$13.99Dice With Death Out-cheat Death at dice poker
You died, and now you play dice against Death for seven rounds a match. You roll, bank scoring hands for damage, and push your luck before it all slips away. Between rolls you collect new dice, relics and trinkets that stack into strange, powerful combos. Funny, dark and easy to learn, it scratches the deckbuilder itch with dice.
Is Dice With Death worth it?
Dice With Death is worth it if…
- you like roguelike runs where each draft of dice and relics changes the plan
- you enjoy push-your-luck scoring like Yahtzee against an opponent who cheats
- you want short runs that are easy to learn and hard to put down
- you like dark humor and quiet stories told between fights
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Build a dice pool that breaks the odds
Each run starts small. You roll poker-style hands against Death, bank points to deal damage, and choose when to pass before greed wipes the turn. Afterward you add dice and paired relics to your pool, plus consumable trinkets, and the combinations start to warp what a roll can do. You chase damage-stacking synergies, tune them around one of four classes with different core rules, and unlock more dice, relics and dialogue paths as you play. Death cheats openly, so beating him means outbuilding him.
Seven rounds of banter with Death
The rules stay simple enough to learn fast, with a tutorial and faster speed option, while difficulty grows as you keep winning and Death brings nastier tricks. Between rounds there is talk. Death is wry and curious, each class has its own history, and relics arrive with little backstories from past players and your own life. The pixel board changes theme per character, which keeps the dark shore setting fresh from run to run.
Good to know?
How close is this to deckbuilders?
Close in loop, different in parts. You draft, stack synergies and adapt each run, but the pieces are dice, relics and trinkets rather than cards. If you like finding an overpowered combination and riding it, that satisfaction is here.
How hard is it to learn?
The base game is dice poker: roll, keep scoring hands, bank damage, pass before you bust. Classes, relics and trinkets add the complexity layer by layer, and early unlocks come quickly through play and Obols earned from wins.
What do you do after you beat Death once?
Harder matchups open up, with tougher tricks on his side and stronger relics on yours. There are four classes to unlock and try, plus an endless-style Eternity mode and an asynchronous multiplayer Echoes mode for longer play.
Can you just roll and ignore the story?
Yes. Dialogue and relic backstories appear between rounds and when new items are offered, with small choices that flavor the conversation. You can read it all or focus on the next roll.
