Roll-and-write and flip-and-write games have you roll dice or flip cards and record the results on a sheet. Each move can both narrow your next options and set off satisfying little combos. They’re usually quick, portable and perfect for when you want a game that feels clever without taking up much space.
Some examples of roll&write or flip&write games are Silver & Gold: Pyramids, Pick a Pen and Qwixx
Terravista – Where Is This Road Going?
Across a sunny patchwork of fields, forests, waterways and rocky ground, roads slowly begin to appear. Some head towards colourful markets, others pass olives, strawberries and oranges, and a few start out looking suspiciously like we had no idea what…
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Sixto – What Are You Willing to Skip?
Some roll-and-writes shower you with bonuses, combos, special powers and enough chain reactions to make you forget which box you originally crossed. Sixto goes in a very different direction. It gives one to six players six coloured dice, a sheet…
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Durchmarsch – Or Why Stopping Is Harder Than Rolling
Durchmarsch is a small dice game about moving along a row of numbers, one step at a time, while constantly asking yourself one simple question: do I stop now, or do I roll again? At first, that doesn’t sound like…
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Fantastic Trails – Ants, Numbers, and the Long Way Home
When you first look at Fantastic Trails, it gives off a pretty relaxed first impression. Colourful artwork, cute ants, a small box… it all looks quite approachable. Then you start playing and realise these ants are asking you to make…
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Keer op Keer 3 – Simple Turns, Not Always Simple Decisions
So… you know that feeling when a roll-and-write looks nice and relaxed, and then halfway through you’re staring at your sheet like it personally betrayed you? Yeah, that’s kind of what happened to us with Keer op Keer 3. It’s…
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Honey Wall – Building and Protecting Your Hive
Honey Wall looks like a calm little game about bees… and then you play it and realise it’s not that peaceful at all. I mean, you’re building a hive, sure, but at the same time you’re watching everyone else try…
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The Choice – A Series of Reasonable Decisions
I know roll-and-write games aren’t exactly rare these days. They’re everywhere, and honestly, a lot of them blur together after a while. Still, I keep coming back to them. They’re quick to set up, easy to explain, and they tend…
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Tüfteln – An Exercise in Filling Boxes Correctly
Tüfteln is one of those games that almost dares you to underestimate it. You open the box and there’s… not much there. Two dice, a pad of paper, and that’s basically it. No theme to get excited about, no flashy…
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Rolling Realms Redux – A Box Full of Different Ideas
Rolling Realms Redux is a roll-and-write built around a pretty simple idea: instead of giving you one big game, it gives you a collection of small ones. The game is split into “realms”, and each realm is inspired by a…
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7 Wonders Dice – Not the Same, Not New Either
With 7 Wonders Dice, Antoine Bauza takes one of the most well-known civilization games and squeezes it into a roll-and-write. No cards, no drafting, just dice, pencils, and a city board that fills up faster than you’d expect. To be…
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