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Year Published
1999
# of Players:
2 − 2
User Suggested # of Players
Best with 2 players
Recommended with 2 players
(7 voters) [poll]
Playing Time
5 minutes
Mfg Suggested Ages
10 and up
User Suggested Ages
8
(1 voter) [poll]
Language Dependence
No necessary in-game text
(3 voters) [poll]
Category
Mechanic
Primary Name
Button Men
Alternate Names
Button Broccoli
Buttonmen
Expanded By
Families
Description Edit | History

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.

Dogfight was a precursor of Button Men.

More Information Edit | History

Awards

  • 1999 Origins Awards Winner, Best Abstract Board Game and Best Graphic Presentation of a Board Game.

Official web site: Beat People Up

Online Play: http://www.buttonmen.dhs.org/

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4 Rules, special rules and characters
The basic rules, rules for all of the special dice as well as a roster of each of the characters that has ever hit the shelves.
2009-04-07
4 Button Men Rule Summary v.4 DRAFT.pdf
Rule Summary -- Draft (v.4); comments and corrections please (questions indicated with brackets)
2007-03-26
Statistics
Board Game Rank: 1483
Num Ratings: 474
Average Rating: 6.23
Standard Deviation: 1.58
Num Views: 30511
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Avg. Game Weight: 1.6 moreinfo
Fans: 3
Personal Comments: 228
Users Owning: 650
Users Wanting: 30
Users Trading: 40
Has Parts For Trade: 5
Want Parts In Trade: 5
Price History: View
Total Plays: 2099
Plays This Month: 15
Linked Items Relationship: Expansions for this Game
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