Cover art for The Curse of the Black Dice

The Curse of the Black Dice

2015 · BGG
Avg rating
6.16
Bayes rating
5.56
Weight
1.74 (Light)
Players
2-4
Playtime
40 min
Ratings count
262

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Description

The Curse of the Black Dice is a pirate-themed dice game driven by a random mission generator and four possible mission types. The missions are generated by rolling a handful of black dice to determine the difficulty of each part of the mission. By rolling their own player dice and with the help from the pirate crew, the players try to get at least the same amount of dice to each mission part to fulfill this part. Each part grants rewards and penalties, and each mission has another endgame trigger condition: Each mission gives a reward if the crew fulfills it and punishment if they don't. What's more, if pirates don't fulfill the mission, they also risk that the next part of mission will be more difficult because of the curse of the black dice. In the end, only the player who has captured the most amount of gold wins — that is, if the ship doesn't sink and take all players to the bottom of the ocean with it.

Sail together to find treasures, board ships, plunder villages, or even kill the mighty Kraken...and betray the other players when they don't expect it. There can be only one winner, but all players can lose together!



Mechanics

Dice Rolling Set Collection

Themes

Adventure Fighting Nautical Pirates

Publishers

Board&Dice

Designers

Alexander Lauck