Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Harder to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Deep strategy
How it plays
How does it play?
Dice Upon a Time is a family adventure game which takes you to the fabulous fairy-tale world of the Grimm Brothers.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Pick Up and Deliver
Collect goods at one location and transport them to another for rewards.
Action Queue
Place actions into an ordered queue that resolves now or on later turns.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Role Playing
Make decisions or communicate from the perspective of an assigned character.
Take That
Direct negative effects at selected opponents.
Read the full game description
Dice Upon a Time is a family adventure game which takes you to the fabulous fairy-tale world of the Grimm Brothers. You will play the most popular Grimm characters, such as Little Red Riding Hood, Snow White, Puss in Boots, Sleeping Beauty and The Musicians of Bremen, while completing Quests for Adventure Points. As you progress in the game you will encounter old friends in familiar places, employ Magic Items, and build your strategy on story fragments as well as on the unique abilities of the main characters. The game's innovative movement mechanism is based on a set of special dice. You place the dice on the board tactically, often on top of each other, to get ahead of your opponents, or even block their way. All the while doing your best to exploit the advantages offered by the various special die faces. The rules are simple enough for kids, but the game has enough depth and combinability, so that more experienced players don’t consider it a child’s game.