Quick Peaks – Mythical Dice, Knitting Circle, Frozen Shinies, Bare Bones, and Révolte

Mythical Dice - Justin Bell

A few years ago, I played Skull King (a riff on the classic game Oh Hell!) for the first time. Pure chaos, a game that works better as a shorter game than a longer one…but, in a game that runs for 10 rounds, shorter is not really on the table. When one player indicated that they are “really good at Skull King”, I laughed; if Skull King is a game of skill, then I’m your brother’s uncle.

Mythical Dice, originally published in 2016 as Mino Dice and given a new coat of paint by IELLO and Playte for a 2025 re-release, is Skull King with dice. You’ve still got the First Mate, the Mermaids, the Skull King, and a bunch of number cards, all represented here by dice with unique faces based on the level of each character. Scoring is still the same, with tricks equal to the round number…so, in the first round, there’s only one trick to be had, and bidding nil scores points equal to the round number times 10. The Skull King here is a Minotaur, the First Mate is a Griffin and the Mermaid is…well, the Mermaids are still Mermaids. (I don’t get it, either.)

I’ll give Mythical Dice this much:…

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