Normally, mobile games are those that I would visit once in a blue moon. But with Board Kings, this was a mobile game with various offerings aim at players. This multiplayer game not only pays homage to Monopoly, but it also finds a way to blend animated bunnies with dice, hijinks, and avarice.
The mobile game consists of various activities (some of which we'll cover in future articles):
- Minigames (depending on your current board)
- Stealing coins from other players (while still on your own board)
- A prize wheel (The Daily Bonus)
- Taking the train to go play on other people's boards (and, perhaps, wreak havoc - LOL!)
- Collecting coins from your train
- Visiting the collectible vending machine
- Drawing cards from the deck
The list goes on!
Now, at the time of this blog post, the game has had a recent update commemorating its 4th birthday - since its release date of March 8th, 2017.
As you can imagine, you essentially throw some dice to move all over your board (as you would with typical board games like Monopoly). When you land on blue spaces with (?) marks on them,
you get to draw a card that can be one of many things:
- Collect coins
- Go to the train to raid other people's boards
- Go steal from people in a set minigame to collect from unsuspecting players
- Roll the dice again
- Big Bertha (I'll let you guys draw your conclusions on what THAT is)
You can also collect purple gems that help you complete certain tasks in the game, if you're short on coins. You'll collect them by satisfying certain conditions in the game.
Plus, you can collect trading cards to place in your scrapbook, or trade.
If you decide to trade your extra cards (since there will be times when you'll get duplicate cards), you can either trade with friends on social media (i.e. Facebook), or you can spend them on more dice and other perks.
Speaking of perks (because I love perks!) ...
There are many ways to earn coins, dice, and special cards. Earning coins is easy, seeing that you earn coins for every space you move on your board. And sometimes, some of the bunny bystanders will offer you coins (or even dice).
As for the dice, you're only allowed 50 dice, until you run out. Afterward, you'll have to wait about an hour to get 5 more dice.
Special cards also exist in this game. Every once in a while, you'll collect red and blue cards.
- The red cards can only be used on your board - the cards involve giving you added perks (i.e. allowing you to head straight to the train to depart to another player's board).
- The blue cards, on the other hand, can only be used whenever you're on another player's board.
Now, the fun doesn't stop there with Board Kings. However, it's a satisfying way to kill time and have fun playing a board game. Despite its popups bombarding your every time you launch the game, just tapping the screen in the app will get you excited to do many of the things alongside cute bunny characters and mischievous-type quests. Whether you take advantage of the microtransactions or not is your choice, since they're not as overwhelming as the wary budget gamer might suspect.
Things are looking bright for this mobile game. So, stay tuned! There's much more to come on Board Kings!
Until next time ...
Ik ben de gamer_vrouw. (I am the gamer_vrouw.)
Dag! (Bye!)
