Cube Quest

Build a cube army, flick it across a rubber mat and knock the enemy king off the board.

Designers: Oliver Sibthorpe, Gary Sibthorpe
Published by: Gamewright
Editions by: KOSMOS, (Self-Published)

Cube Quest is a dexterity battle fought with flicked cubes. Light, hollow cubic dice slide across custom rubber mats, and any cube that leaves the mat is defeated. You build an army of cubes worth up to forty points to fight alongside your king, choose how to arrange them into attack and defense formations, and then take turns flicking until one king falls. In enemy territory a cube that lands shadow side up is captured and must be rolled like a die to see if it escapes. Different cubes bring special abilities: extra flicks, freezing an enemy, reviving a fallen cube or hiding before moving on. Tabletop miniature skirmish meets finger football, in twenty minutes for two to four.

Forty-point custom armies of cubesFlick cubes off the mat to defeat themSpecial abilities: extra flicks, reviving, hiding

Who it's for

You like dexterity games with a bit of army building, where flicking and positioning decide who wins and a match takes twenty minutes.

Not for you if…

You dislike physical skill games or you want deep strategic planning without the risk of a clumsy flick. Dexterity decides a lot.

Vibe's take

Physical, noisy and delightfully fiddly. Planning your formation is half the fun, and the flick that sends your cube spinning off the mat is the other half, usually with a groan from someone.