Button Men

1999
James Ernest
BGG Geek Rating
5.7
based on 834 ratings
BGG Average Rating
6.4
community average
BGG Ranking
#5804
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Players
2-2
Weight
1.52/5.00
Playtime
5 min
Age
10+
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Available on multiple platforms

TableTop Simulator Mod (TTS)

⚙️ Game Mechanics

How this game works - core systems and player actions

Dice Rolling Push Your Luck

📂 Categories

Fighting Dice Print & Play Collectible Components

🎨 Artists

Adam Hughes Andrew Yates Brian Snoddy Cheyenne Wright Gerald Brom John Kovalic John Nephew Larry Elmore Michelle Nephew Pete Abrams Phil Foglio Ryan Kinnaird

🏢 Publishers

Atlas Games Cheapass Games Five Rings Publishing Group Guardians of Order Looney Labs Slag-Bla entertainment (now XXXenophile Books) Studio Foglio Truant Spiele (Unknown)

📖 About This Game

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.