Original Knot Dice
Play with art! Knot Dice are games, puzzles, and artistic inspiration all in one.
Create beautiful Celtic knot designs while playing a large number of different games and puzzles.
A box of original Knot Dice includes 18 dice, dozens of puzzles, and 12 games for up to 3 players.
Knot Dice have also been used in roleplaying games, to create knitting patterns, and as desktop toys. They have even been used for art therapy, cognitive rehabilitation, and meditation.
Visit the Knot Dice Facebook group to talk with other Knot Dice fans and share your designs.
Original Knot Dice Games & Puzzles
Games that come in one box (many of these can be played with more players with an additional set or the deluxe set):
- Kells - a cooperative game for 1-3 players. Work with your friends to complete the largest Celtic knot design you can.
- Kells: The Book - a cooperative game for 1-3 players. Complete Celtic knot designs over several rounds.
- Kells: The Abbey - a cooperative game for 1-3 players. Complete designs on a vertical wall built of dice.
- Knot So Fast - a fast-paced competitive game for 2 players. Complete your designs faster than your opponent.
- Knot So Fast Too - a fast-paced competitive game for 2-4 players. Complete your designs faster than your opponents over a series of round-robin matches.
- A Celtic Yarn - a puzzling competitive game for 2 players. Find a strand of yarn that stretches from one side of a tangled knot to another.
- Osbox - a competitive game for 2 players. Slide dice into a grid to complete knot designs.
- Trí na Coillte - a competitive game for 2 players. Chase your opponent's token traveling over paths through the woods.
- Snakes - a competitive push-your-luck game for 2 players. Drive your snake farther away than your opponents'.
- Knot the Whole Story - a cooperative storytelling game for 2-4 players. Tell a story that follows the twists and turns of the dice.
- Distance - a competitive game for 2 players. Move your two tokens as far as possible from each other following the paths on the dice.
- Minarets - a competitive game for 3-4 players. Construct the best possible buildings with your two partners.
French rules for the games Kells and Knot So Fast (PDF 1MB)
Video rules for the 12 Knot Dice games are on the Black Oak Games YouTube Channel.
Puzzles that come in the box:
- Symmetry (Creation) Puzzles - create symmetrical designs using the given dice.
- Completion Puzzles 1 - starting with a set arrangement of dice, complete a design in as few turns as possible.
- Completion Puzzles 2 - a slightly more difficult variation on completion puzzles 1.
- Transformation Puzzles - starting with a set completed design, transform it to another completed design in as few turns as possible.
- Building Puzzles - build three-dimensional shapes with complete designs on all visible faces.
- Wall Puzzle - find a design that works on the top of a "floor" of dice so that when disassembled and reassembled it also works on the side of a "wall" of dice.
- Oxvo - sliding the dice around like a 15-puzzle, form the longest possible path in the fewest possible turns.
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Let customers speak for us
New to Knot Dice but I am reading the books and just enjoying playing with the dice!
This little bag is a must have if one has the Knot Dice game. It’s CLASSY-
The Knot Dice set is fabulous!! Good old fashioned fun. Highly recommend.
I didn't open the box as this is a gift but It looks really nice. Will buy more for additional gifts
I collect many different types of dice and dice games. Knot dice has become one of my favorite sets to collect. The quality of the dice, the designs, and the colors are amazing!
I'm very pleased with the dice set. They're beautiful and fun to use. Great little idle game to use for a break at work. I'll be getting a second set.
This was a great gift! Good quality and nice looking.
I love the look of them and I love the meditative quality of them. It is also fun to play the games solo and with friends and family. Super happy with the purchase.
