Roll Player
{{Short description|Fantasy board game}}
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| designer = Keith Matejka
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| publisher = Thunderworks Games
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| players = 1-4
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| playing_time = 60-90 minutes
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Roll Player is a euro-style board game designed by Keith Matejka and published in 2016 by Thunderworks Games. In the game, players compete to design the best fantasy adventurer, through dice rolling and card drafting mechanics.
Development
The game was funded through Kickstarter crowdfunding platform,{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=David |title=Roll Player Game Review — Meeple Mountain |url=https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/roll-player/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.meeplemountain.com |date=20 July 2019 |language=en-US}} after that the game received two expansions (Roll Player: Monsters & Minions in 2018 and Roll Player: Fiends & Familiars in 2020).
Reception
The game received generally favorable reviews.{{Cite web |last=Liu |first=Jonathan H. |date=2017-03-14 |title=Reaping the Rewards: 'Roll Player'—Character Creation as a Game |url=https://geekdad.com/2017/03/roll-player-2/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=GeekDad |language=en-US}}{{Cite web |title=Roll Player Review - Just Push Start |url=https://www.justpushstart.com/2021/08/roll-player-review/ |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210917140426/https://www.justpushstart.com/2021/08/roll-player-review/ |url-status=usurped |archive-date=September 17, 2021 |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.justpushstart.com|date=4 August 2021 }}{{Cite journal |last= |first= |date=October 2017 |title=Roll Player |url=https://www.rebel.pl/rebel-times/121-pazdziernik-2017.html |journal=Rebel Times |language=Polish |issue=121 |pages=29–31}}{{Cite web |date=2018-06-07 |title=Roll Player -noppapelin arvostelu ＞ Lautapeliopas |url=https://www.lautapeliopas.fi/peliarvostelut/roll-player/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Lautapeliopas |language=fi}}{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=Ars |date=2017-12-08 |title=Ars Technica's ultimate board game buyer's guide |url=https://arstechnica.com/gaming/2017/12/ars-technicas-ultimate-board-game-buyers-guide/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Ars Technica |language=en-us}}
Awards
- 2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee{{Cite web |title=2016 Golden Geek Most Innovative Board Game Nominee {{!}} Board Game Honor {{!}} BoardGameGeek |url=https://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamehonor/40504/2016-golden-geek-most-innovative-board-game-nomine |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=boardgamegeek.com |language=en-US}}
Spin-offs
Several other games share the same setting (universe) as Roll Player, including Cartographers (2019),{{Cite web |last=McMillan |first=David |title=Cartographers Game Review — Meeple Mountain |url=https://www.meeplemountain.com/reviews/cartographers/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=www.meeplemountain.com |language=en-US}} Lockup: A Roll Player Tale (2019){{Cite web |title=Brettspiel-News.de - Lockup: A Roll Player Tale {{!}} "Breakout" Erweiterung ist erschienen |url=https://www.brettspiel-news.de/index.php/nachrichten/9118-lockup-a-roll-player-tale-breakout-erweiterung-ist-erschienen |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=www.brettspiel-news.de}} and Roll Player: Adventures (2021).
In 2021 Thunderworks Games released Roll Player Adventures, a cooperative storybook game set in the World of Ulos giving players the opportunity to import their generated characters from Roll Player and take them on adventures. Roll Player Adventures blends dice manipulation puzzles with choice-driven narrative. Matthew Kearns also found the storyline compelling.{{Cite web |last=Kearns |first=Matthew |date=2022-01-17 |title=A Stroll Through Nalos — A Roll Player Adventures Review |url=https://geekdaily.news/a-stroll-through-nalos-a-roll-player-adventures-review-b14c612bafcd |access-date=2022-10-11 |website=Medium |language=en}} James Wolff of Board Game Quest scored the game a 4.5/5 sharing, "Roll Player Adventures gives players interesting choices as they progress through a fantastic choose-your-own-adventure story with engaging dice manipulation puzzles in a deep and vibrant world."{{Cite web |last=Wolff |first=James |date=2022-06-10 |title=Roll Player Adventures Review |url=https://www.boardgamequest.com/roll-player-adventures-review/ |access-date=2022-10-04 |website=Board Game Quest |language=en-US}}
See also
External links
- {{bgg title|169426|Roll Player}}
- [http://www.thunderworksgames.com/roll-player.html Roll player] at Thunderworks Games