Had a lot of fun with this tonight, though I missed the line about creating at least three reasons to steal the Throne, so our finale didn't work quite right, but that's on us.
Definitely a good time and a very easy 'drop in' game experience. Will play again sometime.
Tried this out and a good time was had by all! Steal a giant mech! That's a good hook. The set up and execution parts of the heist are simple, but leave all kinds of room for players to add details. As the Throne, you play face down cards and as the Thief you play just one card. When all is revealed, high card wins that stage of the heist. That's about "it". But it's more than enough, because the fun here is about the descriptions and playing off each other in the moment and "yes, and-ing" your way through the action. Even if you're not great at naming ancient orders, mecha defensive systems, or NPCs on the fly, each Throne has a bunch of examples you can pick and drop into the story. The art fits the themes as well. A great, compact game.
What a wonderful heist construction kit! It has a lovely mixture of cooperation and antagonism, with just enough random chance and strategy to provide compelling stakes.
Stealing the Throne is a GMless RPG for 3-5 players, with no prep involved! You play as a group of thieves trying to heist a powerful mecha. It reminds me of a number of Gundam anime that start with kids stealing the latest Gundams to fight the empire.
Mechanically, the players take turn playing one of the thieves trying to get to the mecha, with another playing the Throne, setting up obstacles. The rest of the players are backups, helping the Throne add details to the scene, and potentially assisting the thief. Once every thief has gotten to the mecha (or die trying), they can make a dramatic escape! Even if all the thieves made it to the mecha, some of them will die during the getaway, and there might even be a traitor hiding among them! If any of the thieves made out with the mecha, the players can play out an epilogue of what is going to happen next.
There are some really clever mechanics with the game. I love the alert level which makes the Throne more dangerous if a thief has previous been detected. I also love that the mecha has multiple systems, which can be powered up during the escape to help the thieves in their getaway. Stealing the Throne manages to create an expansive world with just under 40 pages. The intro about the Thrones is very well written, and each of the four included playsets add depth to the lore. I highly recommend this game!
Such a cool premise, with an easy ruleset too! All you need is a deck of cards, no prep or anything.
We told an epic story of stealing back the Star Goddess, an ancient Throne that had watched over our ancestors. It was such a close call, for a while we weren't sure we were going to get away!
Really great fun, definitely want to play again. Such a great heist game with lots of replayability. Grab it for sure!
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Hi, its possibile to have a community copie?
Had a lot of fun with this tonight, though I missed the line about creating at least three reasons to steal the Throne, so our finale didn't work quite right, but that's on us.
Definitely a good time and a very easy 'drop in' game experience. Will play again sometime.
Tried this out and a good time was had by all! Steal a giant mech! That's a good hook. The set up and execution parts of the heist are simple, but leave all kinds of room for players to add details. As the Throne, you play face down cards and as the Thief you play just one card. When all is revealed, high card wins that stage of the heist. That's about "it". But it's more than enough, because the fun here is about the descriptions and playing off each other in the moment and "yes, and-ing" your way through the action. Even if you're not great at naming ancient orders, mecha defensive systems, or NPCs on the fly, each Throne has a bunch of examples you can pick and drop into the story. The art fits the themes as well. A great, compact game.
What a wonderful heist construction kit! It has a lovely mixture of cooperation and antagonism, with just enough random chance and strategy to provide compelling stakes.
Killer game, had a ton of fun playing it with some folks and I'm looking to play it more often with some new folks!
Would it be possible to get: a) a low-ink version b) a booklet version c) a+b
Stealing the Throne is an amazing game and I can't find any reason why this should be missing in your game collection!
Easy five stars! ★★★★★
It's so good, I even wrote about it on Twitter!
Stealing the Throne is a GMless RPG for 3-5 players, with no prep involved! You play as a group of thieves trying to heist a powerful mecha. It reminds me of a number of Gundam anime that start with kids stealing the latest Gundams to fight the empire.
Mechanically, the players take turn playing one of the thieves trying to get to the mecha, with another playing the Throne, setting up obstacles. The rest of the players are backups, helping the Throne add details to the scene, and potentially assisting the thief. Once every thief has gotten to the mecha (or die trying), they can make a dramatic escape! Even if all the thieves made it to the mecha, some of them will die during the getaway, and there might even be a traitor hiding among them! If any of the thieves made out with the mecha, the players can play out an epilogue of what is going to happen next.
There are some really clever mechanics with the game. I love the alert level which makes the Throne more dangerous if a thief has previous been detected. I also love that the mecha has multiple systems, which can be powered up during the escape to help the thieves in their getaway. Stealing the Throne manages to create an expansive world with just under 40 pages. The intro about the Thrones is very well written, and each of the four included playsets add depth to the lore. I highly recommend this game!
Such a cool premise, with an easy ruleset too! All you need is a deck of cards, no prep or anything.
We told an epic story of stealing back the Star Goddess, an ancient Throne that had watched over our ancestors. It was such a close call, for a while we weren't sure we were going to get away!
Really great fun, definitely want to play again. Such a great heist game with lots of replayability. Grab it for sure!
Guess what, played it again!
This time we teamed up to steal The Burning Soldier from the tyrant Her Baroque Majesty Callixte XII.
It was a very close call, almost everything went wrong. But finally, 3 of 4 thieves made it into the cockpit... only for a traitor to be revealed!
The Burning Soldier got away, but in the hands of an assassin, loyal only to The Burning Soldier itself...
Such a blast, you gotta play it yourself!