Sparks Game Review

Robotic!

Sparks—it’s a simple title, but the names of the designers behind the game “spark” even more interest. Over the past few months, I’ve been aggressively playing Revive online on BGA. To my delight, the same team designed another game, but this one is a bit more casual. The box immediately draws you in with a wacky-looking robot on the cover (in fact, it reminded me of the DreamWorks movie Robots). One of my all-time favorite games is Grand Austria Hotel, and if a game has dice drafting with card combos, I’m all in. Factor in a short, snappy experience, and sparks may fly!

Machine Noises

Sparks is played over a number of rounds, where players take turns as the active player by playing one of their four drafting tiles. The game ends when all players have used all their tiles, and points are tallied to decide the winner. The central board—called the “junkyard”—holds a pool of dice that vary in color and value. The active player plays a tile, allowing them to draft a number of dice from left to right (or right to left). Each other player then drafts one die from the remaining pool in the same manner. Afterward, players simultaneously run dice…

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