Dice Realms

About this board game

Dice Realms is a customizable dice game for 1–4 players that plays in about 60 minutes. Players improve and expand Medieval realms while contending with the changing effects of Fate.

Each player begins with two identical dice, whose faces can be popped out and replaced with upgraded options. During setup, five tiles drawn from a bag determine which additional die faces are available alongside the standard lines for lands, farming, commerce, settlements, and progress.

Most of the game is played simultaneously. Players roll their dice while one player also rolls the Fate die, which can bring winter, attacks, and other challenges affecting everyone. Players may use free rerolls, invested reroll tokens, and set-a-die tokens to gain more control over their results.

• Winter demands grain for every die or causes misery when supplies fall short.
• Attacks can cost grain, disable a die for a turn, or destroy a die face, while shields provide protection.
• Coins purchase upgrades, control tokens, repairs, and additional dice.

Upgrades are at the heart of Dice Realms. You can improve a face within its color, switch to another color at the same level, or use crossgrades to shape your dice around changing needs. Specialize in grain, coins, defense, victory points, or the die face that best suits the current setup.

The game ends after a round in which a 10-point, -10 misery, or 10-grain token is needed. Players then score victory point chips and the improved faces on their dice, with 2-dot faces worth 1 VP and 4-dot faces worth 2 VP. The player with the most victory points wins.