Rolling America

A fifteen-minute roll-and-write where everyone fills the same US map, but neighbors must stay within one.

Designer: Hisashi Hayashi
Published by: Gamewright

Rolling America is a light roll-and-write based on Rolling Japan from 2014. Everyone has a map of the United States, split into fifty abstract states grouped into six colored regions. On a turn, one player draws two dice from a bag and rolls them; the bag holds six dice matching the region colors plus a clear wild die. Everyone writes each rolled number into a state of the matching color. The catch: neighboring states cannot differ by more than 1, so your map becomes a quiet puzzle. The clear die goes anywhere, and three times per game you may treat a die as any color. Fast, easy to join, and plays from solo up to a huge crowd.

Fifty states in six colored regionsA clear wild die and three color swapsNeighbors can differ by at most one

Who it's for

You like roll-and-write puzzles and want something short for any group size, from one to an entire party.

Not for you if…

You want interaction or a deeper strategy game. Everyone fills in their own map and watches the dice.

Vibe's take

Calm and puzzly. Everyone is racing their own sheet, but a rolled number can suddenly help or hurt every map at once.