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Dice mechanics

Video game concept

Uses die rolling to solve various things (often chance) but is not really describable as a dice game.

75
games
20
platforms

Alternate names: Die-based
Name variations: die mechanics

Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Macintosh OS Classic)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
MAC 2001
Space Crusade (Commodore 64)
Space Crusade
C64 1992
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir (Windows)
Neverwinter Nights 2: Storm of Zehir
WIN 2008-11-18
Shadowrun (Sega-CD/Mega-CD)
Shadowrun
SCD 1996-02
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-11-15
Space Crusade (ZX Spectrum)
Space Crusade
SPC 1992
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Enhanced Edition
WIN 2013-01-16
Blood Bowl (Xbox 360)
Blood Bowl
X360 2009-11-01
Blood Bowl II (Xbox One)
Blood Bowl II
XBOX1 2015-09-22
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn (Windows)
Baldur's Gate II: Shadows of Amn
WIN 2000-09-22
Blood Bowl (Nintendo DS)
Blood Bowl
NDS 2009-11-01
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear (Windows)
Baldur's Gate: Siege of Dragonspear
WIN 2016-03-31
For example, pen & paper RPGs are not considered dice games despite using dice to solve pretty much anything not vetoed by the gamemaster.

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Parent group

Random chance

Child groups

Dice pool, Dice reroll

Games by year

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The first Dice mechanics video game was released in 1991.

Atari, Beamdog and Gremlin Graphics published most of these games.

Platforms

Windows 23
Linux 18
Mac OS X 10
MS-DOS 4
Mac OS Classic 3
Amiga 2
Amstrad CPC 2
X360 1
PSP 1
Nintendo DS 1
BeOS 1
ZX Spectrum 1
Internet Only 1
iOS 1
C64 1
PS4 1
Xbox One 1
Atari ST 1
PS 1
Mega-CD 1