How to Play

Roll Player

1-4 players 60-90 min 7.4 Board Game Geek Rating

In Roll Player, you compete to create the ultimate fantasy hero by rolling and drafting dice to build character attributes. Purchase equipment, learn skills, and develop traits to craft your adventurer. Victory goes to the player who earns the most Reputation Stars by constructing the most well-prepared character for epic quests.

Published 2016

Get Ready

Setup the game with these step-by-step instructions before diving into your turn.

Determine start player

Each player rolls 1 die; highest roll gains the Start Player Token

Prepare dice bag

Place all Attribute and Boost Dice inside the bag

Distribute player components

Each player receives 1 Character Sheet (side of choice), 5 Gold, 1 Backstory card, 1 Alignment card, 1 XP Cost Summary card, and 1 Updated Player Aid card

Adjust starting gold

The 3rd player gains 1 extra Gold; the 4th player gains 2 extra Gold; with 5 players, no one gains additional Gold

Select class

In turn order, each player draws 1 die from the bag (redraw if repeat colour, Yellow, or Boost Die) and takes the matching Class card on a side of their choice

Place markers

Take 2 markers of matching colour; place 1 on your Class card and 1 in the centre of the Alignment card

Prepare market decks

Shuffle 1-dot and 2-dot Market Decks separately; remove cards based on player count (2 players: -18, 3 players: -14, 4 players: -12, 5 players: -7)

Create market deck

Stack 1-dot cards on top of 2-dot cards

Set up market display

Draw cards equal to number of players +2 to create face-up Market Display

Arrange initiative cards

Lay out correct Initiative cards based on player count; place 1 Gold on cards showing Gold in corner

Draw starting dice

Starting with 1st player, all players draw and roll starting dice (2 players: 6, 3 players: 7, 4-5 players: 8)

Place starting dice

Arrange dice in Attribute rows left to right; no actions taken; earn 1 Gold for filling a row with 3 dice; earn 2 Gold for Yellow dice

Select monster

From 2P+ Deck, remove monsters matching player class colours; pick 1 remaining Monster

Prepare adventure cards

Randomly select 1 face-down Location, Obstacle, and Attack card for chosen Monster

Create minion deck

Stack 1-dot cards on top of 2-dot cards; discard top 7 cards; flip top Minion card face-up

On Your Turn

What you can do during your turn.

Roll initiative dice

Start player rolls dice equal to number of Initiative cards in play

Place dice on initiative

Place dice on Initiative cards in ascending order

Resolve duplicates

Start player chooses which duplicate die goes before others of same number

Select initiative card

In clockwise order, players choose 1 Initiative card taking its die and Gold (if any)

Place die

Put die in any leftmost Attribute slot

Take attribute action

You may take the Attribute Action for that row

Collect bonuses

Take 1 Gold if 3rd slot filled; take 2 Gold if die is Yellow

Take turn in initiative order

From low to high, each player chooses one option:

Discard charisma

Remove all Charisma Tokens

Refresh skills

Each player turns 1 Skill card upright

Reset components

Return Initiative cards and remaining dice to bag

Reset market

Discard remaining Market cards; draw new display

Replenish gold

Place Gold on Initiative cards that show Gold icon

Pass start player

Give Start Player Token to left; begin new round

Reroll combat die

Spend 1 XP to reroll any 1 Combat Die

Remove injury

Spend 2 XP to discard an Injury Token during Creation Phase

Hire mercenary

Spend 3 XP for 1 extra Combat Die

Extra action

Spend 4 XP to take any Attribute Action during Character Creation

Winning

How to claim victory.

Spend XP

Modify Player Board and/or discard Injury Tokens before battle

Take combat dice

All players take 1 Combat Die

Resolve adventure cards

Players with corresponding Tokens gain benefits; ties are friendly

Hire mercenaries

Pay 3 XP or 5 Gold/Charisma Tokens for extra Combat Dice

Roll and modify

Roll all Combat Dice; spend 1 XP per reroll; add +1 per Honour Token; subtract 1 per Injury Token; declare "Final Dice"

Determine success

Meet or exceed Monster's Health to earn Star points shown on card

Score attribute rows

Add dice numbers with modifiers; earn Stars for each row goal met

Score class colour

Earn 1 Star per die matching your Class colour

Score alignment

Earn Stars based on Alignment marker position

Score backstory

Earn Stars for dice in correct slots

Score armour sets

Earn Stars for complete armour sets plus card bonuses

Score trait cards

Earn Stars as shown on cards

Determine winner

Player with most Stars wins

Break ties

Most Gold wins ties; then fewest dice in Class colour

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On Your Turn

Winning

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