2014 · Science Fiction

Mars Attacks: The Dice Game

Martian invaders compete to subjugate U.S. cities laid out in four stacks of face-up cards. On a turn a player declares a target city, rolls ten dice and may lock and reroll portions of the dice to try to meet the card’s requirements without busting. Dice showing certain symbols lock or count toward claiming a card; players can stop and record progress with a token to accumulate toward future claims, but an opponent can still take the card first. Some city cards grant special abilities that modify dice placement or scoring, and some penalize repeated failed attempts. The player who claims the most destruction across the map wins.

groupPlayers

3–6 best 5

schedulePlaying time

20 min

cakeAge

10+

psychologyComplexity

1.2 / 5