Dice Forge

GaGarfieldstar9.0

#3 Funny dice drafting game. Simple rules, plays quick. [c] Theme: :nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]No theme --> Gameplay: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Draft your dice --> Interaction: :star::nostar::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Almost no interaction --> Artwork: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Appealing --> Luck: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Dice rolling, but you can influence it --> Strategy: :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Make your dice better and better --> Components: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]The dice are amazing, the tokens could be better --> Play duration: :star::star::star::star::star: <!-- size 7]Perfect --> Easy to teach: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Fairly easy, only the cards need more time for explanation --> Setup time: :star::star::star::nostar::nostar: <!-- size 7]Ok --> No downtime: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Very little downtime --> Replay value: :star::star::star::star::nostar: <!-- size 7]Different cards, different dice faces --> [/c]

EvEvanstar4.6

In this game, on each player's turn they roll two dice. The dice produce resources or victory points depending on the face. Then the active player decides to either upgrade the faces of one of their dice (which pop on and off like legos), or they move their pawn and take a card. The cards are where most of the interesting special abilities and points come from, and you can alter the setup of the game by changing the available cards, in a sort of a dominion style way. Depending on the card you take, or the dice faces you choose to upgrade to you spend the resources you collected during all the rolls. The game timer clicks each time the start player gets a turn, and then you see who managed the most points. The game is interesting in that depending on which die faces and which cards you take, you can follow very different paths through the game, each of which has a reasonable shot of working out if some combination of luck and planning works out for you. I sort of like the idea that if your big move doesn't work out for you, it's because you didn't buy the right die faces at the right time. That being said, I've had two games where my big final move was spoiled by virtue of being one resource short, which can be a little frustrating, as at that point what can you do? It's still ultimately a dice game, so if you stacked one die with all of one type of resource, it would be overkill, and if you stacked it with half and half, then maybe what you need doesn't come up when you need it. :star: Art, Iconography and components functional :star: Clever or interesting mechanisms :star: Reasonably low downtime between turns with mildly AP players :star: Multiple plays stay interesting :nostar: Low or mitigatable luck elements :star::star::nostar::nostar::nostar: Raw enjoyment

Jan Solostar6.0

Juego de dice building, de mecánica muy resultona y vistosa. Muy buena producción.