2026Dickie Chapin
- Videos
- 14
- Creators
- 8
2 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight

2022Dickie Chapin
Mostly reviews and how-to-play. Joystick Heroes is covered on BoardGameVideo.com by 4 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 unboxings, and 2 other videos.
From BoardGameGeek
Joystick Heroes is a board game about playing video games - radical! Grab your friends and family and head to the arcade, where you'll burn through tokens to play games and compete for the best scores. Each game tests different skillz, like your joystick agility or button-pressing prowess. Earn tickets, prizes, and power up your skillz. Kick butt on games in your favorite genre and win big by beating high scores. Challenge other wannabe heroes to 2-player games, grab a friend for co-op mode, and compete in arcade tournaments. The player with the most prizes when everybody's out of tokens is the new Joystick Hero! Righteous! At setup, create your arcade by laying out a number of Games cards. Each player starts with 10 arcade tokens. A round consists of 2 phases: (1) In the PLAY phase, choose any available Game card in your arcade, place 1 arcade token on it, and play it by rolling a number of dice based on the skills the game requires and your own skill levels. Use your hand of Power cards to boost your scores. Refer to the Top Scores chart and collect your winnings (tickets). (2) In the POWER UP phase, players spend the tickets they earned on skills upgrades or to purchase prizes. When all players run out of arcade tokens, the player with the most prizes is the new Joystick Hero!
Learn to play
Joystick Heroes has 11 videos from 4 creators: 4 reviews, 4 how-to-play guides, 1 unboxing and 2 other videos. They date from 2022 to August 2023.
To learn the rules, start with "Joystick Heroes - In Focus", which runs 3 min.
For an opinion before you buy, start with "Joystick Heroes Preview". 3 creators have reviewed it.
If you like it, try Hair Band, 5 Wards, 16 Candies and Elixirus, also by Dickie Chapin.
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2026Dickie Chapin
2 - 4 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
2023Dickie Chapin
2 - 5 players45 - 60 minMedium weight
From BoardGameGeek:
Joystick Heroes is a board game about playing video games - radical! Grab your friends and family and head to the arcade, where you'll burn through tokens to play games and compete for the best scores. Each game tests different skillz, like your joystick agility or button-pressing prowess. Earn tickets, prizes, and power up your skillz. Kick butt on games in your favorite genre and win big by beating high scores. Challenge other wannabe heroes to 2-player games, grab a friend for co-op mode, and compete in arcade tournaments. The player with the most prizes when everybody's out of tokens is the new Joystick Hero! Righteous! At setup, create your arcade by laying out a number of Games cards. Each player starts with 10 arcade tokens. A round consists of 2 phases: (1) In the PLAY phase, choose any available Game card in your arcade, place 1 arcade token on it, and play it by rolling a number of dice based on the skills the game requires and your own skill levels. Use your hand of Power cards to boost your scores. Refer to the Top Scores chart and collect your winnings (tickets). (2) In the POWER UP phase, players spend the tickets they earned on skills upgrades or to purchase prizes. When all players run out of arcade tokens, the player with the most prizes is the new Joystick Hero!
Designer
Dickie Chapin
Artists
Dickie Chapin, James Churchill
Publisher
Frown Clowns Games
Categories
Mechanics