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Dice Forge

#194594BGG ↗

2017 · 2-4 players · 45min · weight 1.98 · 24,436 ratings

v2 v3

BGG raw

ID
194594
Name
Dice Forge
Year
2017
Rank
307
Min players
2
Max players
4
Playing time
45
Min playtime
45
Max playtime
45
Avg weight
1.9762
Num weights
505
Bayes avg
7.00655
Average
7.21228
Users rated
24436
Num owned
38674
Wanting
421
Wishing
5060
Num comments
3436
Fetched at
Sat Apr 25 2026 16:15:45 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Mechanisms (4)
Deck, Bag, and Pool BuildingDice RollingOpen DraftingRandom Production
Categories (4)
AncientDiceFantasyMythology
Description (974 chars)

Heroes, stand ready! The gods are offering a seat in heaven to whichever hero defeats their rivals. Your courage and wits will be your most precious allies as you use divine dice to gather resources along the road to victory. Your divine dice are exceptional, with removable faces! Customize your dice to make them more powerful as the game progresses. Sacrifice gold to the gods to obtain enhanced die faces. Upgrade your dice to produce the resources you need. Overcome ordeals concocted by the gods to grow in glory and earn rewards. Skillfully manage the luck of the dice and take charge of your destiny. Only the greatest will ascend to the heavens! Dice Forge is a development game featuring innovative mechanics based on dice with removable faces. In this dice crafting game, players build their own dice. Roll your dice, manage your resources, complete ordeals before your opponents and explore multiple winning strategies. Now you control the luck of the dice!

LLM v2 (wide)

Core verb
roll dice, swap face
Decision shape
mixed:probabilistic+combinatorial
Reward schedule
engine_compounding
Aesthetics
["Challenge", "Discovery"]
Core loop pitch
Roll your custom dice for resources, then spend resources to physically pry off and upgrade die faces.
Translation difficulty
Easy
Difficulty reason
Face-swapping is a clean digital metaphor; BGA already hosts it. Tactile face-prying is the only thing lost.
Direct digital port
Dice Forge (Board Game Arena, browser)
Port kind
bga
Closest loop translation
Astrea Six-Sided Oracles
Primitive tags
["die_face_replacement", "resource_economy_via_dice", "card_market_ordeal", "engine_dice_growth", "permanent_per_die_upgrade"]
Confidence
0.7
Extracted at
Mon Apr 27 2026 11:40:03 GMT+0000 (Coordinated Universal Time)
Raw v2 JSON (914 chars)
{
  "game_id": 194594,
  "name": "Dice Forge",
  "core_verb": "roll dice, swap face",
  "decision_shape": "mixed:probabilistic+combinatorial",
  "reward_schedule": "engine_compounding",
  "aesthetics": [
    "Challenge",
    "Discovery"
  ],
  "core_loop_pitch": "Roll your custom dice for resources, then spend resources to physically pry off and upgrade die faces.",
  "mobile_translation_difficulty": "Easy",
  "translation_difficulty_reason": "Face-swapping is a clean digital metaphor; BGA already hosts it. Tactile face-prying is the only thing lost.",
  "direct_digital_port": "Dice Forge (Board Game Arena, browser)",
  "direct_digital_port_kind": "bga",
  "closest_loop_translation": "Astrea Six-Sided Oracles",
  "primitive_tags": [
    "die_face_replacement",
    "resource_economy_via_dice",
    "card_market_ordeal",
    "engine_dice_growth",
    "permanent_per_die_upgrade"
  ],
  "confidence": 0.7
}

LLM v3 (deep)

Not yet enriched at v3 (deep pass).