The Gig

The Gig

2023Jamie Gray, Dann May, Lewis Shaw, Robb Smigielski

Videos
12
Creators
6

Mainly how-to-play and reviews. The Gig is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 3 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 recorded sessions, and 3 unboxings.

1 - 4 players
20 - 30 min
2.0/5 weight

From BoardGameGeek

In The Gig, players are members of a jazz group improvising their way through a song, vying for the spotlight, and trying to please the audience while working up mind-blowing solos! The game takes place over six rounds, a.k.a. "songs". Each song, players count down, then roll and place dice in real time to gain symbols and create patterns. When one player has placed all four of their dice, they shout "Take it to the bridge!" and other players must stop re-rolling and place the remainder of their dice. After placing all of their dice, each player can add the shape that their dice formed to their instrument's unique solo board, each of which offers a different challenge and way of scoring. Players can use symbols gained via the song and their solo boards to quickly change their dice, keep them for endgame scoring, or spend them to buy audience cards, each of which represents a newly-gained fan who will give you another way of scoring points at game's end. After the set list of six songs has been played, the player with the most points gained from their solo, audience cards, harmonies, and symbol sets and majorities wins. The Gig includes a solo mode by Dávid Turczi.

Watch first

5 of 6

Creators who cover this

Tabletop Gaming Guild
Tabletop Gaming Guild
3 videos of this game
DaniCha
DaniCha
2 videos of this game
Get Gaymin'
Get Gaymin'
1 video of this game
Ordinary Board Gamer
Ordinary Board Gamer
1 video of this game
Our Family Plays Games
Our Family Plays Games
1 video of this game

Games like this

2017Dann May, Stéphane Vachon

Videos
25
Creators
18
Mainly reviews and how-to-play

1 - 4 players45 min2.1 weight

2017Rafi Arkin, Sebastian Bleasdale, David Brain, Alex Cannon, Christopher Chung, Tom Coldron, Andrew Dennison, Jessica Eccles, Danny Goodisman, Jo Kelly, Kirsten Lunde, Xate Mac, Paul Mansfield, Aaron Reading, Bez Shahriari, Lewis Shaw, Mark Stockton-Pitt, Ian Vincent

Videos
1
Creators
1

2 - 18 players2 - 45 min1.2 weight

2021Mathias Wigge

Videos
436
Creators
289
Mainly reviews

1 - 4 players90 - 150 min3.8 weight

2017Dane Beltrami, Corey Konieczka, Christian T. Petersen

Videos
363
Creators
124
Mainly how-to-play and playthroughs

3 - 6 players240 - 480 min4.4 weight

About The Gig

From BoardGameGeek:

In The Gig, players are members of a jazz group improvising their way through a song, vying for the spotlight, and trying to please the audience while working up mind-blowing solos! The game takes place over six rounds, a.k.a. "songs". Each song, players count down, then roll and place dice in real time to gain symbols and create patterns. When one player has placed all four of their dice, they shout "Take it to the bridge!" and other players must stop re-rolling and place the remainder of their dice. After placing all of their dice, each player can add the shape that their dice formed to their instrument's unique solo board, each of which offers a different challenge and way of scoring. Players can use symbols gained via the song and their solo boards to quickly change their dice, keep them for endgame scoring, or spend them to buy audience cards, each of which represents a newly-gained fan who will give you another way of scoring points at game's end. After the set list of six songs has been played, the player with the most points gained from their solo, audience cards, harmonies, and symbol sets and majorities wins. The Gig includes a solo mode by Dávid Turczi.

Designers

Jamie Gray, Dann May, Lewis Shaw, Robb Smigielski

Artists

Dann May, Lewis Shaw, Robb Smigielski

Categories

DiceMusicReal-time

Mechanics

Dice RollingEnd Game BonusesPattern BuildingRe-rolling and Locking
View on BoardGameGeek ›