Reiner Knizia's Dice Monsters 9+

Name: Reiner Knizia's Dice Monsters
Rating: 4.3 (45 reviews)
Author: Timecode

Timecode

Designed for iPad

- 4.3 • 45 Ratings

- Free
- Offers In-App Purchases

Description

Join the heroic battle with real Dice Monsters in a new addicting game from the famous Dr. Reiner Knizia!

With Dice Monsters you will:
- Discover 5 worlds full of monsters and surprises
- Learn monster abilities and collect boosters to fight them
- Win magical dice with special abilities!
- Enjoy the hilarious monster art!
- Experience fun gameplay that will challenge dice fans of all ages!

Have you ever dreamed of having dice with 7 pips?! You can have that and other incredible special dice, too! So go ahead -- fight monsters and beat their dice hands with this wonderful Dice Monsters game!

Feb 4, 2016

Version 1.03

This app has been updated by Apple to display the Apple Watch app icon.

Bug fixes and improvements

4.3 out of 5

45 Ratings

Fun game

This game is quite fun to play. The user interface and game design are are user friendly and quite catchy. The background music fits the game perfectly. The gameplay itself is quite fun. However, the instructions are too short and a bit vague. It should be explained in more detailed manner so that players are able to fully understand how to play the game to reach its maximum enjoyment in the game. Also, I believe the game should be included some special effects to make the game even more exciting.

Good Blend of Strategy & Luck

Create poker-style combinations of 5 dice (three of a kind, full house, straight, highest sum, lowest sum, etc.) by rolling 2 dice and placing them into 1 of 3 groups. Beat the combinations held by different kinds of monsters to win each level. Powerups can modify your dice, and monster abilities can make placing your dice more difficult. There's luck, but players who place their dice strategically will be rewarded. The game builds on ideas developed by designer Reiner Knizia in board games like Battle Line (also an iOS app), Schotten Totten, Los Banditos, and Head-to-Head Poker. The game is good at building an entertaining level of tension as the difficulty increases. The tutorial could use some improvement to clarify the rules.

Good game until level 20

This is a very interesting game. Great graphics, too. Because of the dice there is, of course, luck involved. But you can minimize the luck factor by careful play. Then you reach almost impossible level 20, and everything changes. There is no margin for error. If you don’t get all the right rolls, you fail. And you will fail over and over, unless you buy dice boosts.

My advice: If you like dice games, get this one. It’s different, and it’s clever. Be happy with levels 1 through 19. They’re fun, and the game allows you to go back and replay any previous level you want. It’s just a shame that level 20 will block you from going any further unless you are very lucky or spend money.