Dune express: an epic dice game

TI could be easily converted. THe only difference is that the number of dice rolled need to vary with empire size which is not the case in dune.

You could have on the faces:

Research: Increase research level which increase odds in battle.
Production: Place new ships into play
Logistic: Move ships on the board.
Imperium: Claim higher ranking titles at the council,
Espionage: Protect your empire or distrub other players.

Having more systems could increase the number of dice you roll. Or some system could give you a specific free result.

You will need X victory points to win which is equal to the nb of system you control + your title level at the council.

COmbat would be very simple, roll 1 die for each ship you have, each die below or equal to your technology level kills an enemy ship.

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As for my game, they are the same type of epic game. One could be comparable to Twillight imperium, the other is comparable to civilization with magic.

I worked on the design yesterday and it seems very nice, almost everything is there.

Selecting which dice you set aside determines indirectly which role you would have picked up.

Regular: Dice would have 6 faces:

Technology: Increase your tech level, better to attack or defend
Production: Place a fleet into play
Imperial or Politics: Acquire titles at the council.
Espionage: Make other player discard dice.
Trade: Exchange dice roll with other players.
Logistic: Move fleets and invade.

You roll 1 die per system you control, 2 dice for your home system and mecatol rex. Roll up to 3 times and keep dice aside.

At the end of your turn, you can place in reserve up to 1 die of each type which could be used on the next turn, or traded with other players for credits which act like a wild result.

There are other features like the leader die which allows to change the orientation focus of your race.

The map would be 2 ring wide and it will not be modular. The map is always the same, there is no unique planet.

Each system gives 1 victory points, mecatol gives 3 victory points, imperial title gives VP = to their level (1 to 5) and conquering opponent's home world makes you acquire all his system victory points. You need X victory points to win. The value is relative to the number of players.

This is basically it. I need to define how the battle works, make some probability average test and there are some missing features like political cards substitution, domain counter substitution to determine. Besides that everything seems there.

I'll post more elaborate rules, probably on the TI3 forum, when I'll have some time to comlplete it.
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Here are other fantasy flight games I though that could get converted pretty well:

Battlemist: Die face ideas: Questing, Production, Magic, etc.
Starcraft: Die face ideas: Attack, Build, Research.

Those special dice from the game you took them gave me an idea for another of my game design.

I wanted a combat system for a civ like game where players could make decision during battle without needing to have a side board for resolving them. The other problem is that I wanted to have a game with various kind of units, magic spell and tactical decisions (like manuvers, ambush and traps). But i could not find a good mechanic that would work well to manage all these special effects. I tought of using cards so far.

With a dice mechanic like this, I could make each unit type have it's own die. Or maybe each unit have a result table, players roll dice and place the die on the unit, spell or tactic card (requires less unique components). Players will have to set aside a certain number of dice every turn which represent your strategic decisions. I might even allow the opponent to set aside one of the dice you rolled to represent the idea that he has successfully avoided your strategy.

I could make dice of various colors. Like a color for Units, magic, strategy. Magic die must be placed on spell cards, unit dice on unit cards, etc.