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Luck of the Draw

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Play and rate on ldjam.com here!


Overview

Luck of the Draw is the roughest, toughest, and smallest turn-based strategy game this side of the board. Take direct control of the game tokens as you literally roll to hit - throw your dice at opponents in a hectic race to steal the other team's flag. If Lady Luck is in your favor, you can also turn the tides with three special dice! Will you outwit the opposition at such a small-scale operation?


Controls

Mouse - Aim, throw, confirm

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Wow, I thought this was a great game! I really had no idea how to even play it. I should have read the description first, but it didn't even matter. I just loved hitting stuff over and over. I didn't even know what effect it would have. I thought the goal was to just kill the other players like that.

I didn't know where to bring the flag to. I could play this a lot without even wanting to win. I liked how I didn't have to be exactly spot on to steal the enemy's flag. It didn't make it any easier though. I can always use training.

Feels good to hit all three of your opponents with one throw

really fun. everything feels really satisfying to do I love the juice added to it

Pretty neat board game with some rather unique twists, such as the dice being a physical object that can be used to attack: certainly some clever stuff that makes for a cool game jam experiment!

I'll admit that I'm not the best person to review this game, as I'm not much of a fan of board games. In my experience, they typically result in a lot of tedium where people are just slowly making their way around with low rolls and resets, and also a lot of RNG that just screws you over. And unfortunately, I was still experiencing those same elements in this as well, so it definitely wasn't my cup of tea.

Trying to look past my preferences though, I do think this has a lot going for it. As stated before, the dice being a physical element makes for a lot of interesting strategies, especially when you add on ricochet shots and the various types of dice you can get from crates, which is yet another thing that adds a layer of whether it's worth it to risk going off the beaten path for. You can also use classic CTF strategies where you decide to keep one of your people behind as a defender, or risk going all in on offense to grab that flag. All this strategy, and the game has a nice sense of presentation and polish too (though I'll admit that the backgrounds are quite bland).

So yeah, it's not for me, but I can see why people would find this rather impressive and interesting. If I were to have any feedback, it'd be that I wish I could move the camera around to survey the battlefield freely instead of always being locked-in to looking at what is currently under control.

fun.

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Oct 6, 2024
6:27 PM EDT