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In Dice Stars, the dice are shooting stars that never look the same! You can choose to end the game quickly or take your time, but all your choices will be crucial to multiplying your points and reaching an incredible total! You may need to risk it all if you want to succeed...
In more detail, Dice Stars is a short dice game in which you have to make the best decision to score the maximum of points. On your turn, you add a certain number of dice to a dice pool, then take either all dice of the same color or all dice of the same value. These actions let you score points in different ways.
Year Published
2016
Featured Videos
Rules Teach
How to Play Dice Stars (3 minutes)
Transcript Analysis
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Total mentions: 4
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Sentiment:
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Danielle playthrough at 0:01 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- Clear, approachable rules for the roll-and-write format
- Varied scoring patterns provide strategic depth
- Solitary playthrough is straightforward and engaging
Cons
- No built-in score tracker; scoring is done on paper
- Some patterns may be difficult to complete within 50 rolls; requires planning
Thematic elements
- Array
- Abstract
- instructional, tutorial
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Bingo — Complete lines (Bingo) for points and tickets; different patterns yield different payouts.
- Bingo-style line scoring — Complete lines (Bingo) for points and tickets; different patterns yield different payouts.
- Flip/Roll and Write — Roll dice and record chosen value or sums on a score sheet; 50 total rolls.
- Pattern/Card-based Scoring — Score via completing patterns on multiple cards (Yin and Yang, Sudoku, Solitaire, Reverse Pyramid, Polyomino, Bingo).
- Polyomino — Draw and shade polyomino shapes to fit patterns and gain tickets; rotate pieces to fit.
- Polyomino tiling / pattern drawing — Draw and shade polyomino shapes to fit patterns and gain tickets; rotate pieces to fit.
- Roll and Write — Roll dice and record chosen value or sums on a score sheet; 50 total rolls.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- solo playthrough of dice cards
- 50 rolls
- yin and yang create Harmony using 1 through6 from the red die and 1 through6 on the black die
- there isn't anywhere easy to write your score down
- this is kind of like Tetris
- full solo playthrough of dice cards
- awesome
- I hope you enjoyed it
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JT our podcast how_to_play at 0:19
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Pros
none
Cons
none
Thematic elements
- Array
- Array
- stars and constellations
- Array
- outer space, constellation-themed dice drafting
- Array
- Array
- Array
- positive
Comparison games
none
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Mechanics unknown.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- active player must either call one two or three out loud then pull that many dice from the bag
- the reserve is an area in the center of the table
- dice once marked off are moved to the discard pile
- the next player takes their turn
- most points wins the sky stars
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Adam Porter top_100_list at 11:56 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- clean, familiar core for a filler game
- good solo mode option
Cons
- theming is lightweight
Thematic elements
- dice-driven score optimization
- thematic not strongly defined; abstract dice scoring
- abstract
Comparison games
- Quicks
- Quinto
- Ganshon Clever
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- multi-dimensional scoring — Columns may multipliers or combine scores across different dimensions.
- roll-and-write — Roll dice and write them into a grid; choose groups by number, color, or stars.
- solo mode — Includes a solitaire variant for solitary play.
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's a really neat mechanism
- an AB sucker in German is like the final drink of an evening
- this is a pick and pass drafting game a bit like Sushi Go
- it's a cooperative limited communication speed game
- it's a really nice twist on memory games with a nice speed element
- the second player is really influential in every round
- a murder variant on golf
- it's really funny as well
- this is a roll and write which is perhaps a little more complex than things like Quicks and Quinto
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BoardGame Coffee top_50_list at 1:45 sentiment: positive
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Overall sentiment (raw)
positive
Pros
- versatile, multiple licenses (DC/Marvel)
- fun cross-franchise clashes
- easy to introduce to new players
Cons
- dice-flavor can be confusing for newcomers
Thematic elements
- superhero card/dice collection and combat
- comic-book universe crossover
- informal product explanation with emphasis on portability and mix-and-match
Comparison games
- Warriors standard
- Quarriors!
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- card drafting — cards grant dice and abilities that interact during combat
- card-dice drafting — cards grant dice and abilities that interact during combat
- dice drafting — players buy and use dice from packs to build a combat-ready pool
- dice drafting / dice pool — players buy and use dice from packs to build a combat-ready pool
Video topics + discussion points
No key topics recorded for this video.
Quotes (from this video)
- it's easy to learn it's fun to play and it's easy to teach
- I can flip up that rulebook in five minutes I'll be caught up like that
- it's my all-time favorite rolling right now
- tell your story as you're doing it so you have your hero cards
- it's one of those games you want to save for Halloween or like a late night
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