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POW!

POW!

Gigamic · 2016
2–520 min8+ yrs1.2/5 complexity6.1 BGG#11.022 BGG705Family
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How do you play POW!?

In POW, players need to collect both superheroes and supervillains over the course of the game, and they do this by rolling dice. On a turn, the active player rolls five dice up to three times, setting aside at least one die after each roll.

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POW! box art
official art · Gigamic

In POW, players need to collect both superheroes and supervillains over the course of the game, and they do this by rolling dice.

On a turn, the active player rolls five dice up to three times, setting aside at least one die after each roll. Once they stop, they can collect a hero or villain from the shared supply as long as they have the right number of symbols of the proper type (hero or villain) to match one of the tiles on display. If they do, they take this tile and add it to the top of their hero or villain stack. Heroes are worth positive points, and villains negative points.

Alternatively, if the player rolls three speech balloons of a single color, they can collect the top tile of this color from any player's stack. If they roll four or five speech balloons, they can take a specific tile from any player's stack. (They can't look through the stacks, though, so everyone needs to remember who took which tiles when.)

If a player can't take anything, they take the tile with the lowest (possibly negative) score still in the supply.

Once all the tiles have been claimed, the game ends. If someone has more heroes than villains, they must discard tiles from their hero stack until the two stacks are the same height. Players then tally their points, and whoever has the highest score wins!

game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating6.1 / 10
Vibe
Family
Language dependence
No in-game text needed
🌐 plays without English
Play time
20 min
Players
2–5
Recommended age
8+ yrs
BGG rank
#11.022
from Trișache · verified

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Q1How much does POW! cost?
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Q2Where can I buy POW! cheapest?
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Q3How do you play POW!?
POW! is a dice game, for 2–5 players, taking ~20 minutes, featuring dice rolling. Check the Rules tab for setup, gameplay, and scoring, or ask Trișache anything about POW! — our AI assistant built by howtoplay.ro and trained specifically on board game rulebooks.
Q4How many players does POW! support?
POW! is played by 2–5 players.
Q5How long does a game of POW! take?
A game of POW! takes about 20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is POW! for?
POW! is recommended from age 8.
Q7How complex is POW!?
POW! has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.2 out of 5.
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