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Reiner Knizia's Decathlon

#4870BGG ↗

2003 · 1-4 players · 45min · weight 1.21 · 1,420 ratings

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At a glance — v4 wide

Controlled-vocabulary primitives + 8-axis MDA aesthetic vector. Vocab v1.

Core loop (micro)

Roll pool of 8 dice, freeze desired results, reroll remaining up to limit, score highest total across 10 events.

MDA aesthetic vector (0–3)
Sensation
1
Fantasy
1
Narrative
0
Challenge
2
Fellowship
1
Discovery
0
Expression
0
Submission
2
Mechanic-interaction primitives (5)
  • [3]push_your_luck_escalation— “each player rolls a pool of dice, rerolling a limited number of times, and freezing desired rolls
  • [3]dice_mitigation— “goal is to obtain the highest score across all the events; freeze desired, reroll rest
  • [2]_other:multi_event_scoring_across_rounds— “series of 10 short dice games with the loose theme of the events of an Olympic Decathlon
  • [2]attrition_clock— “game is played with eight dice across 10 fixed events
  • [1]combo_with_floor— “goal is to obtain the highest score across all the events; every roll contributes something
discovery_score: -0.632

Sources (1)

Inputs to rules-card synthesis. Click any pill with ↗ to open the original source.

LLM memory0.65

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Categories (3)
DicePrint & PlaySports