/pic1206256.jpg)
Game Info
Year
2012
Collection
Your Tier
Loading…
Expansions & Family
/pic5266901.jpg){kind=small}
Mechanic profile
Not enough video data yet
Vibe profile
Not enough video data yet
Description
Normandy, June 6th, 1944 – as you land on the well-defended beaches, a German machine gun nest is killing your comrades like flies. You must do something!
In D-Day Dice, players are Allied soldiers trying to organize improvised units for an attack against the machine gun nest. Each player starts the game with a unit of a few soldiers and nothing else. As the game progresses, they will collect resources and advance on the beach, sector by sector, as their unit grows stronger and deadlier. They will succeed...or die trying.
D-Day Dice is a multiplayer co-op game, where all players play their turn simultaneously and must help each other in order to stay alive. It also includes solitaire optional rules. Although built around dice rolling, this game is about resource management (soldiers, specialists, items and courage) and knowing when to move your unit. Resources are kept from turn to turn, so the players can plan ahead.
Note: This listing is for the commercial version of D-Day Dice. To download and play the game now, go to D-Day Dice: Free Trial Version.
Expanded by 3 marketed expansions:
D-Day Dice: Operation Neptune
D-Day Dice: Atlantikwall
D-Day Dice: Normandy
D-Day Dice Family
(2 games)
This page includes videos and mentions from the whole D-Day Dice family. Drill into a specific game below.
/pic1206256.jpg)
Featured Videos
Rules Teach
Learn to Play: D-Day Dice
Ask a Rules Question
All mentions
Browse transcript mentions, sentiments, pros/cons, mechanics, topics, quotes, and references.
Total mentions: 10
This page: 10
Sentiment:
pos 6 ·
mix 1 ·
neu 1 ·
neg 1
Showing 1–10 of 10
Video Olu7G3tfu7g
Rolling Dice & Taking Names Analysis at 24:14 sentiment: positive
video_pk 94663 · mention_pk 258632
Click to watch at 24:14 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Historical theme
- Dice-driven action
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Storming the beaches of Normandy
- Normandy beaches
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — The primary mechanic for combat and determining outcomes.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- to me that was a very simple game easy to learn but kind of recreated what really happened during that time
- if y'all ever seen a GMT rule book They're they're not pretty books with glossy pages and big images and very few words per page they're double column they're they're numbered almost like a contract a legal document that's just how they're formatted
- it's basically the conflict between uh uh basically the US and and that region of the world between China and us trying to influence and control that area
- this is coming from somebody who complained I did a 45 minute history lesson on Cuba Libra when I taught it to you
- I knew nothing about how Castro took over CU I I knew he did it how he did it and why I don't know but playing that game three or four times now I have a I'm not a master by any means but I have a much better understanding of what really happened during that time
- I am learning about stuff that happened during the Vietnam war knew nothing about super excited as I play through this game learning about that
- you do learn as you're playing the game how the forces had to build towards that final battle of waterl you learn the players that took place
- yes I have that one I've never play amazing historical game from Marton Wallace yes I had some Muro stuff in it but I actually learned a lot about that from Lincoln
- we got access and allies coming up talking about jumping to the deep end we'll jump straight into that
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video UqHTaNmrpWs
Drive Thru Games Analysis at 15:55 sentiment: negative
video_pk 89461 · mention_pk 237607
Click to watch at 15:55 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
negative
Pros
- Looks like a very elegant kind of spatial element.
Cons
- Awful game.
- Terrible game.
- Does not work for the reviewer.
- No one talks about it.
- Potential licensing issues and company problems.
- The game is not good.
Thematic elements
- D-Day invasion
- World War II
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Rolling — The game heavily relies on dice rolls.
- spatial element — Features an elegant, spatial element.
