Diceborn Heroes

About this board game

Diceborn Heroes is a 1–4 player fantasy dice game with an approximately 90-minute play time, inspired by old-school JRPGs. Lead a party of heroes across the lands of Dievalice, facing monsters, protecting innocent bystanders, and pursuing quests that build toward a final confrontation.

Players control one or two heroes on a team of three or four. Each hero contributes a green die, while attack cards create a shared deck. During battle, roll the available dice and assign them to open attack slots on hero cards. Then reveal an attack card for each monster and resolve attacks from the lowest value to the highest.

Enemies target heroes whose assigned dice meet or exceed their attack card values, while heroes choose which enemies to attack. Hero abilities can be used at any point to gain an advantage, and defeated enemies return cards to the attack deck. If that deck runs out, the party begins taking additional damage.

• Roll and assign dice to prepare each round of combat.
• Use abilities, attack monsters, and protect the party from incoming attacks.
• Buy items, level up classes, and learn new skills after encounters.
• Choose the next quest based on the symbol shown on the current quest card.

After victory, heroes can develop their classes by flipping hero cards, choosing abilities, or covering the bottom of a card with a new class card. The campaign’s choices continue beyond a single game: previously found relics join the item deck, while added enemy attack cards remain to affect the next generation of heroes.

In Diceborn Heroes, the party either defeats the boss or is overwhelmed by peril. Every decision helps shape the continuing story.