Diceathlon is one of those ‘middle-of-the-road’ offerings –
not particularly deep -- but more fun than was expected.
Like many games within the genre of R’n’W, Diceathlon by
designer Chris Heaney and released in 2022, it plays solo-to-unlimited,
although it plays best at three-to-five, maybe six. The reason to hold the
number lower is that you roll dice equal to the number of players plus one,
then you pick one dice per player, the roller getting the extra die at end of
round.
You write the number on your individual score sheet in one
of the six sports. Each sport has their own specific goals to how the player
can win the medal at the end of the game.
For a little change of pace the same designer came out with
Winter Diceathlon in 2023, the same general idea except placing die in one of
five winter sports. each with its own specific goals.
I personally like this one in part – a large part actually –
because of the sport theme.
Admittedly it’s a sort of ‘pasted on’ element of the game,
but they make ‘sense’ on a sport-by-sport basis – golf trying to get the lowest
score, hurdles needing a roll higher then three to clear each hurdle, etc.
It is also is thematically when players have access to three
‘coaches’ which allow you to influence one selected die each game. It’s a nice
game element to mitigate some bad selections which will inevitably occur in a
game of Diceathlon – or its sister.
Both of these are available as print ‘n play games at www.pnparcade.com,
and if you like tossing some dice, and making some choices which are simple,
but important to a win, it’s worth checking them out.
No comments:
Post a Comment