Tess
Tess's Skills[edit | edit source]
Null[edit source]
| Button Notation: | Black frame, n |
| BMO Notation: | n |
Null Dice are worth no points at the end of the round.
If a Null Die is used to capture a die, remove the captured die from the game instead of putting it into your Score Pile.
Null Dice were introduced by the promotional character Tess, available at GenCon for the Studio Foglio Brawl decks.
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.
Design Notes[edit | edit source]
Tess, like Zeppo in 1999, was printed in the Origins on-site convention program book. She’s a character from the BRAWL expansion “Club Foglio,” and has two Null Dice to reflect the three Nulls in her BRAWL deck. Tess is by far the best seller in the Foglio BRAWL set. Probably because of her boundless ennui.[1]
Tess is an interesting case of promotional Button Men; she is distinct from the product line she is placed in, BRAWL, due to having no Speed Dice. She would fit into Studio Foglio as far as grouping, as it is not as defined by its ability and more by its artist, Phil Foglio. Due to disagreement within the Button Men community, she has been included in both sets here.