Chip Theory Games 20 Strong: Too Many Bones Deck Expansion – Dice Battles, Tyrant Encounters & Strategic Gameplay (1 Player, Ages 14+)

Great single person game for fans of Too Many Bones. Very challenging if you use your dice too fast

This was a requested gift for someone. He loved it.

Chip theory games always put a lot of quality and originality into their games. This card expansion holds a lot of new options to add to your 20 strong game.

If you're new to the 20 Strong game, like I was, it's basically a solo play dice management game where you battle monsters/bosses using a set of 20 dice. You need the base game to play and the base game comes with the "Solar Sentinels" deck. This "Too Many Bones" deck is an expansion for the original game. The expansion has a completely unique deck of cards and bosses and plays as its own unique game, but it uses the same core dice mechanics and dice as the original game. The really cool thing is all of the expansions include some universal character cards that you can use within any of the expansions ( so I could use one of the elves from this deck to play in the Solar Sentinels deck). The game itself is really well designed and is a ton of fun for those game nights where you just can't find anyone else to play with. I'm still working on my dice management and still find it a bit difficult to get all the way through to the bosses but I still have a blast with it. The game components are all top notch. The cards in this expansion feel like they are made out of a plastic-like material and feel sturdy and durable. The deck also includes an instruction book that tells you the directions for this specific deck (there are also some good tutorial videos from the manufacturer available online). Overall I'm loving these expansion and I would definitely recommend them if you're looking to expand the fun of your 20 Strong games.

I'm played the Solar Sentinels deck included with the 20 Strong base set a few times and this is the first alternate deck I've tried. It was a little confusing to get into the flow as there are some notable differences, but I stumbled through an initial play to get the basics, then found a play-through on youtube which clarified a few things for me. Have played a few more times since then and I'm quite enjoying it. Similar fighting system overall to SS, but the back-up plan system is pretty cool and offers some nice choices. The progress of how many baddies to fight each round is kind of cool as well - you can strategically decide when to face the encounter deck to avoid battles as needed. Pretty smooth gameplay overall once I understood the rhythm, and just like SS so much of this is about managing dice. As with everything Chip Theory seems to do, the component quality is excellent and these cards are just a delight to touch. Art is great and graphic design is very well done. Overall, great game and happy to have another deck at my disposal. Looking forward to now trying the Hoplomachus deck!