Does push your luck work on Board Game Arena? I feel like I’ve had mixed results with it. While I like Flip 7 a lot as a game, it is not great on BGA. Why, because a lot of the fun of a push your luck game is agonizing with those at the table if you continue or not. And then giving into peer pressure. So is a game that is purely push your luck, like Can’t Stop, a good game to play at all and good on BGA?

How To Play Can’t Stop

Can’t Stop is a simple game where you push up tracks to try and reach the top of three of them. You can also play a longer version of the game where you reach the top of five of them, but at lower player counts, 2-3 players.

On your turn you roll two dice. And then you create two combinations of two dice. And you move up on those tracks. So if you roll a two, three, five and five, you could move up on five and ten or seven and eight. Then you can keep pushing your luck. But on a turn the most you can move up on is three differently numbered tracks. So once you are locked into those three.

Then you decide if you want to keep rolling. If you do and you get a combination that works to move up on one of the tracks, you get to choose again. However, if you can’t create a combination of one of those three numbers you lose all your progress.

What Doesn’t Work

This is a purely luck based game. Yes, you can calculate your odds of a given roll, but you are rolling dice. Now, this is something that will also go in the what works section as well. Why, because it is what the game is. You know if you hate luck and risk, then Can’t Stop is probably all negative for you. If not, it’s a positve.

What Works

So let’s just say what I said, this game keeps the game streamlined for it just being push your luck. It’s simple but it works with that because it doesn’t try and over complicate things. Do I roll dice or not, that is the question. And with rolling two dice you generally know the odds of rolling a number.

I like that the tracks vary in length. It’s nice because obviously some combinations are longer. But now that I only need to move up three on two or twelve that makes it more tempting. At the same time, you never want to count on it. So it becomes this fun moment of getting a twelve or a two and deciding if you just want to stop because you’ve made progress.

The game is also quite fast. I say quite fast because while a single turn won’t take much time, the game could take a little bit. But that all depends on how much your people believe in the title of the game. If you can’t stop, then Can’t Stop might take a while to play.

The game also provides a lot of fun moments. Push your luck generally does when someone is on crazy streak of climbing up on column. Then there is either emotion of joy if they make it or heartbreak if they bust and lose all that progress. It’s something that is true with a lot of push your luck games, but it works well and provides good moments more often than some in Can’t Stop.

Who is Can’t Stop For?

Do you like push your luck? Can’t Stop is a game for you. Do you hate push your luck? Don’t get Can’t Stop. There, it is that simple.

Final Thoughts and Grade on Can’t Stop

I like this game. I think it works really well on BGA, and it is going to be one that I play a ton of on BGA. Especially at two players it is a game that just flies asynchronously. And it’s always fun to come back and see where you opponent has gotten to.

The game also just provides a lot of great moments. Can I sneak in and steal a number from you if I get really hot. Or do I risk it to keep rolling once I have made some progress because I’m on five, seven and eight and the odds or one of those coming up are good. And that is just fun.

Really, I think that best describes my time with Can’t Stop. The game is just fun with how it plays. It isn’t complex, it isn’t long, but it just works. It is what you want for a push your luck game. Some push your luck games try and add in too much and lose being fun. Others have it as smaller parts and works, but this one is that right level of just pushing your luck.

My Grade: A
Gamer Grade: B-
Casual Grade: A
Strategy (out of 10): 2
Luck (out of 10): 10

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