Tie-Die Dinos 2027

Tie-Die Dinos is a push-your-luck dice game where players race to build the most colorful collection of prehistoric creatures. Each hand-illustrated dinosaur card bursts with a unique combination of two to five colors, and it's up to you to roll the matching dice to claim it. From the tiny two-color Compsognathus to the dazzling five-color Tyrannosaurus, every card on the table is a puzzle of color and luck waiting to be solved.

On your turn, roll all five of your polyhedral dice, one each in red, yellow, blue, green, and purple, then spend re-roll tokens to reshape your results in real time alongside every other player, with no fixed turn order. Compare your dice against the colors shown on each dinosaur card using a poker-style hand hierarchy: four-of-a-kind beats three-of-a-kind, which beats two pair, and so on down to a simple high die. Keep an ear out for the game's signature moment: if you ever roll five matching dice at once, shout "Tie-Die Dinos!" to instantly snatch any card from the display before anyone else gets the chance.

Across six rounds, the center display refills with new dinosaurs to fight over, each worth points equal to its number of colors, and re-roll tokens carry over round to round, rewarding players who know when to spend big and when to save up for a richer haul later in the game. Deciding whether to burn your tokens early on a modest card or hold out for a five-color showstopper is at the heart of the game's tension.

When the sixth round ends, capped off by the unveiling of the elusive, five-color T-Rex, players tally the point values of their collected dinosaurs. Highest total wins!

—description from the designer