Beat People Up
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Publisher's Description:Brom expansion A mean little dice game for two players. You need: one button for each player (included), and several polyhedral dice. Players fight several rounds of combat, rolling dice and capturing each other's dice. The first player to win three rounds wins the game. |
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Trev says:This is a rather peculiar two player game. Each pack comes with two badges - one for each player - and I'm hoping they're kind of balanced so that both have an equal chance of winning. |
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The game comes from the US, so the badges are called buttons, because thats the right word over there. No offence intended of course, but it does make me wonder what buttons are called in America - you know, the ones down the front of your shirt or trousers (sorry, pants). It must make it very difficult to get dressed. Once you have decided on your badge you then equip yourself with the requisite dice - adding to the cost unless you have stacks of multi-sided dice available. The numbered circles on the badge show the dice you need, e.g. d4, d8, d10, d20 for "Wastenott" (above). There are also some circles that have an X or a V and these allow you to choose the size of those dice. Some dice are indicated as "Shadow" dice and some others are "Poison" dice. Each player rolls all of their dice. The lowest number showing goes first. In turn each player attempts to capture one of their opponent's dice. There are two standard ways of doing this: firstly, you can use any one of your dice to capture a die showing a lower value; secondly, you can use any number of your dice whose total equals that on a single die of your opponent. "Shadow" dice are slightly different as they capture dice that they score less than. Any dice you use in the capture must be re-rolled before your opponent's turn. Dice you capture and dice you save contribute to your score depending on their size and a victor is chosen. "Poison" dice are different in this respect as they subtract from your score rather than adding to it. A number of rounds are played until someone has won three - and they win the game. The major problem you may have with this game is the number of different dice you need to play it with - some of which have to be different colours to indicate "shadow" or "poison". Once you've got them, you may have a good time with this game. I know it is quite popular with some people on the newgroups and that it has its own website at beatpeopleup.com. I've played it two or three times myself and, although, there's more to it than it seems at first, I don't find myself getting hooked at all. There always seems to be something more interesting to play for two players. Still, I'll try to get a few more goes to see if it gets more addictive. To buy: |
