Table feel
Button Men has a high level of direct confrontation and strategic depth in confrontation. Players must frequently pay attention to and react to each other's strategies and turns. However, the game does not emphasize cooperation as much.
Button Men
Players
2
Time
?-?
Age
10+
Weight
1.52
Rating
6.36
Fit
Teach
2.3
Teaching signal
Replay
3.9
High replayability
Interaction
3.7
Highly interactive
Scaling
4.0
Scales well
Strategy
4.5
Deep strategy
Control
3.5
More strategic control
Replay value
Button Men offers a high level of variability with its gameboard, allowing for different experiences each time it is played. The presence of expansions adds new content and gameplay elements, further enhancing replay value. The game also offers deep strategic possibilities and room for players to improve their tactics over time. While the player interaction score is average, the game scales well with different numbers of players without compromising its appeal or balance. The easiness to learn score is moderate, making it accessible to a wide range of players. Overall, Button Men has a strong replayability score of 7.85, making it a game that can be enjoyed multiple times.
Luck profile
Button Men has a moderate level of randomness impact, with random elements playing a notable but not exclusive role in determining the game outcome. However, players have substantial ability to mitigate the effects of randomness through strategic decisions and planning. The game relies on a balanced mix of luck and strategy, with both factors influencing the final result. Overall, Button Men has a final luck score of 7, indicating that player strategy and decisions play a significant role in determining the outcome, while luck still has a moderate influence.
Overview
This game gained a quick following after one of the major gaming conventions of 1999. It features several characters, represented on actual stickpin buttons, that each have a unique allowance of polyhedral dice. These dice endow each character with fairly unique combat abilities. Players roll the dice against each other and take their opponents' dice as casualties. The object of the game is take out the most die 'sides' during the combat. It's quite simple, quite inventive, and deeper than it would seem at first.
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Credits
Designers
1
James Ernest
Artists
3
Pete Abrams
Gerald Brom
Phil Foglio
Publishers
1
Cheapass Games