Diceland Explained

Subject Name:Diceland
Designer:James Ernest
Toivo Rovainen
Players:2-5
Ages:10+
Setup Time:2 minutes
Playing Time:20 minutes

Diceland is a tabletop game played with collectible sets of dice designed by Toivo Rovainen and James Ernest and released in 2002 by Cheapass Games.[1] Players roll paper cut-out octahedral dice into a combat arena.[2] The dice are then used in the same way as miniatures - they can be moved around the arena and attack other dice.[1]

The original Diceland set was Diceland: Deep White Sea, released in 2002.[1] It was followed in 2003 by four more sets: Diceland: Ogre,[3] [4] Diceland: Space[5] [6] (two sets, Terrans vs. Urluquai and Garthans vs. Muktians), and Diceland: Extra Space, and in 2005 with Diceland: Cyburg and Diceland: Dragons. There is also a set of Button Men using characters from the Deep White Sea setting. In addition to all of these sets, there are three regular-sized and one oversized promotional dice; the 2005 summer promo die features characters from the webcomic Penny Arcade.

Awards

Diceland won the 2002 Origins Vanguard Award.[7]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Pyramid Pick: Diceland: Deep White Sea . Pyramid (Online) . Pook . Matthew . 2002-06-07 . . 2008-02-23.
  2. Web site: Off the Grid reviews Diceland . Siegel . Scott Jon . joystiq.com . 2007-06-29 . 2008-02-23.
  3. Web site: Review of Diceland: Ogre . Appelcline . Shannon . . 2004-04-07 . 2008-02-23.
  4. Pyramid Review: Diceland: Ogre . Pyramid (Online) . . Pook . Matthew . 2003-08-03 . 2008-02-23.
  5. Web site: Review of Diceland: Space . Appelcline . Shannon . . 2003-10-29 . 2008-02-23.
  6. Pyramid Review: Diceland: Space . Pyramid (Online) . Vetromile . Andy . . 2003-06-13 . 2008-02-23.
  7. Web site: Origins Award Winners (2002) . Academy of Adventure Gaming Arts & Design . 2007-10-14 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071114163353/http://www.originsgamefair.com/awards/2002/list-of-winners . 2007-11-14 . dead .