An original dice game by Kenneth P. Langer.

MINEFIELD

Get all 4 of your markers across the field before your opponent — watch out for mines.
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You

Home (waiting to enter)
◀ Your side Computer's side ▶

Computer

Home (waiting to enter)

Movement Dice

The Detonator

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Rolls after both turns each round.

Event Log

How to Play Minefield

Objective: Be the first to get all 4 of your markers across the 6×6 minefield and off the far side.

Setup

The board is 36 dice arranged in a 6×6 grid, each showing a random number. You and the computer sit on opposite sides. Your markers start in your Home row (the bottom edge); the computer's start at the top.

Each round

  1. Empty squares from last round's explosion are refilled with freshly-rolled dice. Squares refilled this round are striped — you can't land on them until next round.
  2. You roll 3 purple dice and move as many markers as you can/want (see below).
  3. The computer does the same.
  4. The black Detonator die is rolled. Any board square showing that number explodes — it and any marker sitting on it are removed.

Moving

Click one of your markers (in Home or on the board), then click a highlighted square to move it there — the square's number has to match one of your active purple dice. From Home, you can enter on any square in your own row. On the board, you can only move to an orthogonally adjacent square (no diagonals). A marker on the far row can leave the board entirely with a roll of 1.

You don't have to use every die. Each die you do use successfully gets rerolled so you can keep going — dice that can't be used are set aside. Click End Turn any time to stop early.

Capturing (green = open move, red = capture)

A square held by your opponent's marker isn't off-limits — land on it (matching number required, same as any move) and their marker is captured: it's sent straight back to their own entry row to start crossing again. This is a lighter penalty than the Detonator.

The Detonator

The Detonator is an 8-sided die, but the board only ever shows 1-6 — so a roll of 7 or 8 is a safe round, nothing explodes. A marker caught in an explosion goes all the way back to Home and has to re-enter from scratch. That's a harsher setback than being captured.

Winning

First player to get all 4 markers off the far edge wins.

Frozen square
A square refilled this round — striped on the board, can't be landed on until next round.
Successful die
A purple die that was used to move a marker. It gets rerolled so you can keep your turn going.
This and other original games can be found in the book 36 New Dice Games by Kenneth P. Langer.