Button Men

About the game

What is Button Men?

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.

How it plays

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Questions players ask

Questions to bring to BoardGameBrain

• How do setup and the first turn work in Button Men?
• When does scoring happen and what ends the game?
• How should the table resolve an unusual timing or rules interaction?