Dice Rolling
3251 games found
Games with this mechanic
Napoleon at Leipzig (fifth edition)
2013
8.15
1-3 players
3.41/5
Alhambra: Big Box Special Edition
2014
7.47
2-6 players
45 min
2.00/5
Westwall: Four Battles to Germany
1976
6.74
2 players
120 min
2.53/5
Four Battles of Army Group South
1979
7.03
2 players
240 min
2.88/5
Modern Battles II: Four Contemporary Conflicts
1977
6.67
1-2 players
120 min
2.42/5
War of the Ring Collector's Edition
2010
8.71
2-4 players
180 min
3.98/5
Dead of Winter: Tabletop Edition
2015
7.89
2-5 players
2.86/5
Yggdrasil Second Edition with Asgard Expansion
2013
7.71
1-6 players
75 min
2.39/5
The Great War in the East
1978
7.18
2 players
300 min
3.18/5
Risk & Castle Risk
1990
6.43
2-6 players
120 min
2.20/5
Thirty Years War (first edition)
1976
6.94
1-2 players
120 min
2.06/5
MidEvil Deluxe
2009
6.11
2-6 players
60 min
2.25/5
Small World Designer Edition
2015
8.94
2-6 players
40-80 min
2.58/5
The Great Battles of Alexander: Macedonian Art of War
2014
8.32
1-4 players
3.72/5
Great Medieval Battles
1979
6.94
2 players
240 min
2.31/5
Dice Games Properly Explained
1999
6.70
1-4 players
1.80/5
Metropolia
2014
6.63
2-5 players
1.50/5
New Rules for Classic Games
1992
7.46
1-4 players
2.00/5
Survival / The Barbarian
1979
5.15
1-6 players
30 min
1.20/5
Roll Through the Ages: The Iron Age with Mediterranean Expansion
2014
6.95
1-4 players
30 min
2.30/5
Frequently Asked Questions
Dice rolling is a mechanism where players roll dice to determine outcomes — movement, combat results, resource production, or available actions. While it introduces randomness, modern games often let players mitigate bad rolls through re-rolls, dice manipulation, or multiple dice with probability management.
Dice drafting combines dice rolling with drafting — dice are rolled into a common pool and players take turns selecting dice they want. Games like Sagrada and Castles of Burgundy use this approach, adding strategic choice to the randomness of dice.
Top dice rolling games include Castles of Burgundy (dice-driven estate building), Sagrada (dice drafting for stained glass windows), King of Tokyo (Yahtzee-style monster combat), Quacks of Quedlinburg (push-your-luck bag building with dice elements), and Dice Throne (competitive hero combat).