An engine builder worth your time

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My latest journey in deep space started with a message from my friend, Florian.

Back in November, he reached out and mentioned he designed an engine builder, which happens to be the successor to Roll 4 Rum. 

Roll 4 Rum, a name I kept hearing in the print and play community, but never actually tried myself. So I did my usual routine. A little digging around, a quick revisit to Sir Thecos’s Roll 4 Rum playthrough, and a moment of wondering how that design philosophy might translate into the cold silence of deep space.

Add to that the fact that I had just played Florian’s Rook and Ruin and was still buzzing from how elegantly it handled its systems. So yes, curiosity was doing most of the work at that point. I printed VoidRoll without a second thought.

And I grasped what Florian wanted VoidRoll to be on my second try.

Not a loud space game. Not a shiny sci-fi blast. More of a quiet pressure cooker.

The kind where you look at your ship console and feel like you are genuinely trying to keep something alive. Anomalies keep coming, hazards poke at your plans, and your ship always feels one misstep away from giving up on you.

More than that, the game nudged me out of my comfort zone. I went in thinking I would keep my nose clean, maintain order and stick to a fixed strategy. Instead, I found myself wrestling with messy choices, leaning into risks and letting the unfolding chaos shape my path. Not because the game forced it, but because the experience felt better when I stopped trying to control everything, and still somehow plan the long game.

Be at ease with chaos, yet plan for the long run? Huh?!

That is where VoidRoll shines. It rewards flexibility, not perfection. It gives you systems to build, but it also reminds you that deep space has a mind of its own. One moment you feel like a competent captain, and the next you are improvising your way out of trouble you didn’t see coming. Trouble that may even push you toward becoming an outlaw. And a mean one at that!

It is a calmer kind of thrill, but a thrill all the same. And it made me wonder... if playing one map felt this good, how about twelve?

If you're interested in this year long voyage, then give VoidRoll a shot. And let me know if you stuck to being a reliable trader, or a space pirate!

Click here to read my detailed blog on the game.

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