Enjoy the works of Thomas Lehmann while you can! Despite the lack of player interaction of Dice Realms, Mr. Lehmann has violated local, provincial, and federal law by not supplying a solo mode. International treaty has also been flouted by the absence of a campaign. I fear he may be put in boardgame jail as a consequence. Can he build a tableau convincing enough as his defence? His attorney, Dr. Gonzo, does not inspire much confidence.
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40:22 Feature Game: Dice Realms (Thomas Lehmann, Rio Grande Games, 2022)
Agree with their take. Interesting game that is - again - sullied by the “Kickstarter level production”. Drones are hard to identify. The cube colours are a fffing joke. But @EnterTheWyvern and I found something very interesting with this game.
Re: Dice Realms. I do understand why it cost like that. But justifying this for me would be like justifying Foundations of Rome
The way I justified the high price was that it’s basically the same as a post tax and postage price for a £50 game on kickstarter. It’s not more expensive than that but obviously the sticker shock is camoflaged on kickstarter.
I agree with these 2 issues. The cube colours being the worse of them, I at least felt I knew which of my drones would activate on a turn by the end. However I disagreed with Bigney’s assertion that the board would be better flat. The levels for the connections between sections was a boon for game play and visibility. The board would also be too big if they had to lie flat on a cardboard board.