After seeing games like Zombie Dice, Cthulhu Dice and a few others, i started thinking about themed dice games myself. Came up with this idea inspired by games like street fighter, wanna see what you guys think of it.
Each player has 5 dice. All dice have two faces with fists on them (punches), two faces with feet on them (kicks) and two faces with Bam! symbols on them (combo points).
Each player begins with ten health points. Turns happen simultaneously, with each player rolling their dice but keeping the results hidden. They may re-roll up to three dice. Both players then compare dice results;the person with the longest string of punches or kicks hits. For example:Player one's result is two punches, two kicks and one combo point. Player two's result is 3 kicks and 2 combo points. Player two is the one that hits, because her kick string was longer than her opponents punch or kick string. You cannot string punches and kicks together. A hit does one damage.
Then, the player that hit takes the amount of combo dice in their role, and adds that to the damage they do. So player two in the example would add two, and do 3 damage overall.
If there is a tie, the player with the most combo points in their result hits. If that is a tie as well, players re-roll.
If a player has an entire row of combo points, they do an automatic 3 damage unless the opponent also has that result. In this case players re-roll.
If you lose all your health points, you lose the round. Best two out of three rounds to win the game.
So yes, it's (purposefully) simple and there's lots of luck. But there is strategy in choosing between going for extra damage or going for a dependably long string or something in between. At some points in the game it may be better to simply be defensive and chip at your opponent, and other times it'd be better to try to deal heavy damage. And of course you always have to deal with what you were dealt, rolling closer to whatever your strategy would be. I think it could be a fun and fast-paced, mostly luck with a little tactics kinda game.
Well, the games that inspired my original idea are incredibly simple, but this King of Tokyo game looks really fun.
I think i could probably use my original idea as a launching point to make something a bit more complex, taking inspiration from King of Tokyo. I'll try to see if i can find it anywhere local.