Imperial Settlers Roll & Write

Board

Ratings

Age

4+

Board

Languages

English

Latest Version 1.0.16

Fri Jul 24 2020

- 3 new exciting Settlements: Rome #3, Amazons #3 and Barbarians #3

- Aztec #1 bug fixed

- Few minor improvements

Imperial Settlers: Roll & Write is the official digital adaptation of the popular board game from Portal Games. Set in the beloved Imperial Settlers universe, the game focuses on engine building and resource management. Roll the dice to acquire wood, food, stone, and gold, then use them to construct buildings that unlock new abilities and bonuses. With dozens of unique village layouts and 8 Adventure sets, every game offers a new strategic puzzle to solve.

Dinsun Expert Review

Our Expert Score

79/100

Imperial Settlers Roll & Write is a brave and largely successful attempt to condense a complex engine-building board game into a mobile app. For fans of the original Portal Games title, the core DNA is all here: you roll dice to gather resources and use them to construct buildings that provide ongoing bonuses. It’s a very solitary experience, focusing entirely on your own empire's efficiency rather than player interaction, which actually makes it a perfect fit for mobile play.

The 'Adventure' sets provide a lot of variety, with different village layouts that force you to rethink your strategy every time. My only real gripe is the progression system; unlocking new content can feel like a bit of a grind, requiring you to replay levels to earn enough crowns. However, the 'one-more-turn' logic is strong here, and the satisfaction of building a resource engine that generates massive points in the final rounds is hard to beat.

Dinsun reviewed on: Thu Feb 26 2026

Features

Official digital adaptation

Engine-building mechanics

48 unique solo village layouts

Includes 8 Adventure sets

In-depth tutorial for new players

Tips & Walkthrough

The Power of Farms

In the advanced game, focus on creating 'Settlements' around your construction areas. This allows you to upgrade buildings like Farms to produce multiple resources every single turn.

Gameplays

Engine Building 101

Prioritize buildings that grant extra workers or free resources in the early rounds. Even if they don't score many points immediately, they provide the momentum needed for a huge endgame.

Screenshot

Q&A

The mobile app focuses on the solitary 'Adventure' and 'Competition' modes against your own high scores.

Ratings & Reviews

Great game, fix level unlocks

Mon Oct 12 2020 BenGiudice

As others have said, developers would stand to benefit from actually listening to reviewer feedback and making level unlocks cheaper. It’s a great game but sadly I will never experience more than half the content because I do not have the time to play the same levels over and over again to grind crowns. Some is ok but it is too much. Great game with a pretty good implementation for mobile.

Quick and easy!

Sun Oct 11 2020 blnichol7

This app is actually based on the board game of the same name from Portal Games. It’s plays quick and is relatively simple to learn. As you play, you get different buildings to play with so it a always changing (you could also replay the same setup an infinite number of times). The tutorial provides everything you need to know to play. Over time you will learn the strategies to get better scores! Perfect game for those small down times at the doctors office, etc!

Very cool game

Wed Mar 03 2021 WRS15743

I stumbled upon this game, and I’m so glad I did. It’s perfect for a casual gamer like me who wants something interesting, with some depth, but not overly complicated, that can be played in a few minutes, like during a break from work. The design is awesome and the UI as easy as can be. If you read the short manual, then play once with the tutorial, the strategy will start to click and you’ll get the hang of it quickly as you continue to play. I really appreciate the fair up-front price with no ads or unfair IAP. This developer did a great job, and I appreciate that. We need more developers like this who monetize the right way. Thank you so much for making this game! It’s really fun to have a board/dice game you can play here and there when you have time.

Arg!!!

Wed Apr 07 2021 Dr Dyslexia

So, Im ranked in the top 5%. I keep playing and playing and playing and..... I can not get to the next level to open new levels. It is a really horrible tease to show more levels but have no way to access. There was no warning up front of what it would take to get more levels. Beyond irritating.

Good, but could be better

Tue Aug 25 2020 Cubato

Agree with other reviewers. Maps progressively require more wins to unlock which I like to a certain degree, but it’s too much. The player board is not viewable in certain situations where it would be helpful to see. And the undo button is limited to the main action phase. Aside from this, the game is entertaining.

Settlement Reroll

Sun Jun 07 2020 frenyo

Sadly, when automatically offered a reroll (Canteen) in Settlement #2, it is not possible to view your play area to be able to better decide how to proceed. Working mechanics is already in place on other screens (tap and hold outside of the dialog box to hide it temporarily). Why in some place but not in another? :^(

Superb and easy!

Sun May 31 2020 Readerjoe93

I rarely rate games anymore but I so surprised and excited about this. The op game was terrible if you didn’t have the wooden pieces from Imperial Settlers to help you track how many resources you had. This app is even easier and very fast playing. One of the best roll and writes!