One Hit Wonder

What is One Hit Wonder

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!

Game details

Players

2–4

Age

+10

Duration

45 min

Difficulty

—

Type

Board game

Year

2019

Mechanics

Betting and Bluffing · Deck, Bag, and Pool Building · Dice Rolling

Categories

Card Game · Dice · Economic

Designer

Rob Taylor

Publisher

(Self-Published)