Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
You are the newly appointed mayor and have been tasked with turning the town into the thriving hub of the region. You don’t know much about the local area and will have to discover what resources are available to you and use them to grow your town.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Line Drawing
Draw lines to connect, divide, trace, or claim parts of the play area.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Simultaneous Action Selection
Choose actions secretly or concurrently before revealing them together.
Grid Coverage
Place pieces to cover required cells or patterns on a grid.
Paper-and-Pencil
Record choices and results directly on a personal sheet.
Read the full game description
You are the newly appointed mayor and have been tasked with turning the town into the thriving hub of the region. You don’t know much about the local area and will have to discover what resources are available to you and use them to grow your town. Can you roll into town and make it a success? Roll Into Town is a Roll and Write game for 1 or more players. The game lasts for 12 rounds, in each round players will explore the area around their town looking for resources or land features. They will grow their town through buildings and they will gather any resources they have found for future turns. At the end of the game players earn points through their population, rivers, coast and buildings. —description from the designer