Dice
games are games that use or incorporate a die as their sole or
central component, usually as a random device. Diceland is a
tabletop game played with collectible sets of dice designed by
Toivo Rovainen and James Ernest and released in 2002 by Cheapass
Games.Players roll paper cut-out octahedral dice into a combat
arena.The dice are then used in the same way as miniatures -
they can be moved around the arena and attack other dice.
The original Diceland set was. Deep White Sea, released in 2002.
It was followed in 2003 by four more sets: Diceland: Ogre,
Diceland: Space , and Diceland: Extra Space, and in 2005 with
Diceland: Cyburg and Diceland: Dragons. There is also a set of
Button Men 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.