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Mars Attacks: The Dice Game

Mars Attacks: The Dice Game

Steve Jackson Games · 2014
3–620 min10+ yrs1.2/5 complexity5.9 BGG#10.058 BGG2 KPartyFamily
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In Mars Attacks: The Dice Game, the Martian players compete to see who can subjugate which U.S. cities first. At the start of the game, four stacks of cards are dealt out randomly, with each stack having as many cards as players.

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In Mars Attacks: The Dice Game, the Martian players compete to see who can subjugate which U.S. cities first.

At the start of the game, four stacks of cards are dealt out randomly, with each stack having as many cards as players. On a turn, the player first declares which city they want to attack, then rolls all ten dice. Any dice showing the "nuke" symbol are locked and cannot be rerolled. Laser guns are similarly locked, allowing the player to reroll only the alien heads. If the player rerolls and ever has as many nuke symbols showing as the number on the face-up cards and the supplementary token, their turn ends; otherwise they can stop at any time, and if they don't have enough guns or alien heads to claim their target, they mark their total with one of their tokens, allowing them to add on to this number on a future turn — assuming that someone else doesn't claim the card first.

Some city cards have special powers, such as Seattle's, which allows you to place one die on the symbol of your choice prior to rolling. Las Vegas, true to its nature, wants you to go bust multiple times in order to claim the card. Whoever ends up decimating the largest portion of the earth wins. Ak ak ak ak ak!

🔬 game anatomy
Complexity1.2 / 5
BGG rating5.9 / 10
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PartyFamily
Language dependence
Some text — easily memorized
🌐 plays without English
Play time
20 min
Players
3–6
Recommended age
10+ yrs
BGG rank
#10.058

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Q4How many players does Mars Attacks: The Dice Game support?
Mars Attacks: The Dice Game is played by 3–6 players.
Q5How long does a game of Mars Attacks: The Dice Game take?
A game of Mars Attacks: The Dice Game takes about 20 minutes. (The first game doesn't count. It never counts.)
Q6What age is Mars Attacks: The Dice Game for?
Mars Attacks: The Dice Game is recommended from age 10.
Q7How complex is Mars Attacks: The Dice Game?
Mars Attacks: The Dice Game has a BoardGameGeek complexity of 1.2 out of 5.
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