<p><a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/#" rel="nofollow">BoardGameGeek</a> has 58627 games listed*, and 11132 of them are marked with the <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamemechanic/2072/dice-rolling" rel="nofollow">dice-rolling mechanic</a>** . So that's 19% - but of course, there's no guarantee that all of the games were appropriately tagged, so treat it as a lower bound.</p>

<p>If you're curious about more specific categories, you can used the <a href="http://boardgamegeek.com/advsearch/boardgame" rel="nofollow">advanced search</a> and limit it to games with or without dice rolling with some other restrictions. But it maxes out at 1000 results (ten pages), and doesn't count them for you.</p>

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* Hover over "browse" on the home page <br>
** 1114 pages of "linked items", 10 per page, 2 on the last page.
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2012-05-21T15:14:15.367Z
A good answer to a less-good question. +1
Johno
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2012-05-21T14:19:34.363Z
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Cascabel
<p>I realise there is probably no way to get an accurate figure, just looking for a ballpark estimate of approximately how many board games there are out there, and how many of those involve dice rolling.</p>

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What percentage of board games on the market involve dice?
user2692
# What percentage of board games on the market involve dice?

(Asked by: username_0 on 2012-05-21)

I realise there is probably no way to get an accurate figure, just looking for a ballpark estimate of approximately how many board games there are out there, and how many of those involve dice rolling.

**Tags:** game-design


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## 1 answers

### Answer by username_1 on 2012-05-21. Score: 15 | Accepted answer

[BoardGameGeek](http://boardgamegeek.com/#) has 58627 games listed\*, and 11132 of them are marked with the [dice-rolling mechanic](http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgamemechanic/2072/dice-rolling)\*\* . So that's 19% - but of course, there's no guarantee that all of the games were appropriately tagged, so treat it as a lower bound.

If you're curious about more specific categories, you can used the [advanced search](http://boardgamegeek.com/advsearch/boardgame) and limit it to games with or without dice rolling with some other restrictions. But it maxes out at 1000 results (ten pages), and doesn't count them for you.

\* Hover over "browse" on the home page   
\*\* 1114 pages of "linked items", 10 per page, 2 on the last page.

> **Comments:**
> **username_2**: A good answer to a less-good question. +1  

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