So it’s one part strategy, one part luck, and sometimes one part peeking at what button your friend is hitting. The picks each combatant makes are hidden from the other. It’s basically a matter of figuring out what strategies your opponent might be using, and how best to overcome them, while they do the same to you. Countering will turn a strike back on the attack, but if they didn’t strike, you’re open to taking huge damage yourself, and your defensive magic only really works if they’re casting at you. Defending works against basic attacks, but leaves you weaker to magic and strikes. The defender then has to choose whether to defend, counter, use defensive magic, or just give up. The attacker can then either attack normally, try a strike for uber damage, cast an attack spell, or try to use a special ability. The player draws one of two cards, to see who goes first. They essentially work in a sort of rock-paper-scissors fashion.

And the quests can range from exploring the lands to find a specific item, to facing off against a boss in a battle to the death.īattles aren’t overly complex, but still require a lot of thought in how to approach them. There are a number of dungeons to explore, each with their own theme. Travel is done by using a spinner, though there are items to help you get around quicker, and to help slow down the opposition. The players go through a series of quests, liberating towns, fighting boss monsters, and searching the lands for items the king requests. The players don various weapons and shields, as well as varied assortment of spells, upgrading their gear through stores and item spots around the map. As you explore the world, which is broken into various regions, you will fight many varied enemies along the way, from simple kobolds and goblins to mighty dragons and demons. The players are all adventurers working to save the kingdom, while at the same time lining their pockets. Instead of just being a simple board game where you roll dice and wander a board, the game threw in some serious RPG elements as well. And this game excels at such.ĭokapon Kingdom took things to a whole new level. For a board game to do well on console, it has to be something unique. Most people, who own Monopoly, don’t need to go out and buy it for their console. And while there have been several board games released for consoles, and various adaptations to such from established series (such as Sonic Shuffle), they’ve never been very well received.

The game definitely stood out in many ways. That was one title my friends and I just couldn’t resist.

Released back in 2008 for the PS2 and Wii, it titled itself as the “friendship destroying game”.

Dokapon Kingdom