Dungeons & Dragons: Rock Paper Wizard

Shout the countdown, throw your spell gesture, and hope you out-guessed the wizard next to you.

๐Ÿ‘ฅ 3โ€“6 playersโฑ approx. 30 min๐Ÿช„ Rules in 5 min8+
โ˜… 5.9 ยท BGG #3,814

Who it's for

D&D fans who want something lighter and party groups who love physical, reflex-based bluffing games.

Not for you ifโ€ฆ

You want tactical depth or D&D-style roleplaying, since this is pure fast, physical chaos dressed in fantasy flavor.

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Vibe's take

chaotic, physical, loud, gleeful, competitive

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About this game

Rock Paper Wizard sits you and a table of greedy wizards around a dragon's hoard, each secretly picking a spell card, then everyone shouts the title together and slaps down a hand gesture at the exact same moment. Fireballs, teleports and shoves fly simultaneously, no turns to hide behind, so reading your rivals' patterns and predicting the gesture they will throw matters as much as the spell itself. It is loud, physical and gleefully chaotic, closer to a party game than a strategy game despite the D&D branding, and racing to 25 gold rarely takes long once everyone finds their rhythm of bluffing and counter-bluffing gestures.

Simultaneous hand-gesture spellcastingNo turns, pure real-time chaosRace to 25 gold

By the numbers

Players

Best at 5โ€“6 playersWorks with 3โ€“6

Duration

30 min

Ages 8+

Complexity

1.3 / 5 โ€” Very Light

BGG Rating

5.9/10

Rank #3,814

1.7k ratings

Published

2016

Language

Moderate text

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