User:Kev.siu/sandbox

= Introduction = Board Kings is a game available for both Android and iOS created by Jelly Button all about dice, moving to new boards, winning events, and stealing money from frenemies.

So, how does this game work? Roll dice, and move on your own board while landing on different spaces with various rewards. It's that simple. But there's a little bit more to it.

= The Basics = Are there levels in this game? Yes. You level up by upgrading your buildings (which cost coins, or gems). You earn bunnies (experience points) and can level up. Once you level up on one board, the next step is to earn gold bars (by landing on the spaces they are on) to move to your next board.

Rolling: This game throws two dice at the cost of one roll. In the beginning, your roll capacity is quite low, and regeneration time is also slow. However as you level up the capacity increases, and regeneration speed also increases.

Roll Boosters: Deciding when to use roll boosters are important when you have landmarks placed strategically around the board. Are you about 6 to 8 spaces away from town hall? Then make sure you've got your highest booster active and pray you land on that space. If you land on it, it will give you the usual amount but multiplied by the booster. This can combine with any extra card space or landmark.

For example: You are 7 spaces away from an extra card space. You put on your x5 booster and roll. You get a 7, land on the extra card space, and it gives you an extra roll. It rolls a number and each space you pass gives you coins on a boosted x5. You then land on the town hall, which boosts the gems you receive by 5 times.

Types of Spaces

There are different kinds of spaces:

Extra Card space: This draws a card from the blue “?” deck which can give different rewards. It’s one of the most important spaces to earn different rewards. Landing on this space gives you one of the following rewards:


 * Coins (seemingly random amount, increases as you gain levels)
 * Go to Police Space (to get cops on your board)
 * Go to Steal (to steal coins from other players)
 * Go to Train (to visit another player's board)
 * Extra Throw (roll again with two dice)
 * Raining Dice (roll again with five dice)
 * Extra Dice (gives 10 dice)
 * Power Cards (gives different cards with various abilities such as occupy, damage building, break piggy bank, add cop, de-occupy, go to train, and go to minigame. Check the top right corner, these could have boosters as well which multiply the effect of the card.

Something to know is boosters (which multiply your rewards at the cost of dice per boost value) affect these extra cards. (ex. You get extra dice with a x3 booster active, so you earn 30 rolls instead of 10). By default there are two of these spaces per board. You can add one more by buying the Board Kalifa landmark.

The next spaces are all individual spaces on your board, and not from the extra card deck. Roll boosters apply to all these spaces.

= What is a Landmark? = These are buildings you can buy (using gems) for your board to give you extra benefits. They all have different benefits, and some are better than others. Think about landmarks as empty space fillers. There is nothing worse than using a roll booster, and then landing on an empty space which gives you nothing. If you place more landmarks on your board, you reduce the chances of this happening as landmarks always reward something.

How do I get landmarks?

You can only earn landmarks by using gems, or by completing an event which rewards a landmark.

It’s recommended that you prioritize purchasing landmarks with your gems.

Types of Landmarks: Landmarks can be placed on your board according your choice, however there are some spaces which landmarks can't be placed on depending on the current board you’re on. Strategic placing of landmarks are important:


 * Bonus gem landmark (Boat King) should go close to the Town Hall space (if possible)
 * Bonus roll landmarks should be placed according to their average rolls
 * Landmarks which give 5 rolls average 21 spaces moved
 * Landmarks which give 3 rolls average 10 spaces moved
 * Landmarks which give 1 roll are completely random from 1 to 6
 * Some landmarks are passive, which means you don't need to land on them for the benefits they provide
 * Landmarks which provide happiness of the bunnies give you extra money per space by the percentage listed
 * There are landmarks which give you a certain percentage of the board’s total income which you are awarded when landing on top of the landmark’s space.
 * Board Kalifa should be placed 7 spaces ahead of the Police space, or Steal space (since extra cards place you on top of those frequently, and a two dice roll averages 7 spaces).

