Friday, June 10, 2011

Game Reviews: Tepiiku

Tepiiku is a dice-based flash game with a twist.

Instead of numbers, each side of each die has six symbols. These symbols are ingot, gem, fire, water, person, and skull. Ingot and gem are worth one and two respectively, fire is worth three and water four, but if you have one or more of each, they don't count, person counts for a number equal to the number of persons (e.g. if you have three, each counts as three), and skull is minus two.

Gameplay is something like a wagering-oriented card game. You can reroll dice repeatedly if you think you can get a higher score. Once rolling and rerolling is done, the player with the lowest score pays to the person with the highest.

It's a surprisingly interesting game with some depth you don't expect. I enjoy it.

-Signing off.

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