Troyes - Tips & Strategies

If you have Influence you can manipulate your own dice (but not those purchased from other people, including the neutral player).

For 1 Influence, you can re-roll any 1 of your dice. You can keep paying 1 Influence to keep re-rolling it.

Even MORE beneficial is using 4 Influence to ‘flip’ 1-3 dice (i.e. flip a 1 to a 6, 2 to a 5, or 3 to a 4, and vice versa of course).

Yes, you read that right, 1 to 3 dice can be flipped (if you own them)! We got this wrong when we played we thought we could only flip 1 die – you can actually flip up to 3 dice! This is VERY powerful!

For instance, if you have rolled three 1’s you can flip them all to be 6’s instead! And, because no one else can buy your 1’s from you and then flip them, they are less likely to buy them off of you leaving them for you to manipulate!

Don’t forget these rules!

I find that Hidden Roles can been the desicive factor for a lot of games. You need to figure out what roles are out there as soon as possible, while trying to hide what your role is at the same time. Once you figure out which roles are out there you can figure out which moves give you the most points. One way to cast doubt on your role is to declare somebody else has the role you actually have when they make a move that makes them suspicious, this will cast doubt that you actually have this role (at least the person you accused will probably asssume you do not have this role).

Most of the time, I try to not invest into my role too much untill the last round. Then, you can swoop in with a move that gets you a lot of points while taking all the dice that are needed to contribute towards your role. This usually works unless you know more than 2 people plan on using the same type of dice and before you.

I will have to agree with the method to teach as the above poster. Playing a demo round will help out a lot. Also, make sure the players know they need to commit to finish the game, as it is not one that can keep playing with a dropped player or even possibly a swap out.

There are very numerous strategies to take when playing this game. You just have to be flexible. One of the biggest mistakes it to lock yourself in to a part of the city you want to dominate, and not adjust to what the other players are doing. Pay attention!

Finally, it can sometimes be to your advantage to use the event (black) dice to eat up dice from your opponents. So don’t always jump to kill them all off to gain influence.

The more people play, the bigger competition for city dice. Setting aside all the other factors (bigger chance of getting your dice stolen or your meeples pushed out), the city dice availability is something which made a world of difference for me between a 2-player and a 3- or 4-player games.

It’s easy to do things in the wrong order after a round is over. I suggest that you keep the handouts visible at all times, and follow them each time a new round is starting, and just follow the handouts to the letter.