What landmarks should I buy first?

Prioritization of landmark purchasing are as follows (in my experience and opinion):


 * 1) Boat King     (1200 gems)
 * 2) Board Kalifa (3000 gems)

Boat King is the only landmark which gives you bonus gems when you land on it, which is a huge bonus and helps you save up gems quicker for bigger purchases, which brings us to number two, which is Board Kalifa. This landmark gives you an extra tile space, which is a huge bonus for amazing rewards, and better yet you can place this wherever the game allows you. Remember, when you unlock the x5 roll booster it multiplies extra card rewards. This means it’s possible to get 50 rolls instead of 10 if you’re lucky enough to get the bonus rolls card on a x5 booster. Personally I always activate my boosters when I’m close enough to an extra card space. An added chance of 50 rolls is huge. Think about it, the store offers 60 rolls (or 40 if during event) for 200 gems.

My opinion: Once I had the Boat King and Board Kalifa landmarks, my gameplay experience and coin/gem/roll income increased a lot. Money comes easy, rolls come easier, I steal so often my friends must curse my existence, and I land on cops all the time. I know 3000 gems is a ton of gems to save for, but trust me. It’s worth it. Besides, you could work on getting idolz from the vending machine after buying those landmarks since your gem income is higher.

= Importance of Gems = Getting gems: You can earn gems by passing the Town Hall space with a purple arrow on it, and if you land on it, you will earn more gems. Roll boosters apply to these spaces. This building is upgradeable by leveling up. You could also earn gems from moving to another board, winning events, or watching video advertisements.

How gems are used: Gems can be used for various things; buying rolls, landmarks, escaping from another player's prison, upgrading buildings, and idolz from vending machines.

The best use for gems are landmarks by far, and once you've gotten the important landmarks, they can be used for idolz in vending machines, or buying rolls.

Breaking out of prison: Additionally, you may use gems to break free from another player’s prison if you get locked up on their board. However if you’re a new player without any good landmarks, I highly recommend to never spend gems on breaking free.

Rolls: Purchasing rolls from the store are available as well (which I personally don’t recommend unless if you desperately need it to complete an event, or if you already have all the good landmarks).

= Going to Another Player's Board = This is the fun part. Breaking their piggy bank to steal coins, destroying their buildings, and getting coins on every space you land on is what you're here for. If the player is currently online, you can go around their board twice.

Cops: You have to be careful though, the other player may have cops on their board which if you land on, you'll get locked up. You can either go back to your board for free, or choose to break out of jail using gems. The amount of gems needed to break out depends on how many spaces you have left before leaving the friend's board. The less spaces you have left to move on the board, the less the cost is.

Breaking the Piggy: Each player's board will have a piggy bank. If you land on this, you enter a mini game where you have to smash the sweet spot of the piggy bank to get more of their coins. By the way… roll boosters apply to the amount you can steal.

Occupying Buildings: There are red flags on other players’ boards, and when you land on these you can occupy them and receive a coin reward for doing this. The other player won't be able to upgrade this building, level up, or move boards if you’re occupying it. If you occupy their landmark, it doesn’t function until they kick out off of it by landing on it.

Damaging/Destroying Buildings: There is one space on their board with an exploding building on it. If you land on it, you can damage their building. If that player doesn’t fix it and you land on it again, you can destroy it and that player will have to wait an hour to repair the building.

= What are Idolz? = Idols are what represent you in Board Kings. You earn idols by purchasing them through the vending machine. Each board theme has its own idolz, and you purchase one of these boxes to randomly receive an Idol from that theme. Each box costs you 30 gems.

If you complete the entire set of idolz from a theme, you'll unlock the themed dice for that board. If you receive more than one of the same Idol, it can become silver (3), gold (7), or rainbow (10) according to the amount.

If you complete a silver set of idolz, you earn 100 rolls. If you complete a gold set, you'll earn 200. If you complete rainbow, you'll get 400.

