Two new and original Dice Throne heroes battle in this exciting, accessible stand-alone dueling game.
Dice Throne is a game of intriguing dice, tactical card play, powerful heroes, and unique abilities.
It's a fast-paced 2-6 player combat game (1v1, 2v2, 3v3, 2v2v2, or free-for-all). Select from a variety of heroes that play and feel completely distinct from one another. Attack opponents and activate abilities by rolling your hero's unique set of five dice. Accumulate combat points and spend them on cards that have a large range of effects, such as granting permanent hero upgrades, applying status effects, and manipulating dice directly (yours, your teammate's, or even your opponent's).
Dice Throne: Santa v. Krampus introduces two new heroes that can play against each other or any other hero in Dice Throne. Also compatible with Dice Throne Adventures!
This is a stand-alone release supporting 2 players. Additional heroes are required to play with more than 2 players.
- Adds two distinct, themed characters that fit with existing Dice Throne line
- Krampus companions provide extra power and strategic options
- Durable synth material cards and vibrant artwork
- Easy setup, quick to learn, and compatible with other Dice Throne sets
- Holiday-themed fun suitable for Christmas game nights
- Krampus is more complex (4/6) than Santa, which may deter casual players
- Availability may be limited to backers initially, with retail availability timing later
- Competition with seasonal mythos; luck/dice-based combat
- Fantasy world of Dice Throne during the Christmas season; Santa Claus vs Krampus in a holiday-themed duel
- Character-focused expansion introducing two new characters and companion mechanics
- Marvel Dice Throne
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- coal tokens — Coal tokens make it harder to spend or earn combat points for opponents
- Combat: Deck/Hand — Krampus accesses companion cards that modify abilities; companions can be activated by discarding them
- companion deck — Krampus accesses companion cards that modify abilities; companions can be activated by discarding them
- Dice Rolling — Roll dice to trigger abilities; probability affects outcomes with unique power faces
- eggnog tokens — Eggnog lets you roll a die for a random benefit
- gift/companion tokens — Gift tokens allow drawing additional companions from a separate deck; spending tokens activates abilities
- Hand Management — Players manage cards and resources to plan and execute plays across rounds
- hand management and budgeting — Players manage cards and resources to plan and execute plays across rounds
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- it's so easy to pull out and pick up a game of this and play it
- we've got two new characters Santa and Krampus
- the synth material is supposed to be very sturdy
- Roxley worked hard to get it out to the backers before the Christmas holidays
- this was a fun addition and now we have another holiday themed game that we can play at Christmas time
References (from this video)
- Includes standees as an alternative to miniatures.
- Comes with tokens.
- Includes a Mythic card.
- Includes companion cards.
- Host is not a fan of Christmas-related things but made an exception for Dice Throne.
- Christmas themed battle between Santa and Krampus.
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Companion cards — It's got companions that's pretty cool. These are companion cards.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- I kind of just show you what I got and yeah
- I really like the art on all of the dice going stuff
- this is very very neat
- I really like this insert they have to keep things pretty sturdy
- it's just more convenient to have these
- looks pretty neat
- this looks very Christmassy
- definitely a little darker
- It's got call and gift and rejects so it's got companions that's pretty cool
- that is my unboxing of my latest delivery of dice Stone stuff
References (from this video)
- Very holiday themed
- Recommended for two players
- Santa vs Krampus
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- Rudolph. We haven't played it yet, but it is Rudolph themed, so it's holiday themed, so I think it'd be great. We're definitely going to be pulling it out this Christmas.
- when you open it up and you look at it, it's very much so. Like there's there's Holly and like mistletoe and cranberry and all of the m the mice are dressed with their little cute scarves.
- It's a cooperative game. you're all working together to get Frodies to Mordor.
- And I just think that this there's something. It's not Christmas themed. It's not holiday themed, but there's something like about this game that's just very magical.
- It's cozy, it's quick, it's simple, it's festive.
- Santa versus Krampus. That's very holiday theme.
- which is the Christmas themed one. And this is like has a 3D tree and you're booping ornaments off of it.
- So, I would do like just a big batch of chili with different toppings.
- And when you order in takeout, especially like I don't know about everywhere, but here like for our Chinese food, it's always so much food. You can feed an army with what you're ordering.
- I personally prefer the Jim Carrey one or the old like the original Grinch. Those are the best ones.
- Elf is I don't know if you guys knew this, but Elf is literally my favorite movie of all time. not just Christmas movie. It is my favorite movie of all time.
- This is a perfect movie. T the season to be jolly and joyous.
- I think that could be really fun. You could have a table for like ornament decorating or cookie decorating. I think it would be really fun to do like build your own gingerbread houses or mele gingerbread decorating.
- I almost said Nightmare Before Christmas. I'm sure there's a book about that, too. But I think that could also be really fun.
References (from this video)
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- two-player game of dice Throne Santa versus Krampus
- each character is asymmetric in terms of their custom dice
- the art is amazing
- the main object of the game is just to bring our opponent's Health to zero completely
- this is the holiday Battle of the season of the day
- it's a very strong asymmetrical design with holiday flavor