Marvel Heroes and Villains Head to Kickstarter for New A Dice Throne
October 6, 2021 by fcostin
The official Dice Throne Twitter account made a very special announcement last night, showing where the future of the tactical dice and card game is headed.
Heading over to Kickstarter, Roxley - who have been known to produce titles surrounding big-title licences have now announced the Marvel version of Dice Throne.
Marvel Dice Throne // The Op & Roxley
Announced on Twitter, other than the premise that the game will be heading over to Kickstarter and the game link, Marvel characters will join the fray of the free-for-all card and dice throwing game.
According to the Board Game Geek page, players in the Marvel edition of Dice Throne will have the ability to play competitively against their opponents or in a Marvel-themed tactical-team take-down.
In Dice Throne, 2-6 players battle it out in a free-for-all of individual heroes battling it out regardless of their strength or skills. Their unique and unmatched abilities create a unique gameplay experience depending on what hero is chosen. Players can fight, upgrade, sabotage, and manipulate their opponent's play - but in a game between 1v1, 2v2, 3v3, or 2v2v2 - it sure is anybody's game!
Dice Throne - How To Play // Watch It Played
In my personal opinion, I am slowly becoming concerned with the industry being saturated with Marvel and Disney predominately especially Kickstarter. I am excited for the premise of Dice Throne expanding its way into the Marvel Universe. But with the recent announcement that Marvel characters will be joining Unmatched by Restoration Games too along with their own games systems (Marvel Crisis Protocol and Marvel Champions - to name a few), we are indeed seeing these characters cross into different tabletop platforms and hope the Dice Throne brings a truly unique experience with the beloved superheroes and create something truly unique.
The Kickstarter will be going live in November, so be sure to tick off the notification request on the Kickstarter page to be poked when live!
Have you played Dice Throne? Are you looking forward to Marvel joining the pack?
"Marvel edition of Dice Throne will have the ability to play competitively against their opponents or in a Marvel-themed tactical-team take-down. "
Supported by (Turn Off)
Supported by (Turn Off)
Supported by (Turn Off)
A gunslinger v a samurai the first that jumped in to my head was the bit in Indi when the guy squared up to Jon’s with a whip. Lol
It is a strange world we live in when these licensed crossovers occur on a crowdfunding platform. Like, the whole point of injecting Marvel into Dice Throne is because they know it will sell, thus using crowdfunding to squeeze every last drop of profit does seem sleazy & mercenary.
So while I’m fully aware that Kickstarter is a license to print money & thus why publishers use it, it’s still kinda gross. (Without going into the whole pro/anti Kickstarter arguments.)
> I am slowly becoming concerned with the industry being saturated with Marvel and Disney predominately especially Kickstarter.
Well, it’s better than the days when you only had one game for an IP and it sucked terribly. Now, you not only have your choice of game mechanics (eg dice game, miniature game), some of these games aren’t bad.
As for KS… Dice Throne was originally a KS game, so I guess there’s that excuse. If you don’t like the model, don’t support it.