Flip Town
Designer: Stephen Alamini Publisher: Staff Game Player Write: 1-4 Age: 12+ Hours: 30-45 minutes
summary:
I supported Fliptown when it became Kickstarter and finally brought it to me on Game Day and it was really fun. Flip Town is a unique flip and writing game that tries to ensure that players navigate the Wild West to collect money, money, stars and not the level needed to avoid the sheriff’s attention. Not only do you need to manage your own playerboard resources, you can also play 3-hand poker. A deck of cards is used at the top of each turn, one card is used to control location, the other card is for action, and one card is for poker hands.
The game has a lot of fun content and depth, and there is variability between player character cards and achievement cards, but in the first few playthroughs with various groups of experienced gamers, I realized that I was just enjoying land rays on the player board. After that, there are some things to look forward to as these cards can eventually be added later in another game.
Gameplay:
In Flip Town, each player starts with an erasable player board and an erasable marker where the main game plays. The sturdy eraseable player board folds to track location visits, actions and player resources. I kept it for a while before I played this game, so I was worried that some of the markers might have dried out, so I easily replaced the new one I had been lying on. The game comes with a deck of Western-looking cards, all within its own tackbox. These cards are thoroughly shuffled without the Joker. The three bounty cards (merital cards) also show points upwards (7); Once you’ve become familiar with the mechanics, each player is given one of the 14 player character cards. (We recommend deleting bounty cards and character cards as there is plenty of action space to learn when playing with new players.)
The game is played in three rounds, each round consisting of five turns.
In the round, start by shuffling your deck of cards and put your top cards aside without revealing their value. That’s the sheriff. The Sheriff Card arrests players with too many desires and receives resources. The players then take turns at the same time. However, to help players use the game for the first time, we took turns substituted individually and explained the movements halfway through round two. It also made it more appealing and helped people learn about the location and strategies from people who played before.
In turn, turn the three cards inside out in the center of the table to reveal them. The cards come in standard AK, Spade, Heart, Club and Diamond values. Players can choose to use the cards or access the Graveyard (discussed later). To use a card, each of the three cards is assigned once to a (1) location, (2) value, and (3) poker card. When everyone finishes the action, the next three cards will be revealed: Until the five sets of cards are revealed. This can be tracked by looking at the poker hand area.
Use the suit as a location card – Select the card for the suit card (club, heart, spade, diamond) and go to that location. The mind will take you on the trail. Spades take you to the Badlands, Diamonds to the Mines, and the clubs will send you to town.
Use a value as an action card – Select the card with that number (card value). At the location you selected when using the suit, look at that area, find the card value, circle the space, and use that ability.
In Badlands (Spades), you will lob and steal new cards by flipping them over. If the cards have equal values or you have earned all the rewards. If you lose, you will have some penalties and less rewards.
On trails (hearts), you can stop anywhere on the trail that is equal to the card value and earn rewards in the stopped space. You cannot return to the skipped space.
In a mine (diamond), you can mine for treasure. Start at the top of the mine entrance and pick the path you want to retrieve that resource and get it. To enter the mine, you must first turn and dig up the space above it. And if you dig deeper into the pass, you’ll end up the game VP.
Buildings can be built in town (club). You can earn rewards on your first visit, and each building has its own unique abilities. For example, buy a work hose for $3 and get a Hammer and Star (VP) or a trail hose ($4) that will help you move further along the trail. One of the buildings also has a mini-game that attempts to color with all nine squares.
And the last place is the cemetery. If you decide not to use a suit or value card, you will either go to the graveyard or another reward will be sent to the graveyard. Cemetery is a unique mini puzzle game for earning rewards. By swirling available gravestones, you can earn rewards between two swirled gravestones.
Players can attempt to chain actions that allow them to visit other locations. So it’s interesting to solve how to make the most of your actions.
Every time you collect the money and money you need, you are surrounded by your own trucks. Money is used to purchase items, gold can be used to change suits or the value of cards, and gold can be used to make the sheriff a bribery ber. Every time you cut resources, you delete the required 4 by visiting a town hideout, erase the resources. So, unless you make a mistake, it’s rare when you need to use an eraser in a game.
Add a third card to your poker hand. Finally, use the third card to add it to your poker hand. Roll out the card suit and value and make notes. Since cards are used as poker cards every turn, five turns will result in five card poker hands. You can earn more points and money by aiming for straight, full house, and more.
After everyone finishes their actions at the end of each of the fifth turn, everyone checks their poker hands for that turn and resolves the rewards.
To finish the round, everyone goes to work bread for money. Players earn gold for every circled gold bread and earn $2 for every circle hammer they own. And finally, they deal with the sheriff trying to catch players with too many desires. Players can determine whether they want to first make the sheriff a bribe by paying one money each time they have to temporarily ignore the sheriff’s effects (the required levels will be erased and not reduced). The sheriff’s card is then revealed, and the card that did not receive a bribe will compare the level you need to the card. If the sheriff’s card is equal to or greater than the recruitment level, the player is safe. Otherwise, they will have to erase the money and stars and pay a large sum. It ends the round.
After 3 rounds, players count all stars, victory points in the end game, earn 1 star for every 4 dollars, earn 1 star for every 2 golds, and have the most wins!
impression:
This game is a fun experience. Every time I play, I try something different. There are so many options in town and I’ve seen some really interesting and interesting options. There are plenty of spaces to discover. I once reached the bottom of the mine, but not even until the end of the trail.
I think it’s really fun to decide on three cards. It’s like a puzzle where you need to find the best movement. Should I use the cards as a poker hand or should I go for its value? I also enjoyed the chain side of the game. This is a game where you can gather resources and even enjoy the levels you need. But if we went ahead of ourselves, we would have easily become wanted 14+ and be caught by the sheriff.
Bounty cards are similar to Merit cards, adding an element of interaction, but more advanced. I usually remove these. I haven’t tried character cards yet, but I’ll leave it for more advanced play.
I didn’t expect to get some laughs to write with this flip, but we did and made some pleasant memories. This game felt like there was a mini-game in the game and did it in a very coherent thematic way. What a clever way to integrate poker into the game, it was a very unique flip and writing game, and a game with well thought out areas to explore on the player board. I’m already looking forward to taking Fliptown with me on the next match day!
Ratings from Opinion Gamers
I love it! Mandy I like it. neutral. Not for me…
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