
- BGG rank
- BGG #3,011
- BGG rating
- 7.5
Trinket Trove
- 2–6 players
- 30 min
- Complexity 1.4/5
- 2025

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Ninja Dice: Team Locations is an expansion for Ninja Dice released in 2015 for 2–5 players, 15–30 minutes per game, and ages 14 and up. It was designed by Rocco Privetera and its main mechanics are Push Your Luck, Dice Rolling, and Cooperative Game.
Are you ready to join forces with your ninja friends in this epic team-based Location Card expansion for Ninja Dice? Inside this box are 24 team locations that can only be beaten with the sheer force of cooperation. Introducing new art, new stories, and exciting new ways to play the push-your-luck dice game where the direction of the dice matters! Team Location Rules Setup: You will need two sets of Ninja Dice to play. Get into teams of 2. Sort the cards: Team Locations come in sets of 6, such as the Omi Mint. You will play with one set per team, plus one extra. Choose which sets you will play with, and put any others aside. Sort the cards into 3 decks for Round 1, 2, and 3, as shown on the back of the card. Place all the cards for the current Round face up on the table. Coin reward = Number on bronze coin + Number in black box. (No bonus.) Teamwork: If an Active Ninja targets his teammate’s locked Hourglasses with a Fortune, he can use the Fortune to remove one Hourglass (the Fortune can’t be used for anything else that roll). You can revive a ninja who has run out of time. Once on your turn, you may give a Skill Die to your partner. They can’t give it back and they can’t lend you one afterwards. They roll that die in addition to their other dice for the rest of the turn. Scores are kept as a team. Kage Dice (expansion content): Can target any dice. Awesome! (Hourglasses still lock to chosen ninja.) Your Team’s Turn: Choose a pair of Locations from the same set. (You do not need to choose the same set each Round.) You will try to defeat one Location Card while your partner tries to defeat the other. Roll the number of House Dice in the black box and add the icons and rules on the card to create your House.You each roll Skill Dice simultaneously, but keep them separate. Skill Dice you roll only count towards your House. Your partner can choose not to roll while you roll.You can keep rolling if your partner is out of time. Not Your Turn: Choose an Active Ninja to roll against; your Hourglasses don’t affect the other Active Ninja this turn. Roll Threat Dice each time your chosen Active Ninjas rolls Skill Dice. If there is more than one Inactive team, ninjas on the same team have to be on the same location. If you’re the only one rolling against an Active Ninja, roll an additional Threat Die (not a Kage Die). Ending Your Turn: Both ninjas must run away or collect coin rewards at the same time. A Ninja with 4 Hourglasses must stop rolling and collects no reward, even if she beat the House.
Ninja Dice: Team Locations supports 2–5 players according to the catalogue. This range comes from the publisher’s listed player count, so the game can be set up for any group size within it. Some setups, rules and scoring details may still vary by player count, so check your edition’s rulebook for the exact configuration.
The listed playing time for Ninja Dice: Team Locations is 15–30 minutes. This is the publisher’s estimate for a full game. The actual duration depends on the group, the player count and familiarity with the rules: first sessions usually run longer, while experienced groups often finish faster. Setup and teaching time are not included in this estimate.
The catalogue lists Ninja Dice: Team Locations for ages 14 and up. This is the publisher’s recommendation and reflects reading demands, rule complexity and small components rather than theme alone. Younger players can often join with help from an adult, so check the age guidance on your edition and consider your group’s experience with board games.
Ninja Dice: Team Locations belongs to these categories: Card Game, Dice, and Expansion for Base-game. Its main mechanics are Push Your Luck, Dice Rolling, and Cooperative Game. Categories describe the theme and setting of a game, while mechanics describe what players actually do on their turns. Each mechanic links to a catalogue hub with similar games, which helps when you want something comparable.
The credited designers of Ninja Dice: Team Locations are: Rocco Privetera. These credits come from the published game data and name the people responsible for the game’s design, not its illustrators or publishers. Designer pages on MeepleRules collect other titles by the same designers, which helps when you enjoy a game and want to find similar ones.
The catalogue lists Ninja Dice: Team Locations as an expansion for Ninja Dice. Expansions add new content, rules or scenarios to the base game and usually cannot be played on their own, so you need Ninja Dice to use it. Check that your edition of Ninja Dice is compatible, as some expansions were revised between editions.