New Mexico
New Mexico's Skills[edit | edit source]
Mood Swing[edit source]
Button Notation: | ? |
BMO Notation: | ? |
Before the round, a Mood Swing can be any size in the allowable range. During the game, whenever you re-roll a Mood Swing it will randomly change size. Mood Swings always choose from among all common die sizes (not all integers) with equal probability. The definition of “common” die sizes is 4, 6, 8, 10, 12, and 20. For a "Y?," add 1, 2, and optionally 16 as selections, for a "Z?" add an optional d16 and d30, and for a "P?" add a 1, 2, 16, 24, and 30.
Button Men Online omits the d16 from the Y? and Z? swing dice based upon precedent set by the original BMO site. Using a d16 in live play is thus optional as long as all players agree. A Moody P-Swing did not exist until after the current Button Men Online site and thus uses the d16 and d24.
Radioactive[edit source]
Button Notation: | % |
BMO Notation: | % |
If a Radioactive Die is either the attacking die or the target die in an attack with a single attacking die and a single target die, replace the attacking die with two dice as equal as available with sides equaling the size of the attacking die. For example, a %d10 would split into two d5s if available. If not, it would split into a d4 and d6; a d5 would split into a d2 and d3.
Radioactive Dice were invented by Magnus Mårtensson (aka NoopMan) on the original Button Men Online site.
Shadow[edit source]
Button Notation: | horizontal line above number, s |
BMO Notation: | s |
Shadow Dice are normal in all respects, except that they can not make Power Attacks. Instead, they can make inverted Power Attacks, called Shadow Attacks.
Shadow Attack: Use one of your Shadow Dice to capture one of your opponent’s dice. The target die must show a value equal to or greater than the attacking die, but within its range.
For example, a Shadow 12 showing 7 can capture any value between 7 and 12.
Shadow Dice can make Skill Attacks normally.
Time and Space[edit source]
Button Notation: | Polyhedral frame |
BMO Notation: | ^ |
Whenever a Time and Space Die re-rolls an odd number, take an extra turn. Only one extra turn may be taken no matter how many Time and Space Dice roll odd.
Tirade, the Looney Labs mascot, introduced the Time and Space Dice to Button Men.
X Swing Dice can be any die between 4 and 20. Swing Dice are allowed to be any integral size between their upper and lower limit, including both ends, and including nonstandard die sizes like 17 or 9. Each player chooses his or her Swing Die in secret at the beginning of the match, and thereafter the loser of each round may change their Swing Die between rounds. If a character has any two Swing Dice of the same letter, they must always be the same size.