Be the first to touch the flags, in order, and you win it all: the honor, the glory, the grudging respect of the other computers. But first you have to get your robot past obstacles like gaping pits, industrial lasers, moving conveyor belts and, of course, the other robots!
A gameplay and component overview with final thoughts on the game by Kaja Sadowski and Joanna Gaskell. It has all the classic earmarks of a great game — easy to learn, difficult to master, good level of strategy and of course.. Disclaimer: Dont take this game too seriously.
Lets break it down…. The components are durable and appropriate for gameplay, and the graphic art on the cards and game boards are great. Color addition to the later editions although the 1st edition pewter robots changed to plastic made it that much more attractive — but look and feel are a minor attribute for this game. Gameplay: Great mechanics means great fun! How does it play? And as with all programmed move turns, the fun begins when the moves are revealed and compared to the hidden choices of the other players.
Richard Garfield knew that it was all about the multiplicity of mathematics, but created a purely fun experience in the way the little robots move around the game board when trying to achieve the seemingly simple goal of capturing a flag.
I said that he gameplay is simple — and it is.. Choose cards, flip them, move your robot. Of course, it gets more complicated as different situations arise robot damage and especially game board attributes such as smashers and conveyor belts.
But really — that it! The seemingly random interference of other players is your biggest obstacle as a player — not being a rules guru or brilliant strategist. If you love games where anything can happen, and have a good sense of humor — where the game is in control of you, and not the other way around, then RoboRally will delight. A few tips… 1. Be patient. Planning a move, especially for new players and those without a swivel chair can take some time.
It take the fun out of the game. Because of 1 above, playing multiple flags with more than 3 players can take a while. The game can get frustrating if it goes on too long. Using the Option Cards the way the rules instruct ending on a double wrench space make them few and far between. Starting the game with an Option card and handing them out more often makes the game even more fun. Try it! Value: Wow! Great play for the price!
To add this game to your library, its worth even more. Buy it. Its worth it. Easy to learn, and to play, again great strategy planning for your turn with a good balance of luck and mayhem. Best played casually with friends and families. The Program cards are simply directional arrows with a number on top. They may need help moving over some more complicated board features and reading the Option cards, but I have played many times with my 6 year old nephew.
He even won once or twice The game has a youthful, cartoon-like feel about it and is perfect for a lighthearted evening of fun with anyone who is in touch with their inner child. Just like Richard Garfield must have been when he designed it. A testament to its success, these are very difficult to find.
One could only hope that they may be reprinted one day. Sunday night is game night at the Gamer Bling household. Sadly, this does not mean watching football.
The quiet lull after the Expansions are shelved for the night is a decent enough time for Gamer Bling to spout his opinion on the Game of the Week.
The below should all be approached with the understanding that Gamer Bling owns the original version of the game from , as well as a few extra boards he scrounged here and there. Any improvements in the reprint remain unknown to Gamer Bling, and are therefore unimportant.
You steer a robot across a map filled with various environmental hazards, including but not limited to conveyors, crushers, lasers, oil slicks, pits, and your fellow racers. With Phil Foglio illustrations, it promises to be a game of wacky zany racing.
Your hand starts at nine cards, but gets smaller as you get damaged. Of these nine or less you choose five to get yourself across the board. It moves quite slowly for a race game. The wackiness does arise on occasion when one robot bumps into another and knocks it off course.
If this happens early enough in the turn, the hapless second robot can get sent careening in the wrong direction while following its program. Sadly, this does not happen often, because there is too much room on the board and the robots easily get split up geographically.
This past game we just finished, one robot was knocked one square once, to no major effect. Gamer Bling also notes that when RoboRally used to be demoed at the WotC booth at Gen Con by the late Paul Randles, Paul demoed it on a board that was a quarter the size of just one of the board tiles provided in the game.
That promoted interaction between the robots! The game also rather breaks when one stops thinking about the fun of being wacky and focuses on the goal of running the race most efficiently. Gamer Bling usually wins this game by crushing margins by doing just that, rather than trying to get repairs, upgrades, or mess up other players like the Expansions do.
As a homeschool parent, Gamer Bling believes in seizing every opportunity for learning. Spatial Orientation: This is a biggie. You must be able to steer your robot right and left when it is across the table, facing you, and sitting on a rotating gear.
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Thanks, both! Passages source: via email Pinwheel source: official - radioactive [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] Pit Maze source: official - original [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] Pit Row source: official - grand prix [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] Pneumatic System source: www. Pool Bottom source: www. Propagation source: my own board [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] A board featuring "gates". Similar to portals, only allowing different directions of entry and exit and the far end can't be blocked.