- war game — A game simulating military conflict.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- this is definitely one i think folks can skip
- this is basically dune but in the twilight imperium universe
- really neat deck building stuff
- it's gone away it's it's a you know they've sunsetted the game now
- i think i ended up liking the more modern version a little bit better
- this one I felt kind of muddied the waters a little bit
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video VWDXFywkmno
UndeadVikingVideos Discussion at 3:45:31 sentiment: positive
video_pk 87603 · mention_pk 229248
Click to watch at 3:45:31 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- The printer said that we never even came close to doing any sizable print run of anything
- nothing's left it's all gone it's never coming out
- I hate it's it's goofy fun
- On certain numbers you pass a card to the left
- It's a T-Rex on a surfboard
- The artwork was changed from the original version
- They did not get done fast enough
- They did not get on a boat fast enough
- Foundations of Rome in a city instead of in
- big fun
- It has a lot of rules
- you got to really pay attention
- Orlons the plague
- The plague
- I haven't played or so long nearby I was thinking about that the other remember I enjoyed it
- The original artwork is described as 'very cute.'
- It's a Texas hold 'em variant.
- Players 'do rock paper scissors with your powers.'
- The game is described as 'goofy fun.'
- The redesigned artwork is not preferred by some.
- The creator walked away and hasn't communicated them for too long.
- The effectiveness and morality of capital punishment compared to life imprisonment.
- Concerns about executing innocent individuals.
- The role of race in the application of the death penalty.
- Concerns about driving under the influence of cannabis.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video ByGBv7zhjfk
Board Games UnLocked Top List at 45:18 sentiment: positive
video_pk 80952 · mention_pk 198807
Click to watch at 45:18 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
Positive, with reservations about playtime
Pros
- Solid war game experience
- New versions are readily available and similar to the original
- Good quality from the publisher
Cons
- Doesn't get played a ton
- Can be quite difficult and lead to frequent deaths
Thematic elements
- Storming Normandy
- World War II
- Scenario-based
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Movement — Moving units across different sectors.
- Dice Rolling — Dice are used for units and actions.
- scenario-based — Missions involve storming Normandy.
- Wargame — Focuses on combat and strategy.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- We're just redoing this because 5 years is when we did this last time and after looking at my list then and look at my list now, there was been a metric ton of changes.
- Um so that changes a lot of it. Plus, companies are almost bullied into having a solo mode.
- So, these are going to be like games I play by myself, whether it's, you know, two-handed or or strictly solo games.
- It's a narrative game. Uh and uh you are running through you're like these these uh it's there's a lot of espionage like you're a spy.
- The app doesn't like take away from the game. It's not an app game where you also have cards. It's Yeah, it's a it's a perfect blend with that app driven.
- This has that Marvel Champions feel where you have your alter ego side.
- This one is just a really good uh 40k um
- Man, we we don't know how good we had it back then
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video mfv2uuwHFwo
Rules Teach at 0:07 sentiment: neutral
video_pk 79763 · mention_pk 193322
Click to watch at 0:07 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
neutral
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Allied soldiers in battle
- World War II
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Area Movement — Players adjust unit markers on a battle map and move between sectors.
- Card Drafting — Players draft specialist cards and items based on player count and scenario.
- cooperative play — All players work together to achieve a common victory condition.
- Dice Rolling — Players roll and re-roll dice, locking them to achieve specific outcomes for combat and resource gathering.
- Set Collection — Rolling specific sets of dice faces grants rewards.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- This is a one to four player dice rolling cooperative World War two game.
- win the game by every player surviving a bunker meaning that they last one round of combat in a bunker
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video w7JsptCXyzo
Analysis at 17:17
video_pk 70955 · mention_pk 168114
Click to watch at 17:17 · YouTube ↗
Pros
none
Cons
- Kickstarter Shenanigans
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I've been going through all the most anticipated lists on Board Game Geek starting with 2010 I'm up to 2014.
