Diced! - A boardgame for kids

Diced! is a board game for kids, designed as a middle ground between simple games (like Ludo) and more advanced games aimed at teenagers and adults, such as Chess.

About the game

Diced! emphasizes light strategy and spatial thinking while incorporating easy-to-learn mechanics, making it suitable for both children and families. The goal is to move your knights across a grid-based board, engage in tactical battles, and ultimately capture the castle or eliminate opponents.

The game has been a hobby project for me over the past eight years. It has been tested and improved (simplified) based on feedback from patient friends and family along the way. Originally, I planned to commercialize it, but I’ve had so much joy from the 3D printing community in recent years that I wanted to give something back. So, over the past year, I’ve created a 3D model of the game, which is now available for anyone who wants it.

So with my heart in my throat and a mix of excitement and nervousness, I hope you and yours enjoy this game as much as I have enjoyed creating it.

PS! Remember to download the play guide, and the dice (read below), and I' love to see your prints and (hopefully) nice comments :-)

Best regards, Willem Schildkamp
 

Translations

I'm humbled by the community's interest in this game and your willingness to help translate the guide into other languages. Here are honorable mentions of those who have helped me so far.

* Italian: Luca Vescovini
* Chinese: RayRay 
 

The very first concept make back in 2016, using paper :-)

Game contents

• A game board in 4 parts
• A castle, placed in the center of the board, which also connects the board

Two 10-sided dice (1–10 and A–J)
(Download 23-303-PolyDice-10.3mf and 23-303-PolyDice-Letter.3mf, from https://www.printables.com/model/621366-d10-dice/files They are designed on request for this game by Jack (https://www.printables.com/@Jack)

• Four sets of 10 knight dice (in different colors)
• Five action dice
• A storage box
• A simple play guide (English, Italian, Chinese and Norwegian PDF)

Note: As the board and all parts (usually, probably) will be printed in one color, I suggest painting them to highlight the indents such as numbering and lettering along the sides, the dice and so on. For my part, I 'dabbed' the parts using a sponge with a bit of gold and silver paint on it, which worked out well enough.

Category: Games