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?
Knot Dice is games, puzzles, and art wrapped up in a box. The 18 custom dice have Celtic knots design elements on each side that can be connected to play various games and create a large number of designs.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Cooperative Game
Players coordinate their actions toward a shared objective and win or lose together.
Pattern Building
Place elements to create arrangements that satisfy scoring or action patterns.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Tile Placement
Place tiles to build a shared or personal spatial arrangement.
Read the full game description
Knot Dice is games, puzzles, and art wrapped up in a box. The 18 custom dice have Celtic knots design elements on each side that can be connected to play various games and create a large number of designs. Included are rules for several games and puzzles, including: Kells – a cooperative game for 1-3 players (or more with more sets), in which you try to form a complete design using as many dice as possible Kells, The Book – a campaign version of Kells Knot So Fast – a competitive real-time game for 2 players (or more with more sets), in which you try to form a closed design with your dice as quickly as possible Knot So Fast Too – a round-robin tournament real-time game for 3-4 players Distance – a competitive game for 2 players, in which you move two tokens over the paths created on the top of the dice to get your tokens farthest from one another Osbox (by Cameron Browne) – a 2-player pure strategy game, in which you select the face of a die to use and slide it on to a 4x4 grid trying to complete designs