Overboss
About the Game
You are a Boss. You’ve always been a master of monsters, a builder of dungeons, and a hunter of heroes. For many years, you’ve competed with other Bosses in contests of prowess and villainy. Now it’s time to emerge from the underworld. It’s time to shape a new land and bend it to your will. It’s time to claim your crown as the ultimate OVERBOSS!
Each turn, you’ll draft one tile and token set from the Market. Place the tile in an open spot of your map. Every terrain type is scored differently!
Swamps get Power points for being adjacent to coasts and other Swamps. Graveyards give a big bonus to whoever collects the most, while Forests increase in Power as you collect more.
Every tile comes with a token. If it’s a monster or Miniboss token, put it on top of an open terrain tile. A monster with a matching icon scores a bonus point, and “bands” of monsters – lines of two or more in a raw – give bigger bonuses.
As you fill your map, use Portals to move your Monsters and Minibosses. Collect Crystals to multiply your power. With smart placement and clever combos, you can build a truly powerful map. At the end of the game, the player with the highest score is crowned OVERBOSS!
Game Discussion
Steam User 19
Here to tip the scales back the other way, Most these reviews were when the game came out and it apparently had a bug then. As of this review I haven't had any problems at all. I have the board game in real life, and have all the Brotherwise Boss Monster related games also. Great games and lots of repeatability. Same can be said for this game here on steam.
Plays just like the board game does. Multiplayer and solo are both fantastic and run smoothly. As for the campaign I do find it a bit odd you have to get exactly what its asking for since its RNG. so that's tough, but not impossible. Personally I think they should of gone with a more Yugioh or Pokemon style campaign where you "Duel" other people, or in this case, other bosses just by playing a match. Maybe have some different match challenges or something to put an edge on it like Star Realms does.
Anyways I just came here to say I really enjoy this steam version of the board game. Love playing with others or solo, and I hope they add to this game in the future with more bosses and tiles. leader boards would be fun too. I want this game to do good so that more adaptations make its way to steam. Hinting at you Boss Monster.
Steam User 12
Overboss is fixed! Overboss is fixed!!!
It's a great implementation of the board game with a lot of visual flair. It's not quite Monster Couch or Dire Wolf when it comes to the flair, but it's a few steps above the majority of board game adaptations on here.
It's unfortunate that the initial outpouring of negative reviews due to bugs may have cursed this game permanently. If you consider yourself at all a fan of board games like Cascadia or Calico from Flatout Games, Overboss carries the same tile placement DNA. It's a bit more simple than those two in strategy -- and, if I'm honest, the gameplay lacks the polish of either* -- but there's certainly room on the digital shelf for it.
One of the biggest bonuses and let downs is the inclusion of a solo campaign mode, with limited chances to complete three challenges across a series of levels. Here's where I hope the developers are able to put more work into it and take some nods from Monster Couch's Calico adaptation, because as it stands, the challenges are far, far, far too reliant on RNG. I keep coming back for more, but it doesn't mean I'm enjoying having to put down three castles all occupied by vampires when RNG means I never see three of either total, and subsequently just lose a life. A bit silly.
* (I really wish they Brotherwise dedicated some time to expansions and improvements more consistently beyond the Duel implementation, because if we got those...Overboss would be a strong contender against the aforementioned titles. The style and gameplay loop don't need improvements, just the tile balance and asymmetry.)
Steam User 4
I have read the terrible reviews of the past few months: I see there have been some issues with the game at launch, however I am pretty sure the devs must have fixed it by now. Over the few enjoyable hours that I've played, I have encountered no bugs nor issues whatsoever. It is a fun game and I can only recommed it, if you're a fan of world-building boardgames and you like the retro-game aesthetic
Steam User 0
Had this on my wishlist for awhile as the game always looked fun, but held off purchase at launch due to issues per reviewers at the time. Glad to come around and check it out and see improvements have been made with updates. I can't speak for the previous issues people were having of course, but I have been able to get in and play a couple rounds so far and everything runs smoothly. I wouldn't mind a more detailed scoreboard for breaking down points even further, or at least being able to look at the final boards, but this is a minor gripe that has no effect on gameplay.
The music fits the aesthetic and gives charming old school vibes. The pixel art is gorgeous and I wish I could zoom in to see some of those pixely details better lol. The AI definitely seems to play optimally from my few rounds so far as I have not won, but the majority of us are hovering around the same score.
I can recommend this for sure and am glad to have another digital board game to mess around with. Hope some others come back to check this out again as I feel like the overall rating would be in the positive range now.
Steam User 2
Game was buggy YES,,,,,Game is patched and like the board game? YES