2023 · Print & Play

Roll for Great Old Ones: A Roll & Write Game

Players take on investigators in a cooperative roll-and-write game set in a Lovecraftian investigation. Each round, players draft dice from a common pool to program actions on their investigator sheet, deliberately leaving some dice behind as cultist dice that trigger threats during the scenario. Players negotiate dice choices, gain experience, unlock skills and asymmetric powers, and spend dice to perform investigations, free actions, and cooperative support. The team must gather required clues and prevent the cultists from completing their ritual before the threat track finishes; success or failure is resolved collectively.

groupPlayers

1–4 best 2

schedulePlaying time

60–90 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

2.8 / 5