Here are two great games that already featured dice but have been reimplemented to cross over to the roll-and-write spectrum in 2020:
• On October 16, 2020 Pearl Games will release Troyes Dice, designed by Sébastien Dujardin, Xavier Georges, and Alain Orban, the same team that created the original 2010 dice-based worker placement classic Troyes.
Like its predecessor, Troyes Dice features Alexandre Roche's signature Troyes art, while playing in 20-30 minutes with 1-10 players. Here's a brief description from the publisher:
Troyes Dice is a roll-and-write strategy game in which you play a rich Champagne family. It's up to you to seize the best opportunities offered by the dice to leave your mark in the history of the city! Will you get the most fame by fighting events, developing markets, erecting the cathedral, or participating in the construction of prestigious buildings? At the end of the game, the player with the most victory points wins!
I'll surely miss all the colorful dice in this reimplementation, but it's impressive that the Brands have managed to squeeze the entire game onto such a small sheet of paper. Here's a summary of the game:
As in the original game, you win this race for wealth and fame if you are the first to have your fame marker and your money marker intersect on the two tracks running in opposite directions.