Focus

Just what is “focus“?

It reminds me of “magic dice” in the game Dice Miner. The magic dice in Dice Miner basically allowed you to reroll 1, 2 or 3 dice. Instead of calling them “reroll” dice, they referred to them as “magic dice”.

In Rogue Angels your character board tracks your “focus” on the yellow circle track. You have a “focus token” that starts at the top (maximum) of your characters possible focus (which can vary from one character to another). Then, if you ever wish to reroll a die, you use one “focus” by sliding the “focus token” down one spot. If the token gets to the bottom gray spot, you have no focus available (noted by the number zero on its right) and thus cannot reroll a die.

The Focus Token looks just like those yellow spots on the character board:

Rogue Angels goes one step further than Dice Miner in that it lets you “replenish” your “focus”. On your turn, one action that you can take is to “concentrate“. When you concentrate, your focus token slides UP two spots (giving two additional die rerolls). Here is an example using Vera’s basic character board:

However, with some hero characters focus can be integrated into their abilities! An example is Jastin who can use focus to reroll a die but also uses a focus to slide a card to the left or right:

So, for some heroes, focus merely means “reroll a die”. But for others, focus keys into their unique ability as well.