One Hit Wonder
2019
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4.0
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Players
2-4
Weight
N/A
Playtime
45 min
Age
10+
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A band-battling game for two to four players to rock and roll the dice!
You are a musical artist. You have your eyes set on one goal: playing a successful show at The Ultiplex, the greatest concert venue in the land. To do it, you'll need to use your inspiration points to write and practice songs, recruit bandmates, and keep their egos happy, or else they'll leave you to start a solo career (or worse, join an opponent's band). Along the way, you'll live the artist lifestyle, and work your way up to The Ultiplex with gigs at the dive bar Midnightly, and the hipster cafe the Artful Baboon.
To play songs, you roll a 12-sided die and add up any artist or bandmate bonuses you have. A strong performance will earn you a "Good" result, and an epic performance earns you a "Sick" result. Each venue requires a certain number of songs played "Sick" in order to have a successful show. You'll carefully craft your set-list, with songs requiring different instrument combinations to play: keyboard, drums, and guitar. Make sure you stroke the ego of your guitar-playing bandmate Tennessee, because if she leaves you, you're never going to play that "Anthem That Glorifies Being Young and Lost" or the "Song with a Catchy Chorus but No Verses."
Turn up your speakers, tune your guitar, and try to become a One Hit Wonder!
—description from the designer