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Fight Dice is a freely downloadable PDF-based dice based combat system adapted for action figure battles. Players allocate (six-sided) dice from a pool for each action figure to allow for movement and/or combat. Combat consists of sets of dice rolled for attack and defense (as allocated,) defense dice that are equal or higher cancel attack dice, the number of remaining attack dice are removed from the defender's dice pool. Movement is one inch for each die allocated to movement. Advanced rules allow for enhanced movement/range mechanics, foreign objects, grappling, etc.
The game guidelines state that a standard human gets 8 dice, a martial artist 20 and a Gundam Fighter gets 36. Players are encouraged to use their imagination to assign values to action figures.
- accessible entry point for new players
- captures a familiar War feel with added decisions
- theme might feel light for some players
- lightweight, approachable combat
- war-themed card game inspired by the classic game War
- strategic bluffing within a familiar kids’/family game frame
- War
Mechanics (from transcript analysis)
- Betting and Bluffing — Players anticipate and mislead opponents about what they will play next.
- bluff and prediction — Players anticipate and mislead opponents about what they will play next.
- hand/resource management — Careful selection of which cards to play and when to maximize strength across piles.
- multi-pile card play — Players flip cards into several piles and attempt to beat the opponent's pile strengths.
Video topics + discussion points
Quotes (from this video)
- this game uh is a game of mine. It debuted at PAX Unplugged last year, but it's making its Gen Con debut this year.
- you use your actual phone camera in the game. There are like phone holders and you slide this around.
- Spooktacular has an amazing theme that gets me going.
- Flip Tunes might be my most played game of 2025 so far.