- I don't need to play it anymore and how much do I need to play a game to have gotten my worth out of it or whatever I'm not talking about dollar amount either it's like you know
- better to let it move on to somebody else and they can enjoy it and they can pass it on to somebody else as well
- so I think that's okay doesn't doesn't it because it's on my shelf has nothing to do with the quality of the game
- so we have seen those disappear a little bit no still being made it's still being played and as we add more people to the Hobby by osmosis some of them are going to you know find out about war games
- those big crazy games those coffin boxes and those those big splash releases from Fantasy Flight they just really haven't been doing that
- I don't like that and I don't know that any of the games on the on the last two lists are like that but I'm sure God I know there was some of that
- it's no different than like let's say GMT or Fantasy Flight or whoever has a newsletter you know that goes out let's say every month an email newsletter and they tell people hey we're nominated on this list go vote for
- it's a reviewer getting a review copy is much less biased than a Kickstarter backer
- The way the hobby has worked I think going back to the 70s somebody will do something and this is the way a lot of things work somebody will do something that's successful and so you get copycats you get people trying to iterate on that
- expansions will show up on these anticipated lists and that kind of says something to the kind of known quantity
- there was a fair number of games that had a lot of trouble whether it was licensing trouble like glory to Rome nothing personal alien frontiers or other kind of Kickstarter Shenanigans
- crowdfunding we're going to see more of that for sure moving forward in the years but it was also kind of still like the wild west back then
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video wlIeooaozuE
Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Rules Teach at 19:40 sentiment: positive
video_pk 4927 · mention_pk 14643
Click to watch at 19:40 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- cooperative gameplay
- excellent design
- multiple missions
- varying difficulty levels
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- World War II
- military
- D-Day
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- Formula D is really the epitome of roll and move games in the modern era
- Settlers of Catan which was perhaps the most significant euro game that really sparked this whole new wave of modern board games
- Yahtzee has become a mechanic in its own right
- epitomises dice games really and how far they've come
- this is a bit of a tricky one to learn, it's well worth the effort
- ridiculously more fun than it should be
- playing with children it's fantastical
- absolutely brilliant
- this is my top 10 different ways to use dice in wooden board games
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video SA8-CWm1utg
Rolling Dice & Taking Names Discussion at 21:04 sentiment: mixed
video_pk 3805 · mention_pk 11200
Click to watch at 21:04 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
mixed
Pros
- easy entry point to WWII-based play
- fast and social can be played casually
Cons
- randomness may frustrate history-focused players
- not as educationally rich as card-driven games
Thematic elements
- dice-based procedural battles rather than detailed simulation
- WWII Normandy landings
- lightweight, quick encounters
Comparison games
- Memoir '44
- Fort Sumter
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- cooperative_competitive — dice pool management and shared goals with individual objectives
- dice_chuck — dice-driven battles with outcomes determined by randomization
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- the number one game on BGG was Twilight Struggle
- 13 Days which is based on the Cuban Missile Crisis and it's like a trimmed down version of Twilight Struggle
- Memoir 44 is a classic one to get into
- Watergate… very easy to learn
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video 8ifbatuMWfk
AzureDeath | Solo Board Gaming Top List at 14:05 sentiment: positive
video_pk 3121 · mention_pk 9157
Click to watch at 14:05 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- great dice-rolling mechanic
- expands well with expansions for difficulty
Cons
- base game is challenging to win without expansions
Thematic elements
- dice-rolling, war-themed
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- dice rolling/abstract map — pushing soldiers toward a destination while avoiding mines and gunfire
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's one of the most beloved solo board games out there
- this is a wonderful engine builder
- a game that you can take anywhere
- the rule book was perfect in my opinion
- one hell of a title by chip theory games
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Video 1M66aj8q6UQ
Adam in Wales - Board Game Design Discussion at 12:13 sentiment: positive
video_pk 260 · mention_pk 740
Click to watch at 12:13 · YouTube ↗
Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Dice Drafting — players draft and assign dice to actions to progress through predetermined scenarios.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- I like the simple progression that you see in the game of Agricola in solitaire mode.
- there's a lot of room there for creativity and innovation.
- one thing that I found is really fun in a solitaire game is if there is a little bit of an element of story.
References (from this video)
No references stored for this video.
Transcript Navigation
Showing 1–10 of 10