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Drum Roll Box
Box Front
Presentation at Spiel '11 (Essen)
Back of the box and inside decoration
Assistant designer of Drum Roll at Greek Guild's 2nd Board Game Design Contest
During play
Tamer - Elephant Tamer
Sketch of the cover.
the designers of Drum Roll Mr Kokkinis and Mr Drakopoulos in Essen 2011

Drum Roll (2011)

Players
2–4
Best: 4
Playing time
90–90 min
Age
12+
6.85
Average rating
1,900
Ratings
3.02/5
Weight
#2723
BGG rank
Top 5,000
Designer:Konstantinos Kokkinis, Dimitris Drakopoulos
Artist:Antonis Papantoniou
Publisher:Kaissa Chess & Games +2 more
Average rating, ratings count, weight and rank are sourced from BoardGameGeek (BGG).
Game DNA
  • This game: Strategy 9, Luck 3, Interaction 5, Complexity 6, Theme 5
Strategy9.0
Luck3.0
Interaction5.0
Complexity6.0
Theme5.0

This game's strategy, luck, interaction, complexity and theme.

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Overview

In Drum Roll each player takes over the role of a circus owner in the early 1900s. Each player moves around Europe hiring performers and giving shows.

There are five main categories of performers: the Tamers, the Acrobats, the Bizarre, the Magicians, and the Jugglers. Each of them have different demands the player must fulfill in order to give their best performance.

The requirements, which vary between performers, are Rehearsal, Equipment, Supplies, Costumes, and Promotion. There are three levels of performances that each performer can end up doing in a show: a poor one, a good one, and an outstanding one. The higher the level of performance, the more requirements each performer will have to fulfill in order to achieve it.

The better the performance, the more each player can get out of it. When performers do outstanding performances, the player must choose between getting the maximum amount of benefit out of them, or getting the Prestige Points they are offering. There are also other ways to improve a circus such as trailers, investments, and personnel that will help your performers do their best.

Expansions

Drum Roll: Performer Promo Cards
Drum Roll: Ringmaster
Drum Roll: Plate Spinner
Drum Roll: Mini Expansion
Drum Roll: Dragon Dancers
Drum Roll: Fire Dancer
Drum Roll: Kickstarter Promo Cards
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