ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer

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ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer · English Wallet edition · (2021)

Your rating: 6.0

My BGG Comment

Intial Rating 7. 2026: I like puzzles and I really like patterns. But the way I tend to play such games from the gut with a lot of "let's try this" instead of optimizing each move, does not work for a game aiming to induce AP. This one feels like it is doomed to fail, if I don't spend a lot of time analyzing every single move. Unlike for example Sprawlopolis where no matter how badly I played the previous move the next one still feels satisfying. This one faces tough competition from solo puzzles I like a lot better. In addition this game is too abstract for me and in the end I have not really built anything worthwhile. Every other game of *polis I take a picture because I like my results. I can stare at my Harmonies or Cascadia tableau after a badly scoring game and still like the landscape I built... but here: I might have won, but I have nothing to show for it. Rating 6

BGG Game Details

Year 2021
Designers Dustin Dobson, Milan Zivkovic
Artists Dustin Dobson, Milan Zivkovic
Publishers Matagot, Frosted Games, Button Shy, Even Toys and Games, Salt & Pepper Games, MeepleMood
Players 1
Time 15 min
Status Owned
BGG Rating 7.4
Categories Card Game, Science Fiction, Space Exploration, Print & Play
Mechanics Hand Management, Square Grid, Solo / Solitaire Game, Pattern Recognition, Pattern Movement
BGG Rank 1355
Complexity 1.96 / 5
Language Some necessary text - easily memorized or small crib sheet

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My Collection Notes

Segmentation HMF
Box size XS
My category Science Fiction
My mechanic Pattern Movement

Play History

Date Location Duration Qty Players Scores Winner
ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer 2026-02-04 Vacation 1 Yashima
ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer 2022-07-16 At home 1 Yashima
ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer 2022-07-15 At home 1 Yashima
ROVE: Results-Oriented Versatile Explorer 2022-07-13 At home 1 Yashima