Before the days of the internet and before a gaming console could put a wild dent in players' bank accounts,board games were the saviors of many mindslooking for an escape from reality. A little bit of strategy and a big chunk of luck is all that was needed to win a game with the dice.
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Despiteboard gamesgetting into the digital worldas new variants of the older past, the very essence of rolling the last mana of lady luck with dice in hand was something one could not let go of. With dice being an integral part of all such board games, there are a few sets and packs that provide a sense of greed to call them your own.
7Zombie Dice
Zombie dice isnot your regular board gamethat one would feel accustomed to, but the pack of 13 dice gives off killer vibes. By killer vibes, it would carry its literal definition as theplayers are to take the role of zombies.
With all prayers sent to the heavens above and with a swift roll for good fortunes, the game gives either brains to eat or a shotgun blast ensuring you lose yours. The black matte pack of dice comes in three radium color stickers for brains, runners, and shotgun blasts that all combine to make them into one freaky roll of luck!
6Cubist
A game for aspiring architects, Cubist is a die-stacking game where players take up the role of architects who compete with each other to build a grand Modern Art Museum with all its interiors intact and set up. With such an objective set forth, there comes the need for a themed dice set.
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The dice set comes in a pack of 5 colors, and the thing that makes them stand out is the marble-like finish to their texture. The matte finish colors with aging textures (similar to those in museum tiles) give them a lavish high note that blends well with the game.
5Sagrada
Some games require dice to play whereas some games are played only with dice. One such game is Sagrada. Players are to build a giant glass window with nothing but different shades of translucent dice. The game is not as simple as it sounds and follows various rules that make building up the giant glass window much more challenging.
The standout feature of the dice set is the five shades of gelatine-styled semi-sheer dice (Purple, Cyan, Green, Yellow, and Red). Such a collective pack of dice stacked upon one another would look like a fantastical journey to the center of the earth.
4Starfinder & Pathfinder Exclusive Sets
The Pathfinder and its spin-off Starfinder is an RPG board game that has been taking heights in the recent past. The dice set reminds the players so much about another game that comes up next on the list, but what makes it stand out is the sci-fi fantasy theme dripping over onto its dice.
With similarities to other RPG board games, the set includes a collection of 7 Polyhedral dice: one of each D20, D12, D8, D6, D4 die, and two D10s of which one is a 00-90 while the other is a 0-9. One can find the dice set alone sold exclusively at stores nearby. Notable ones like The Devastation Ark, Attack of the Swarm, or the Dead Suns are the most irresistible pieces for fans of the game.
3Dungeons And Dragons
Any list regarding anything of board games cannot be complete without the mention ofDungeons & Dragons. D&D, as fondly referred to in modern pop culture, is a board game that commands one of the largest fandoms in the board game space and has never shied away from appearing on popular TV shows likeThe Big Bang TheoryandStranger Things.
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With such a huge fanbase, there is no question that the game dictates the need for exclusive dice packs in context to itsin-game theme and folklore.With more than 100 variants of Polyhedral die sets available for the game, one would need an extensive list to rank them all one by one and with exclusivity.
2Football Fever
Dice come in different shapes, sizes, colors, and geometry, but for them to be something of a mini toy with context takes it to a whole different ball game. Football Fever is everything American Football but on a board game. What makes its set of dice interesting is that they are crafted well in context to the needs of football in real life.
The dice pack contains a total of four defense dice, six offense dice, and five scrimmage dice along with a singular piece each for extra points, field goal onside kick, kick-off, kick-return, punt-return, punt, option die, an in/out die and a referee die. The dice set may not be as gorgeous as the rest on the list, but they carry extra points for being true to the nature of the game.
1Dayakattai
A lesser-known game has its origins in the southern part of India, namely, Dayakattai, and is pretty much the Indian version of Ludo but with a certain quota of changes in the rules and math of its gameplay. With the game traditionally passed down through generations, itsorigins date back to ancient times.
What stands out in the game is the use of cuboid dice made of solid brass metal with dotted engravings denoting the numbers. This special mention may not be on par with the looks of the others mentioned in the list, but a couple of cuboid dice traveling through generations carries a significant value of its own.
