Head into the Wild West in a strategic roll and write game by Steven Aramini and Write Stuff Games using a deck of cards to determine what you are filling in with Fliptown.

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects/writestuffgames/fliptown?ref=discovery_category_newest

Pros

• Price Point
• Print and Play
• Using a Deck of Cards
• Another Roll and Write
• Solo

Cons

• Another Roll and Write
• Looks Like a Lot Going On
• 4 Player Max

The Page

I’ve backed a lot of Print and Play roll and write games. And while this is not only a print and play, this page is clearly done by someone who is more than just that. The layout of the page is nice, and the graphic design works well.

And, because Fliptown is just a roll and write game with no minis, you get to the game play immediately. That means that I can scroll only a little on the page. I really appreciate that.

And there is more thought than that to the page. But it’s more thoughts to the game. In particular, a custom deck of cards, dry erase boards. Those are things that I kind of expect now in a roll and write game. I have a laminator when a roll and write doesn’t come with dry erase, but that should be standard at this point. Yes, it might cost a little bit more, but also, you don’t need to print a stack of 100 sheets.

The Game

The game itself, I will say it looks intense and like there is a lot to do in the game. The board is basically split into four parts. And you can maybe guess why that is the case. It’s split into four so that you use a part depending on the suit that you pick. That makes sense and is going to give the roll and write more of a thematic feel.

So on a round it looks like every player goes at once, and important thing for me in a roll and write. They use the three cards that are flipped over. One for the suit, the part of the board you go to. Another for the number, which will be what you activate. And the final one is building up a poker hand? I don’t know what the poker hand is for.

Back or Brick

I really like my roll and write games, so Fliptown is a Back for me. And I think that it can be a good back especially if you do the print and play version. I did bump up my pledge to a physical copy though. The reason, I love my roll and write games.

But for $5, you can print everything off, you just need a standard deck of cards for the random element. That is an amazing deal. I’m a big proponent of print and play roll and write games. Granted, I need to print off several of them and start to play them. But for $5, I get a game where I can help support someone’s passion project. And while Fliptown is bigger and I expect to see it in retail, if you just want to try sooner, that $5 pledge level is amazing.

Is Fliptown a Back or Brick for you?

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