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#Roll and write

AaronDobbe
@AaronDobbe

tfw you cap the score counter of a board game

Not sure why, but I got the urge to pull Super Skill Pinball: 4-Cade off the shelf and give it another go. It's a pinball-themed roll-and-write: you roll 2d6, choose one of the two dice, and move the ball token (a very cool shiny plastic hemisphere) to a box that shows that die face. You fill in the box you used with a dry-erase marker and score points/other bonuses. The ball has to travel top-to-bottom down the table, though bumpers can delay its descent and flippers can launch the ball up to any feature in the center or on the opposite side of the table. You can't reuse a box you've already filled in, and erasing boxes can be difficult or impossible depending on the box, so eventually you'll run out of options and lose the ball. You can play solo or in competition with up to four players; when playing multiplayer, one player rolls the dice, and each player uses the same result, making their own decisions on how to use that result on their own table.

Of the four tables in the box, Dragonslayer has the most absurd scoring potential and the widest variety of options for manipulating the dice, via the spell system. You can really develop a plan based on how the early game goes, setting things up so that by the end of ball 3, you have multiball active with one ball ricocheting in the top-left to grind EXP while the other juggles the drop targets to kill the dragon and cast spells to help kill the dragon some more (or steal its hoard with the invisibility spell), raking in the biiiig points! I had to invent notation to record a score over 700 on the score track this time, ending on a score of 752 (my previous best was 571, so it's a big PB!)

nycki
@nycki

board game binder

How have I never thought of this before? I make travel game kits as a hobby but I've always focused on simple boards and clever components, when the opposite is just as much fun!

Following some advice from r/dominion a while back, I've crammed an entire deck of cards into a trading card organizer. It's a bit stretched but it'll hold.

Using a sheet protector and a dry erase marker, you can get a game of Codenames going. I'm using The Game Gal's Word Generator for the wordlist, and Codenames Gadget to generate grids, both apps work while offline. You could replace these with more cards, of course.

I've also added the solo game Roll 'n' Cook, which uses one page, a marker, and three dice. I've thrown some dice into the pencil pouch, but you can also save space with virtual dice if necessary, I recommend DiceApp by AlsterApps.