Comparing our 16 Heroes as to their Focus, both Talya and Gia come up on top with their Focus maxed out at 6, while four other Heroes have a Focus of only 2!

What is Focus?

The principal use of FOCUS is to allow you to reroll a die. If your play style is one where you like to reroll a die if you don’t get that “prefect” result, then Talya and Gia would be good choices from that perspective:

Of course there are MANY other unique attributes and abilities to all 16 heroes, but these are the top two heroes for Focus!

In case you are wondering, yes, “focus” is a nice way to refer to the ability to reroll a die. Other games also try to have a way to refer to this “reroll” ability. Example, in Dice Miner, some of the dice are “magic dice” and there is a “Magic Phase” to the game. Basically, “magic” just means “reroll a die”, and while playing Dice Miner we always refer to it as “reroll” and never as “magic” :)

Meanwhile, back here in Rogue Angels, since we are looking at rerolling dice, it is good to note that there is only one type of die in Rogue Angels with these six faces:

While there is only one TYPE of die in the game, you will have several dice available to roll at various times during the game.

It also is worth pointing out at this point there is NO “bad” side to a die. There is no “gotcha”… no “fail”… no “lose one point”. I like to view the Rogue Angel dice as NO FAIL dice. All six faces of a die are “good”.

However, you might be trying to roll to gain two moves… and rolling a “shield” will not be what you hoped for! You were hoping for the Move 2 icon or possibly the +2 icon (if you were rolling for movement). So, while there is no “fail” side to a die, you might not get exactly what you want:)

Continue reading “Focus – Gia and Talya” →

This is the earliest video clip in our collection (of clips from almost 100 different videos). This is from over two years ago! Artwork Amazing, Space Ship is Clever, High Caliber Game!

=> Spend one minute with Die Rollin’

Here is a snapshot from the 1 minute clip (you can click the image):

NOTE: All my information is based on the prototype with 16 characters that Emil so kindly sent to me… so things are not final and could change in the final game.

Each of the 16 characters available for you to play in Rogue Angels is unique. We may wish to call these 16 characters by their other name … HEROES (because we WILL meet up with other characters as we play the game).

The final game will come with 16 dossier envelopes, one for each Hero. A quick overview of the hero is on the front of the dossier.

If you play strictly by the rules, each player is given 3 random dossier envelopes. They will choose one and return the other two (unopened) to the game box.

However, since you will be playing as this hero for hours and hours on dozens of missions, I suggest implementing this house rule:

House Rule: Look through all the dossiers, one by one (including everything inside each envelope), and keep the one that you would like to have as your hero!

If you are strictly following the rules, you should skip the rest of this article.

If you are like me, and want to choose your hero out of the 16 available, then read on to see what some of the unique features are for each hero.

Continue reading “Comparing Characters (Choose Your Hero)” →

A quick preliminary thoughts of Rogue Angels. Each mission feels very different. A lot of fun. Unique. Different characters. Different abilities.

=> 1 minute with Merlin’s Manor

Time to spend another minute with Board Game Officer as he plays through Rogue Angels. This clip is from his playthrough 6 (Scenario 7) and features an interesting interaction with enemies.

=> 1min clip

Snapshot from the clip (you can click an image)

Gideons Gaming likes the game: Legitimately is the closest thing to a Mass Effect board game. Cleans up the common junk other games trip over.

=> 1 minute with Gideons Gaming

Snapshot from the video clip (you can click on the image):

Fear Not! If you didn’t hear about the game while the Kickstarter was running, you will NOT be left out! You can pledge (“order”) a copy of Rogue Angels right now! This is referred to as a “Late Pledge”. With crowd funding, there often is a slight difference from pledging during the initial Kickstarter and pledging as a “Late Pledge”. In the case of Rogue Angels, the difference is 5 Euros for the cost of one full game. To order/pledge right now just go to the Gamefound page for Rogue Angles:

=> Rogue Angels on Gamefound

If you didn’t back the game during the Kickstarter campaign, you will see an info box something like this near the top right:

Just click on the green BACK THIS PROJECT button to order/pledge for a copy of the game for yourself now!

I believe that Emil has stated in the past that the Pledge Manger (Gamefound) would be open for at least a couple months, so there is no need to quick finalize your pledge because it won’t be closing for a while.

However, if you’d like to just get everything done so you don’t have to worry about forgetting to do it later, go for it! Likely all you need to do is to pay for the shipping and the Gamefound system  will calculate that for you as you finalize your pledge!

I have posted several articles about the Pledge Manager (Gamefound) and have them linked from the top of the Quick Guide to this site (the first thing you see on the home page).

=> MyRogueAngels (home page with Quick Guide)

Here is the latest version of the shipping costs chart on the Gamefound page:

=> Shipping Costs Chart

If you backed Rogue Angels during their Kickstarter campaign, your information is being transferred to Gamefound, which is the Pledge Manager to handle paying for shipping and adjusting your pledge.

=> Gamefound: Main page
=> Gamefound: Rogue Angels page
=> Gamefound: Your Pledge page for Rogue Angels

However, the first day (or two) things might not be totally in sync over at Gamefound for your account. For example, I get this message myself for my pledge:

If you already backed Rogue Angels do NOT click the ADD ITEMS TO YOUR PLEDGE green button.

• Either your pledge has not been fully transferred and synced to your account and you just need to wait a few hours (or a day) for Gamefound to get everything all sorted out.
• Or, you have two accounts on Gamefound under the same name (but with different eMail addresses).

In my case … I *DO* have two different Gamefound accounts both under my name (one has only two items … maybe I should just close that one:). So the solution for me was to LOGOUT and then LOGIN with my other account email address (and that fixed everything for me).

If you backed Rogue Angels during the Kickstarter campaign, the cost for one copy of the game was 107 Euros. Here is what it looked like during the Kickstarter campaign:

If you missed pledging for the game during the Kickstarter campaign, you still can order it now on Gamefound (the pledge manager for Rogue Angels) but the price is slightly higher (by 5 Euros):

NOTE: If you backed the game during the Kickstarter campaign, your pledge information was transferred over to Gamefound and you will receive the game at the original price of 107 Euros! However, Gamefound lists it as costing you the new higher price of 112 Euros, but then gives you a 5 Euros discount at the bottom of your order! So all is well and you end up paying the original price with that discount! Mine looks like this:

New backers are still able to “order” (pledge) the game, even though the Kickstarter campaign has ended. This is called being a “Late Backer”. A late backer can pledge / order the game as a “Late Pledge” at the current 112 Euros price.