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DICE SPLICE
A Powder Keg of Fun
Designer: Cait Russell and Matt Tweed | Publisher: Sea Griffin Games
Some games can evoke the simple pleasures in life. There’s a reason why toys of yesteryear like the diabolo have faded from the playrooms of today, but we will forever have our trusty building blocks to foster the next generation of construction workers or demolitionists. Dice Splice may not be the most thought-provoking game out there, but by goodness does it satisfy that part of our brains that likes to see something slowly build up before it comes crashing down.
Dice Splice is a quick dexterity game for up to six players. You are pirates trying to stack up your stolen booty aboard ship, but are struggling to avoid causing a ‘Treasurelanche.’ Across the many different game modes, the core mechanic remains the same: each player will draw a handful of dice and roll them. You then add a die to the game area provided there’s a blank space on a plank, a symbol on top matches another die’s face-up symbol, or if the intended die is the same colour.