A roll-and-write anniversary edition where discarding physical chips, not just filling a sheet, decides the winner.
Who it's for
Ideal for existing Encore fans and roll-and-write players who want a fresh victory condition on a formula they already enjoy.
Not for you if…
Avoid if you have never enjoyed roll-and-write games, the core dice-drafting engine is unchanged and central to the experience.
Vibe's take
Familiar dice-drafting rhythm with a noticeably sharper finish line, watching your chip pile shrink adds a satisfying sense of progress the original sheet-filling never quite had.
Encore X! celebrates ten years of the Encore roll-and-write series with a genuinely different win condition, racing to discard ten physical chips instead of just filling a sheet. Choose color and number dice to mark boxes as always, but now completing rows and columns is how you actually get rid of your chips. A new pass track gives you something useful to do even when the dice do not cooperate.
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Players
Duration
20–30 min
Ages 8+
Complexity
BGG Rating
5.5/10
Rank #13,334
67 ratings
Published
2026