Pyramid Review
Riót!
Published by Green Dragon Creations Inc.
Written by Raphael Adley
Illustrated by Ana
$11.99
Being of an age that is less inclined to go out and cause a public disturbance, and having been a "mature" student at University and therefore supposed also less inclined to do so, although I did attend a protest -- the concept of being able to start and control a riot in my own home is nevertheless appealing. This is what Riót!, a little game from the computer software publisher, Green Dragon Creations Inc. allows you to do.
Riót! comes packaged in a small 3½-inch diameter tin which, though visually eye-catching, is all too likely to get lost on the shelves of both your local friendly game store and your gaming collection. Inside are the rules (these open out to two sides of an 8½"×1" sheet of paper), a deck of sixty two-inch square cards, forty black counters, twenty yellow counters, and a tiny ¼-inch square six-sided die. It is designed for two to six players, ages eleven and over, with games lasting between twenty and forty-five minutes. The aim of Riót! is to build the largest riot on campus; accumulate twenty rioters and you win the game.
At the beginning of the game each player receives three cards and rolls the die to see who goes first. If seated round a table, play proceeds clockwise, but anti-clockwise if played elsewhere. Then everyone states the reason for their riot: poor food in the cafeteria, not enough surf time allocated, classes are too easy (???) or an . . .
This article originally appeared in the second volume of Pyramid. See the current Pyramid website for more information.
Article publication date: May 31, 2002
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