= Themes = (working on it)

= Power Cards = (working on it)

= Vending Machine = The vending machine is one place on the board to purchase idolz and bonus boxes. Everything in the vending machine costs 30 gems (and sometimes is on sale if there’s an event, but is rare). Bonus boxes contain anything from rolls, cops, and coins.

= Events = Events are nearly always active on Board Kings. Most events are reskins of each other, which means systematically, they're the same but with different kinds of rewards. There are only a handful of different kinds of events. Here are the types:

Collecting: There are events which require you to earn an event currency (by landing on specific spaces, stealing, breaking a piggy, etc). These may or may not be player vs. player as sometimes Board Kings will place you into a group of players to compete who can earn the most. Depending on how your group is like (and how much $ they spend to win), it could be worth it.

Present-based: These events require you to fulfill three or more tasks to earn the reward (which usually includes spending real money. I know.) Usually these types of events aren't worth it.

Albums: these are long-term events which require you to collect stickers to complete sets, and usually offer huge rewards due to the difficulty to complete them. These are very worth doing. You'll earn prizes as you complete sets.

Carrot juice and boss dungeons: these are events which require you to collect carrot juices to advance spaces in the event minigame to reach chests and bosses to earn rewards. Usually these events are worth doing, but sometimes the necessary spaces to reach chests or bosses are impossibly high. Curb your excitement and expectations to receive the final prize, because it's likely you won't be able to reach it without spending actual money.

Is This Pay to Win?
You can get wherever/whatever you want without spending a dime. But here’s a warning: this game is a huge cash grab. This game will always tempt you as much as possible to buy that package which is giving x% more items in it. This is a common deal, and it will always come back. Don’t feel the pressure of losing out on a deal. Making a purchase allows you to play more as you get more rolls. When you’re just starting out, you’ll be shocked at how quickly you run out of rolls. You could have your roll capacity full, and then finish using it all up in less than 5 minutes. Then it could take another few hours to fill up again. A problem with money spending is that to some extent it is pay to win; which means during events the people who pay for more rolls will be at the top. But not necessarily always… strategy plays a big part here if you decide to play free. More on that later.

= Frequently Asked Questions = “I'm curious what future levels I should expect to receive additional landmark and/or police capacity.” - u/KUUUCH

I can’t speak to at what levels you gain additional capacity for landmarks as honestly haven’t kept track as I started... currently I’m level 59, and have 11 capacity. I can definitely confirm that the higher level you are, the quicker you’ll get landmark capacity considering how much longer it takes to move boards.

“How about explaining the vending machine glitch” -u/NastyNinja

Well, I heard that for some people the vending machine shows that it is closed until you reach a certain amount of experience. The issue is that the player already has more than the amount required… Restarting the game or logging in/out may help with this issue.

The following are submitted by u/SuzettaAZ:


 * 1) How do I make the best decision when I get to ride the train?

I would say typically choosing online friends is the most beneficial. Since online friends allow you to move around the board twice instead of once. But obviously that person might choose to come to you once you're online as well (although people usually choose online players anyway, regardless of who or what they've done).


 * 1) What happens when I get 2 or more "?" floating above the rabbits? Do I only need to tap one? What happens when I do tap one - would I land on ? even without tapping?

Those just indicate what you're about to land on. Purely just visual effect, and don't require any actions on your part.


 * 1) What happens when someone gets locked up in my jail? Why do I care?

They can't continue on your board, unless they pay gems to break free. Nothing you can do about this.


 * 1) Does adding friends really do anything for me besides let them steal my money?

You get bonuses for the amount of friends you add. Once you have a total of 40 friends, you can delete them. Adding another 40 does not give more rewards, no. Now yes, they may come to steal from you but you on the other hand get money much easier as well if you land on the train. Keep in mind steal spaces don't require to be friends. Random people can steal from you.