video axvL6V4C0CU Tabletop Tolson Discussion at 28:48 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Accessible and familiar dice-rolling mechanic
  • Great for teaching new players and groups
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
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Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Progressive ladder/track scoring — Roll dice to advance and fill spaces on the roll-to-the-top track.
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Quotes (from this video)
  • Puzzle hunt it is just a lovely 2hour puzzling exercise with a team of four
  • I had a fantastic time at working geekon 2023 and I can't wait for next year's
  • I walked away with this game
  • I can't wait to tell you more about this
  • Puzzle hunt and puzzling with the aha moment is really where it's at
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Video LT5LY6_aelQ Playthrough at 2:21 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
  • Quick, tense race with push-your-luck elements
  • Good map variety and expansion options
  • Direct two-player interaction feels tactical
  • Strong world-landmark theme across maps
Cons
  • Dice luck can influence outcomes
  • Rule complexity can be intimidating with multiple maps and expansion rules
Thematic elements
  • travel and building famous landmarks around the world
  • world landmarks and architectural landmarks
Comparison games
  • Fleet
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
  • Dice Drafting — on a turn, dice are rolled and then can be allocated to your grid or added to aggregates; the action die passes to the other player
  • Dice pool drafting — on a turn, dice are rolled and then can be allocated to your grid or added to aggregates; the action die passes to the other player
  • even-number starting dice — start by rolling and keeping only the even-numbered rolls to determine starting dice in the pool
  • Grid Building — numbers placed on the grid must be placed from bottom up; if placing on top of another number, the new number must be equal or greater than the numbers beneath
  • grid building from bottom to top — numbers placed on the grid must be placed from bottom up; if placing on top of another number, the new number must be equal or greater than the numbers beneath
  • map variety and expansion rules — there are 12 different maps, including base maps like the Eiffel Tower and various expansion maps with unique rules
  • plus/minus modifiers based on pool composition — if all five dice are in the pool, the result is always minus; if only one die is in the pool, it is always plus; if no one writes numbers, it is always plus
  • sum or place numbers — you can fill in as many numbers as you want, or add numbers together to fill aggregates
  • swap mechanic — a player can swap out a die from the pool for a spare die
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Quotes (from this video)
  • this is a roll and write race
  • we are excited today to roll to the top
  • there are 12 different Maps
  • Seattle Space Needle map oh that's awesome
  • we reached the Eiffel Tower together
  • this is a quick little race game
  • you can sum up any number of dice
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