Luck: The full potential of the dice being rolled

The cool edges of the thrown dice roll and hit your caring, tightly clenched palm until you decide to let the little dice go. It falls into nothingness and then hits the playing surface with a loud thump. After a tense gazing and rolling, the magical force (for some it is the mystical goddess of luck, for some the physical cause, for others the fate written in the stars) stops the dice on a certain face. At this point, the course of the game is decided, and everything becomes dependent on your strength.

Randomness is magical. Luck is an exciting element of board games. One turn it pampers, the next it doesn't - it's unpredictable. It cannot be counted on. One can only hope for luck. The six-sided die is the most familiar embodiment of randomness in gaming. But most gamblers don't even realize that the cube, marked with values ​​from one to six, is the most classic of the countless forms of dice. Dice can have a larger number of faces, and the usual numbers can be replaced by unique symbols.

In Dungeons & Dragons ( D&D ), the dice you roll determine anything from creating character archetypes to traps along the way and battles with monsters. It uses 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and even 20-faced dice At the same time, Magic: The Gathering uses a 20-faced die (d20) to represent a player's hit points. But let's focus on simpler board games that use more common and peculiar variants of the classic dice. In addition, it would be worth knowing that you will find some of the most gorgeous and delightful dice sets in Brain Games stores .

The range of Brain Games also includes a novelty - the draw and write mechanics game "Clever" , which is available in Latvian. On his turn, the player rolls all the dice and then chooses one to use by writing its number on his slip. HOWEVER, at this point he must set aside all those dice with a lower number than the one he chose. Therefore, the player must choose the dice carefully, because he can use up to three dice in a move. The remaining dice that are set aside become available to other players. By writing down the numbers on their slips, players accumulate points until the end of the game, and being resourceful, they can string together bonuses with just one die.

Snowman dice is a fast-paced and chaotic snowman building competition game. If you've been used to puffing or doing a shaking ritual before rolling the dice, you won't have time for that in this crazy game. All players roll their dice at the same time until the correct combination of snowman parts allows them to be built into a tower and pushed to the North Pole first! But when you roll the snowball symbol, your die gains destructive power to topple your opponent's snowman towers.

Dice settlers is a massive content strategy game that will remind some of Catan. However, in this game, dice are not only rolled, but also obtained and stored in special dice bags. A bag/pool building type game where 49 rolling dice turn from simple dice into vital resources.

Monster fighting fans will love King of Tokyo , which replaces the typical dice numbers with electric green power-up symbols. They will make gigantic monsters stronger, give them ability cards and cause even more destruction! In addition, you can roll your six dice three times in a row in each turn to get the intended symbols.

The magical tones of "Seasons" conjure up a truly fantastic atmosphere. The cute rolling dice of the card game resemble runes and will allow you to learn the elements of nature and experience all four seasons.

The variety of rolling dice allows you to return to familiar games again. You have played Pandemic , Imperial Settlers , BANG! or "Ligretto" ? Then you must try these versions too!

"Pandemic: The Cure" is a breath-taking name, but the path to vaccines is a precarious one, full of risks, as the game uses 85 dice! 48 infection dice in 4 colors and 37 player dice in 7 colors will create an atmosphere of chaos befitting a pandemic.

Imperial Settlers Roll & Write returns with empire building and the cutest dice to roll. It's a compact resource-getting and building-building race that only requires playing cards, a pencil, and dice. In this version, you can also play one of the 48 scenarios by yourself!

“BANG! The Dice Game' is a social deduction type game similar to 'Mafia'. But in this game, the bandits are at war with the security guards. All of them have guns that can be used by the luck of rolling five dice. For fans of the zombie genre, there's the Wild West-themed Undead Or Alive expansion, which brings two new dice and allows players to duel as well.

Ligretto Dice maintains the same fast-paced gameplay as the original version. This means that the dice will have to be rolled as fast as the cards to fill the table of numbers. Each player will also receive a handy dice tray during the competition.

In the epic space colonization race game Alien Frontiers, you'll need spaceships. These will be your rolling dice, so not only the rolling of the dice will be important, but also the strategic placement of the ships in the orbital stations. In addition, specific combinations, such as the ladder (three consecutive numbers), allow you to steal opponent's technology cards.

The name "Roll for adventure" says it all. It will be an adventure. You will have to roll the dice often, but also carefully. Players must work together to roll dice of the same value and learn power stones. However, stronger and stronger monsters will get in the way, which will require more than one roll to defeat.

In conclusion, we must not forget a pair of games that have been known for a long time. The first is the Scandinavian version of the decade-old Yatzy game . It is simple and depends entirely on the outcome of the dice roll. In this game, the only strategy can be used in throwing technique. On the other hand, the other classic is the several thousand-year-old backgammon , which is a two-player game in which tactical positioning of the pieces is important.

The article was written by Rinalds Onckulis