Reiner Knizia's Dice Monsters for Android

An extremely simple UX improvement is desperately needed. When dragging dice to apply to monster, the game should highlight which monster the dice will be applied to once you lift your finger.

Early on bad rolls can be mitigated by good tactics, but later bad rolls kill any successes you have built with no recourse. There are items for mitigation, but they are insufficient to balance out bad luck. You can buy your way out of some problems, but that is not really playing a game, now is it?

Now I remember why I deleted it. Reloaded it and played for a few days just to be reminded how manipulative the “game” is. Put yourself in a position where you just need anything over a three with four rolls left? Watch the ones and twos suddenly show up. Nothing but a money grab of the worst kind.

Still... pay for boosters. Cant EARN THEM. So sick of it. Make it a premium game. Fun for a few levels then, pay for "boosts" or lose lose lose.

Create poker-style combinations of 5 dice (three of a kind, full house, straight, highest sum, lowest sum, etc.) by rolling 2 dice and placing them into 1 of 3 groups. Beat the combinations held by different kinds of monsters to win each level. Powerups can modify your dice, and monster abilities can make placing your dice more difficult. There's luck, but players who place their dice strategically will be rewarded. The game builds on ideas developed by designer Reiner Knizia in board games like Battle Line (also an iOS app), Schotten Totten, Los Banditos, and Head-to-Head Poker. The game is good at building an entertaining level of tension as the difficulty increases. The tutorial could use some improvement to clarify the rules.