Review of 'Dice Democracy': a 3-minute, 15-minute dice voting party game

' Dice Democracy ' is a 'dice voting party game' where players use 14 dice to aim for the 'majority' result. It takes just 3 minutes for instructions and 15 minutes to play, so I decided to give it a try.

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The package looks like this.

This is a dice voting party game where the truth is decided by majority vote. It is suitable for 3-6 players, takes 15 minutes to play, and is recommended for ages 8 and up.

The contents are like this: an instruction manual, 14 dice (7 large and 7 small), a cover cloth, a popularity token and voting dial mount, two objection sticks, an additional rule card, and two organization bags. The gray blocks are spacers to prevent the contents from moving.

When the game is ready, it looks like this: each player has a large and small voting dial and three tokens. Also, place a box (bottom) and two objection sticks at equal distances from each player. Then, one player is chosen as the first chairman, who holds the dice and the covering cloth.

The chairman throws all the dice into the box, counts to three, and then covers the box with a cloth to hide the results of the dice.

Before the chairman counts to three, players check the dice rolls and enter the 'highest' and 'lowest' numbers into the voting dials, turning them face down. Once everyone has finished dialing, they all turn the dials face up at the same time.

Turn the voting dial face up to see who is in the majority. The majority will receive one token for each of the highest and lowest rolls. However, if you are in the minority but believe your opinion was correct, you can declare 'I object!' and take the objection stick, first come, first served.

In this round, the other three players said that the most common number rolled was '5,' but I felt like it was '3,' so I objected and took the large stick (green).

To file an objection, you need to have three tokens per stick. In this case, I have three tokens, so I can file an objection without any problems. I remove the cover and check the result.

Upon checking, there were three '3's in total, but five '5's in total. The objection itself was incorrect. In this case, the objection is withdrawn and the person who raised the objection loses three tokens.

On the next turn, the player across from me protested the lowest roll.

If the claim is correct, the 'majority' player returns one token they previously received, and the person who made the claim instead receives tokens equal to the 'number of correct dice with the highest and lowest rolls.'

If there are no objections, the chairman shakes the box without removing the cloth to make it impossible to tell what the result was, and then hands the box and the chair to the person on his or her left.

If there are no objections, the game will proceed without knowing whether the dice roll was actually the highest or lowest, so it is impossible to confirm whether the majority opinion was correct. The key is to remember as many dice rolls as possible within the three-count period, and to be able to trust your own opinion when you are in the minority. Also, when I was the chairman, I felt like I had an advantage because I was the one who counted to three, but I got a little confused when I actually counted the dice rolls while counting aloud.

If there are three players, the game continues six times until the chairman has made two turns. If there are four or more players, the game continues until the chairman has made one turn, and the player with the most tokens wins.

By the way, there are six types of 'additional cards' available, including rules that make the game more difficult (green) and rules that make the game more exciting (orange).

'Diceism Demecracy' is on sale from Hobby Japan for 3,850 yen including tax. At the time of writing, it was available on Amazon.co.jp for 3,100 yen including tax.

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