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2018 Ranked #6,615

Penny Papers Adventures: Skull Island

This simultaneous roll-and-write exploration game has players use shared dice to map an island and uncover valuable treasure. Grid space and special die effects matter, while dangers can disrupt rivals’ progress toward the best discoveries.

Adventure Paper-and-Pencil Simultaneous Action Selection Islands: Fictional

Players

1-99

Play time

Not listed

Age

8+

Complexity

1.9/5

Rating

6.32

Harder to teach Highly interactive Deep strategy

Overview

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ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.

Teachability 2.3/5

Harder to teach

Replay value 4.0/5

High replayability

Interaction 3.7/5

Highly interactive

Player scaling 4.0/5

Scales well

Strategic depth 4.5/5

Deep strategy

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How it plays

How does it play?

Penny Papers Adventures is a series of small strategy games in which all of the players use the same result of three dice to explore a location more thoroughly than their opponents by writing numbers in their grid in an optimal way to make the most victory points out of it.

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Penny Papers Adventures is a series of small strategy games in which all of the players use the same result of three dice to explore a location more thoroughly than their opponents by writing numbers in their grid in an optimal way to make the most victory points out of it. Challenge your ability to manage space, and wisely use the special effects of the dice. Oh, and don't miss an opportunity to mess up your opponents' grids when dangers appear! The number of players is unlimited as everyone plays at the same time! In Skull Island, you want to progress on the map and determine the coordinates that will allow you to discover the most valuable treasures of Skull Island...while simultaneously overcoming its dangers.

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Play and group

Players
1–99
Best with
1–31
Play time
20 min
Age
8+
Complexity
1.9/5
Credits and catalog connections

Credits

Designers

1
Henri Kermarrec

Artists

1
Géraud Soulié

Publishers

1
Sit Down!

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