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Combat in The Elder Scrolls involves picking a skill from their character board and then rolling dice that correspond to that particular skill. Once a skill is used, it goes to the cooldown track, which refreshes dice every turn. Using a skill too often or switching forms cause the cooldown board to fill with fatigue dice, which are less effective when making checks. Player characters and monsters are represented by poker chip-like tokens, with players removing chips from a character’s stack whenever they take damage.
The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era borrows heavily from Chip Theory’s popular Too Many Bones game, which uses many of the same character-building and gameplay mechanics. Of course, the major difference is that Elder Scrolls utilizes an existing IP while Too Many Bones utilizes a unique world created just for the game.
One of the major factors of The Elder Scrolls: Betrayal of the Second Era is the game’s high price point. The base game costs $190 while a pledge with a planned expansion costs $230. One perk to backing the Gamefound campaign is that Chip Theory Game has promised free shipping for anyone who backs the campaign.