Quick Pitted source: www. Quicksand source: voidsettler. Race - Follow The Leader source: www. Raging River source: nuke. Rainbow Road source: www. Rampochet source: roborally. Rampochet 3 source: roborally.
RingRoad source: my own board [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] My very first attempt at a board. It's not very good, is it? We never even bothered printing it. I was mostly playing with the Gimp and seeing what happened. Still, here it is. Also typed up, with a tweak that might make it vaguely playable.
Rivulet Rapids source: www. I have since lost that file, however. I preferred that version. The big trapdoor in the centre seemed unnecessary, as did the melting beams and gold conveyors.
So my version is a copy of the first version I had. Salmon Run source: via email [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] This was sent to me in an email by the creator of the Ice Rink board. Senet source: www.
Shake n Bake source: official - radioactive [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] Shifted source: via email Board created by SinDas, who sent it to me. SinDas explains: 'The moving platforms always take the shortest way possible with the least changes of direction.
Robots standing on a moving platform interact with flame throwers and light barriers they are moved through. Singularity source: filer. Fuzzy pdf. Snake source: via email Snake Pit source: www.
Soccer 1 source: boardgamegeek. This board is too pretty to have that white line across the middle. I also moved one of the, er, red cloudy galaxy things to the top, as that part of the board seemed comparatively empty. Oh, and I removed the mirrored walls, as they're a feature that didn't appeal to us. If anyone wants a version with the mirror put back, just let me know. Update: Rundumzu has tidied up the graphics even more.
Speed Trap 01 source: filer. Spider source: mia-maria. Spin Zone source: official - [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] [ 4-pdf ] Spiral Marathon source: www. It was tricky to get 11 sufficiently different colours, but playing it hasn't caused any problems. It's a very enjoyable board, and the shortest route is rarely obvious. Squares source: www. Stop Pushing source: www. Too Much source: via email [ 4-pdf ] Tough Maze source: www. Programming cards activate one register at a time, and players take turns during the register based on priority.
For every register, after all players have activated their programming, board elements and robot lasers activate before the next register begins. All players flip over the cards in register one on their player mats, revealing their programming choice. The player with priority that is, the player who is closest to the priority antenna carries out the action on the programming card they placed in their first register.
For example, if they played a Move 3 in the first register, they move forward three spaces. Don't worry about which space your robot ended its turn on just yet.
The next player with priority that is, the player who is second closest to the antenna carries out the action in their first register and so on until all players have activated the programming in their first register. Now board elements activate, and robot lasers fire. Board elements trigger in the order shown on the next page and affect all robots on them at the same time. See the next page for activation order and page 12 for a more detailed description of board elements and robot interactions.
Blue conveyor belts move any robot resting on them two spaces in the direction of the arrows. Green conveyor belts move any robot resting on them one space in the direction of the arrows. Push panels push any robot resting on them into the next space in the direction the push panel faces. Board lasers cannot fire through walls, the priority antenna, or hit more than one robot, and they shoot from the red and white pointer. Take a SPAM damage card for each laser that hits you.
Robot lasers fire in the direction a robot is facing. Their range has no limit. Any robot in the line of sight is shot. Robot lasers cannot fire through walls or shoot more than one robot. Remember to take a SPAM damage card for each laser that hits you. You must reach checkpoints in numerical order. In order to reach a checkpoint, you must be on it at the end of a register, and you may enter a checkpoint from any side.
After you reach a checkpoint, take a checkpoint token, and place it on your player mat to track your progress in the race. Board elements only activate if your robot ends the register on them. For example, if you move through a laser's path on any given register but do not end your move on the laser, you will not be hit. You can push fellow robots, and sometimes robots will bump into each other. For more on pushing robots. There are other types of board spaces to be aware of. See page 12 for more information on racing through the factory.
You can use permanent or temporary upgrades during the programming and activation phases. See each upgrade card for specific details regarding that upgrade. Repeat "Activating your robots" steps for the remaining registers.
Remember, after all players have activated their programming cards for a register, board elements activate, and robot lasers fire. After the fifth register is complete, players take the programming cards in their registers and place them in their discard piles. Then play returns to the upgrade phase. Robots are not impervious to damage, and any time they fall into a pit, are shot, or are knocked off the board, that player must take damage in the form of damage cards, which are played like programming cards.
When you receive a damage card, place it in your discard pile. When you shuffle your programming deck, the damage card will be in it, diluting your hand. Immediately discard the damage card by returning it to the appropriate damage card draw pile. Now it is out of your deck.
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