The best games where you can re-roll or lock dice 🎲 2023

Looking for a really good game where you can re-roll or lock dice 🎲? Then we have just the thing for you: The list with the best re-roll & lock games 2023.

What are re-roll & lock games?

In games on this list, dice can be re-rolled - or they can be locked to prevent re-rolling.

Examples of games where dice can be re-rolled or locked

Yahtzee is an early example of this mechanism. But many newer games also incorporate the idea of "locking", where certain dice cannot be re-rolled, as in That's Pretty Clever, Zombie Dice, or Escape: The Curse of the Temple.

List of the best games 2023 where you can re-roll or lock dice 🎲

This list was last updated on December 4, 2023. We compared 164 board games for this list and selected the top 30. There's also a print version for this list.

That's Pretty Clever!
Nominated for 8 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Kennerspiel des Jahres 2018
More details for That's Pretty Clever!
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
11€ at.de
King of Tokyo
Nominated for 19 awards and won 7.
More details for King of Tokyo
- 2 - 6 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
👍 Good price!27€ at.de
BANG! The Dice Game
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for BANG! The Dice Game
- 3 - 8 Players
- 15 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
18€ at.de
Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Nominated for 9 awards and won 1.
More details for Escape: The Curse of the Temple
- 1 - 5 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Video reviews for Escape: The Curse of the Temple
Under Falling Skies
Nominated for 7 awards and won 4.
More details for Under Falling Skies
- 1 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 12+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!26€ at.de
King of the Dice
More details for King of the Dice
- 2 - 5 Players
- 20 - 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
14€ at.de
Pickomino
Nominated for 4 awards.
⭐️ Nominated for Kinderspiel des Jahres 2005
More details for Pickomino
- 2 - 7 Players
- 20 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
12€ at.de
Dice Throne: Season One
More details for Dice Throne: Season One
- 2 - 6 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Tiny Epic Galaxies
Nominated for 2 awards and won 1.
More details for Tiny Epic Galaxies
- 1 - 5 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!31€ at.de
Video reviews for Tiny Epic Galaxies
Cubitos
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Cubitos
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 60 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
33€ at.de
Breakdancing Meeples
More details for Breakdancing Meeples
- 2 - 4 Players
- 5 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Pandemic: The Cure
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for Pandemic: The Cure
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Twice as Clever!
Nominated for 3 awards.
More details for Twice as Clever!
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
9€ at.de
Age of War
More details for Age of War
- 2 - 6 Players
- 15 - 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Dice Town
Nominated for 5 awards and won 2.
More details for Dice Town
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age
Nominated for 10 awards and won 1.
⭐️ Nominated for Spiel des Jahres 2010
More details for Roll Through the Ages: The Bronze Age
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
70€ at.de
King of New York
Nominated for 5 awards.
More details for King of New York
- 2 - 6 Players
- 40 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Würfel Bohnanza
More details for Würfel Bohnanza
- 2 - 5 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Zombie Dice
Nominated for 3 awards and won 1.
More details for Zombie Dice
- 2 - 99 Players
- 10 - 20 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
Piraten Kapern
More details for Piraten Kapern
- 2 - 5 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
🔥 Great price!9€ at.de
Tiny Epic Galaxies BLAST OFF!
More details for Tiny Epic Galaxies BLAST OFF!
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 - 45 Minutes
- 9+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Dice Hunters of Therion
More details for Dice Hunters of Therion
- 2 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
21€ at.de
Clever Cubed
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Clever Cubed
- 1 - 4 Players
- 30 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
🔥 Great price!9€ at.de
Nations: The Dice Game
More details for Nations: The Dice Game
- 1 - 4 Players
- 20 - 40 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Video reviews for Nations: The Dice Game
Martian Dice
Nominated for 2 awards.
More details for Martian Dice
- 2 - 99 Players
- 10 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Immediately playable
.de
D-Day Dice (Second Edition)
More details for D-Day Dice (Second Edition)
- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 14+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!55€ at.de
Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War
More details for Thanos Rising: Avengers Infinity War
- 2 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
55€ at.de
Wonder Book
Nominated for 1 award and won 1.
More details for Wonder Book
- 1 - 4 Players
- 60 - 90 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
👍 Good price!62€ at.de
Ra: The Dice Game
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Ra: The Dice Game
- 2 - 4 Players
- 45 Minutes
- 10+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de
Era: Medieval Age
Nominated for 1 award.
More details for Era: Medieval Age
- 1 - 4 Players
- 45 - 60 Minutes
- 8+ years old
- Easy to learn
.de

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