Robot Quest Arena Review

"At the start of the game, players choose which bot to play, each with a different ability, and receive identical starting decks of ten cards. On your turn, you can play battery cards to move your bot, or spend the batteries to purchase new cards from the shop. The shop consists of 6 cards randomly drawn from the upgrades deck, as well as three stacks of cards always available to players."

"Other cards are played for special abilities or to damage other bots with melee or ranged attacks. Bots can be pushed into obstacles or other bots, causing them to take damage. When you damage another robot, you receive health cubes from their player board equal to the damage dealt. These health cubes will count as points for you at the end of the game. There are also certain tiles on the board that can damage a robot that moves or is pushed onto them. Other tiles have positive benefits, such as allowing you to heal or draw a card."

Robot Quest Arena is a 2-4 player arena deck-building game in which each player selects a unique bot and starts with an identical ten-card deck. Players use battery cards to move or spend batteries to purchase upgrades from a six-card random shop plus three always-available stacks. Cards enable movement, melee and ranged attacks, special abilities, and push effects that shove bots into hazards or other bots. Damaging opponents yields health cubes taken from their boards that score at game end. Board tiles can harm, heal, or grant card draw. Knocked-out bots respawn on their owner’s next turn and accrue blue cubes that act as final health points.

Read at Board Game Quest