The player boards are impressive and didn’t warp during their time waiting to arrive in my hot little hands. No matter: the miniatures are great, and the quality production elements shine through every part of the Destinies package. Some of these sculpts are stellar I don’t know why these are so nice, since many of the minis are not on the map for very long. The first thing I noticed about Destinies: the miniatures. That destiny is usually either a peaceful resolution, in the form of a fetch quest, or a violent one, where the player would need to kill something, or maybe kill something that is carrying something that could be forged into something else for the sole purpose of defeating a different bad guy. It made future plays harder to forecast.ĭestinies was designed as the first in the “Destinies System”: app-driven role-playing game (RPG) experiences where players would share a map but compete separately to achieve their personal character’s destiny. Many of the elements are rock solid, but other elements leave you feeling the same way I felt after my second game. The app said I won, though, so that means I won, right?ĭestinies is a tricky proposition. When I won my second play of the game, a solo Explorer variant of the first campaign module, I didn’t feel like I had won. Where I’m struggling is the overall experience. I actually don’t mind this as long as the interaction with the app is minimal. Some people love games-or maybe, “games”, depending on your point of view-where everything you do is driven by an app. I know it’s an app-driven RPG in a competitive play format that plays 1-3 players.īut from there, I’m torn. I’m still not sure where I land on Destinies (2021, Lucky Duck Games) because it’s such a hybrid experience. Is it a game? A game system? One big QR code?

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