I think if the events were fully randomized, rather than someone being able to accomodate and pick all of them based off who's playing, then it'd be great. I do like a good board game and this definitely has the right idea. Also the first bit feels like an information overload so maybe a tutorial easing the player in would feel better, talking about things like events and resistances as it goes along. 

Really clever concept, really fun- but too easy, i didnt find any challenge in beating it my first try- i could just rearange dice and characters so that bad stuff only happened to unocupied squares.

The music is catchy and the art memorable. 
A few visual glitches at the end but it's really impressive.