ROX
BGG rank
BGG #26,381
BGG rating
5.6

ROX

2014

Rules assistance for ROX

Plain-language explanations of turns, card effects and disputed situations, with official source references and saved question history.

  • 2–4 players
  • 15 min
  • 7+
  • Complexity 1.0/5

For 2 players

Rules assistant for ROX

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Answers come from the official rulebook, with the page to check.

ROX is a board game released in 2014 for 2–4 players and ages 7 and up. It was designed by Günter Burkhardt and its main mechanics are Pattern Building.

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About the game

Druids are preparing for a great contest. Who will be the first to restore order to the elements? In ROX, the druid players are presented with sixty cards that lay scattered on the table. Each card is one of five colors with a matching colored totem in the center of the card, and the border of the card has sixteen symbols in a mixture of the five colors. To start a round, each player takes a card from the center, looks at the border to see which color/symbol is most prominent, then takes a card of this color, looks at the border, etc. until the player has placed a total of five cards in front of them. One all players have finished, the first player to finish uses a magic eye card to verify that they made the correct color choices for each card that they placed. If they did, they take the highest scoring card for the round; if not, they get nothing. After a certain number of rounds, the player with the highest score wins.

Publishers

  • HABA

Questions and answers

ROX supports 2–4 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.