What is a TTRPG?
Beyond just Dicekai, a TTRPG stands for Table Top Role-Playing Game. This game style is about a group coming together, generally at least 3, gathering around a table, or virtually, and play through a game as if they were the characters. Generally, one person is the GM (game master) who determines what the world is and how it reacts to the actions of the players. They set the stories, but not the outcomes. The players interact with the world and what they decide to do, or not do, changes the world for the better or worse. TTRPG’s help build creativity, teamwork and critical thinking.
What is Dicekai?
Dicekai is role-playing an isekai with dice. When you play, you are your character. It is a TTRPG to foster imagination and immersion. Crazy things will happen and mistakes will be made. Hopefully they don’t lead to less than favorable outcomes.
If you’re looking for a crunchy game where everything is defined, this isn’t the game for you. Although there are many examples of different ways to do things in Dicekai, they are meant as ideas on how to to use the dice, not rules.
Ultimately, this is a game where if it makes sense and is within the bounds of their level, it works… as long as the dice roll is high enough. This game relies on good faith between everyone at the table. Just roll with the flow and let the story evolve. The way the players interact is what matters the most in Dicekai. The roll just determines what ‘worked.’
Get together, jumps into your world, and watch them make it their own!
How do you play?
The GM presents a situation to the players and the players tell the GM what they want to do. The GM then determines if a roll is needed, and if one is, they ask for the player to roll. The player then decides on how many, generally one to three, 6-sided dice (d6’s), to roll. As a player, you decide if a task would reasonably fall within how you were trained in your Jobs/Specialties, which are explained later. This is how Dicekai gets you out from behind your sheet. It’s a game with a focus on what actions you take, or don’t, and how they affect the world and less about having the right skills.