Dice Masters Double Rainbow Draft Format:

Each player will be responsible for providing their own Sidekick dice (8), Basic Action Dice (3 each in 4 colors), and Indicator Cards (4 cards matching the colors of the Basic Action Dice). A store may have these available for new players, or another player may have extra, but without them a player will not be able to participate.

All players will open their Draft Pack simultaneously, and verify that the cards (aside from Basic Action Cards) and dice match. There should be 2 dice for each card, matching the die reference chart at the bottom of each card. Next, players remove the rules insert, and if applicable, any code card. (In sets with Flip cards, all Flip cards are revealed when opened so players don’t get an advantage by sitting near the person who opened the Flip cards.)

All dice are placed into the center and arranged by color, so each player can see exactly which dice and how many of each will be available during the draft. The origin of the term “Rainbow Draft” is that sorted dice resemble a rainbow in the center of the table. Players can know where to look on the Rainbow to tell how many dice are available for the card they may want to draft.

Drafting:

Older draft packs only have two Basic Action Cards – for those sets, players will keep (and use) both of the Basic Action Cards in their Pack. For sets with 3 or more Basic Action Cards, players will draft those cards first (after looking at the cards they opened, but before the other character/action cards are drafted). The players will choose one of their Basic Action Cards and place it face down in front of them, pass the remaining to their left, and then review the Basic Action Cards they have been passed from the player to their right. Repeat until the pile in front of them has the same number of Basic Action Cards that they started with.

Next, each player will pick up the 12 other cards from their Draft Pack, and after a short amount of time to review them, will select 1 to place down in front of themselves. This card begins the pile of cards the player will be able to use on their team. They then pass the remaining cards to the player on their right. Once every player has made their selection, they pick up the pile on their left and select their next card, repeating this process until all cards have been drafted.

After all cards have been drafted, players will take 2 dice from the center to match each of the cards they drafted (aside from the Basic Action Cards).

Players will construct a tournament team from the cards they drafted, along with their Basic Action Cards. This tournament team can have up to 8 cards and up to 20 dice across those cards (many teams will only have 16 dice). (The Basic Action Dice, and cards, and Sidekick dice don’t count against this limit of 8 cards and 20 dice.)