Overview
At a glance
Is this game right for my group?
ABG editorial scores on a 1–5 scale.
Easier to teach
High replayability
Highly interactive
Scales well
Light strategy
Luck-sensitive
How it plays
How does it play?
Reroll five dice to match cocktail-coaster recipes, reserve the best spaces, and line up four tokens for an instant Piña Coladice victory.
Core mechanisms
Key systems that shape the decisions players make.
Dice Rolling
Roll dice to introduce uncertainty into actions, production, movement, or resolution.
Worker Placement
Commit limited workers to action spaces before opponents occupy them.
Connections
Create meaningful links between locations, pieces, or concepts.
Re-rolling and Locking
Keep selected dice and reroll the remainder to pursue a desired result.
Modular Board
Build the play area from interchangeable sections that vary between games.
Read the full game description
Piña Coladice turns a handful of dice and a grid of cocktail coasters into a fast spatial race. On a turn, roll five dice and keep or reroll any of them up to two more times. If the final result matches a combination shown on an available coaster, place one of your cocktail tokens there and score the printed points. Tokens stay on the shared grid, so every placement both earns points and changes the geometry of the race. The usual winner is the player with the highest score after a fixed number of rounds, but there is a much faster finish: connect four of your own cocktails in a straight line and you immediately make the Piña Coladice and win. The tension comes from deciding whether to chase a valuable recipe, take an easier space that blocks an opponent, or set up the next link in a four-token line. It is quick to teach, bright on the table, and built for immediate rematches.
