Flick Quest: Rise of Heroes

Playtested. I like it, as a fun filler game it is very fun to play. They used somewhat "party" mechanics of flicking and made a "serious" game using it. Maybe not my cup of tea, but I would recommend it.

We had lots of fun with this game in Essen Spiel 2022. A flicking coop game with scenarios, each one of them should have a different overall story, a deck of events, and mechanics that support the story.

We played scenario 5, the aim of which was to defeat a dragon. We had to collect artifacts that we needed to use to harm the dragon. In the meantime, other enemies were coming, so we needed to balance defeating those because if there ever were not enough enemy counters to add to the map, we would lose.

There were some fun event cards that made us flick a bit differently, such as with closed eyes or with the left hand. The event cards had a bit of a story to them, f.e. there is a banquet in this area and at least two of you need to attend so that you don't offend the organizers.

We managed to defeat the dragon in the last round and we had a couple of crucial moments when we could lose during the game.

The game was one of the biggest surprises in Essen this year for us because we did not even know about it beforehand and got to play it at random. And we had so much fun we even played it to the end! I suppose it was not that original mechanically, but it worked.

The interesting thing was, that you always regrouped to your home base at the end of the round and you could choose at the start of the next round your starting point. Each character had its own corner of the map with three circles in the base. So there was a bit of a discussion at the start of the turn about which enemy we needed to defeat and then trying to figure out the best position (circle) to be able to flick the character there.

I have Catacombs preordered, so I am very curious how it will compare to this.

That’s really interesting game. It is a cooperative flicking game that enriches a basic flicking mechanisms to a fantasy theme. During Essen 2022 play test we enjoyed a full match lost at last round. Any round is spiced by various event who dictates how many minions will spawn and additional effect or rewards players have to take care. At the moments only complain it is the unbalance between the flickering that are just single shots (with powers given by characters) and the complexity and variety of events and NPCs that show a deep design. It has many potential but it will be very important, in addition to doubts above, the final product and its material and components

Played demo version on Essen Spiel 2022. Really enjoyed - I like the adventure vibe - there is the story revealing as players are advancing. And I want the author will keep this graphic style of map we were playing on - simplicity and style - any element on its is by purpose.