Diceland is a tabletop game

Tabletop game

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 played with collectible

Collectible

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 sets of dice

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 designed by Toivo Rovainen and James Ernest

James Ernest

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 and released in 2002 by Cheapass Games

Cheapass Games

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Players roll paper

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 cut-out octahedral dice into a combat arena

Arena

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The dice are then used in the same way as miniatures

Miniature wargaming

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 - they can be moved around the arena and attack other dice.

The original Diceland set was Diceland: Deep White Sea, released in 2002

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It was followed in 2003

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 by four more sets: Diceland: Ogre,
Diceland: Space
(two sets, Terrans vs. Urluquai and Garthans vs. Muktians), and Diceland: Extra Space, and in 2005

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 with Diceland: Cyburg and Diceland: Dragons. There is also a set of Button Men

Button Men

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using characters from the Deep White Sea setting. In addition to all of these sets, there are three regular-sized and one over-sized promotional dice; the 2005 summer promo die features characters from the webcomic Penny Arcade

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External links

• Diceland.com official home page and a List of Diceland armies