Dice Tower News

Due to popular demand, KEEP COOL has been re-released by publishers Spieltrieb, after several years being out of stock. The new release was made possible thanks to last year's crowdfunding campaign on the German Startnext platform, which was initiated by KEEP COOL and Spieltrieb together with scientists of the Carl von Ossietzky University Oldenburg and the Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research. KEEP COOL gives a fun insight into international climate politics and is suitable not only to play as a game for private enjoyment but also as an educational tool. Fun playing the game and learning...

Jupiter Rescue You’re a team of lowly maintenance robots, built to keep the station operational and clean so the colonists can get on with...whatever it is they do. Unfortunately, the station has been invaded by creeps, alien creatures that slowly advance toward food (the colonists) so they can multiply. The only thing keeping the colonists from being completely wiped out is your knowledge of the station, a couple of specialty tools and abilities unique to each of you, and a little bit of problem-solving code installed so you could do your jobs efficiently. Jupiter Rescue is a...

Coming soon from Matagot Games

Later this year, the designers (Bruno Cathala & Ludovic Maublanc) of 2009's Dice Town will bring a prequel to gaming tables. In this American West dice rolling game, players are trying to free their bandits from jail and pick up jobs. On a player's turn, roll the dice up to three times, setting aside any to save them. Combine hits and symbols to desperadoes to help them move closer freedom. Once a desperado is free, the player can use him to rob from the other players.

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Greed is the latest game from Donald X., the award winning designer of Kingdom Builder and Dominion. Greed is a card drafting game in which 2-5 players each take the role of a gangland boss, intent on becoming the one true power in the city. As post-war immigration and migration change the demographics of the US, gangs re-emerge as a form of identification, protection and ultimately...wealth. And they are no longer armed with just switchblades and bats. The Gun Control Act of 1968 has not been passed into law yet and automatic weapons move freely into the...