Wiz Dice - Dice Wars: Heroes of Polyhedra | PVP Skirmish Board Game for 2-4 Players | Roll Your Army & Generate a Random Map, & Battle | Ages 14 and Up

This game is one of the better military strategy types to be released in recent years. It's fantastically fun and infinitely replayable, particularly because of its emphasis on dice and randomness. This has some glowing pros, including but not limited to the random generation of units and a modular playing field, but it can introduce some flaws that for some may be off-putting - in particular, perhaps too much randomness in combat. The game also includes expansion elements that are designed to be introduced after players are comfortable with the game, such as alternate versions of units, adding to its replay value. The game is a little restrictive in terms of the number of players. Four players is the only way to fly - three players leaves the board feeling a little too empty, and two players requires each player to control two armies at once, which can be overwhelming. However, I don't see this being too much of a problem as most people have no trouble rounding up a group of 4 to play. Speaking of restrictions, the game board is deceptively large - make sure you have a large table to play on. With the big stuff out of the way, let me say this: this isn't a game for people who aren't already familiar with the ins and outs of board games like it already. Its look can be a little deceiving; I certainly thought from the appearance that this would be a simple game that would be short and easy to play with those uninitiated. Not so. The game is complex, there are a lot of mechanics going on, and it's easy to lose track of it all if you aren't prepared for a fairly deep board gaming experience. It's no Twilight Imperium, but games can take 2 to 3 hours and the decisions are not easy ones. It's a good game for sure, but if you are a parent looking for a game to play with your young children, this would likely be something you need to build up to rather than start with. As long as you and everyone you plan to play with a pretty familiar with board games, though, this is a great game to pick up.

New review 3.5 stars. I was shipped a new box with all the pieces. I like the game. The wooden pieces are nice. The dice are great. Gameplay was fun. It's not a heavy game. The art work on the cards is meh. My biggest issue is the rule book and some of the abilities on the card. Even with a family of gamers we couldn't figure out what a few of the things they meant. So we just implement house rules. It's not an expensive game but it is fun. Once you get it figured out the gameplay goes quickly. Not a review of gameplay. I like the large dice you use at units. Some of the pieces are good quality. Some seems very cheap. Board pieces were not cut well and had rough edges. Some cards seemed to have glue or something. 1 set of dice and some tokens were missing. Seems like a returned box but I am not sure. Rules are vague and figuring out which cards go with what took some time. The rule book really needs some work. Art work is eh. Seems to have potential to be fun.

I own 300+ boardgames, here's my non-dicetower review. The playing card quality is excellent, player dice quality is awesome, and the d6 & d20 are standard color and quality. The custom oversized dice act as the players' units in the game, rather than minifigures. They have corresponding cards to match each unique side of the die, for wizard, archer, barbarian, etc. The movement and battle of the game is very simple, ages 8+. The capturing cities and terrain is simple, ages 8+. OPTIONAL: The hero abilities, advanced race abilities, and advanced rules require reading and advanced reading comprehension, ages 12+. This game is most fun played lightheartedly with the my spouse and kids (ages 8,10,12) using the basic functions of the players Attack, Defense, Range, and Movement. We don't use the special effects of each race, nor do we use the advanced rules. The base game is still very fun and fair - even though we 'water it down' to our liking. This game mimics the classic ideas of hex-tile wargaming terrain with impassible rivers & mountains, difficult forests and rocky terrain, as well as magical spaces, cities, and other perks. The board is made of 9 megatiles. (18 designes, printed front and back) megatiles that can be arranged in any formation. There is a given basic suggestion. The board art and layout is very simple and playable, in a good way. My only complaint is that the quality of the megatiles is subpar. The edges are not finished or sealed, so the edges are married and tear back. However, to have a game with the high quality card, dice, and component value... They had to be cheaper somehow. Still definitely worth the price, and not a reason to return or avoid the game. This offers an affordable alternative to games like HeroScape, which fell out of production due to the expensive costs of making the tiles and very expensive costs of secondhand retailers. If you like a mystical dungeons and dragons theme with races and magical powers combined with hex-tile wargaming... This is the perfect family introduction that allows you to add more intermediate and advanced rules WITHOUT needing an expansion. I paid $30 on sale, would pay up to $40 for this.

I love turn based tactical strategy video games such as Xcom. Dice Wars is the closest to that experience that I have ever found on a table top game. This game has solid battle mechanics and excels in concepts such as procedural generation and randomization. Battle Mechanics: Battles are fought with both parties rolling either 2d6 and or a d20. Each class of unit has different states and the environment and other systems in place will add buffs and debuffs. Roll your attack, add or subtract your modifiers, and the highest number wins. It is simple format, but it is extremely deep. The best strategists will be able to position troops to be able to add one, two , or even three bonuses making victory likely, but not guaranteed. I have certainly missed a few 99% chance to hit scenarios... Xcom Commanders, Welcome Back. Procedural Generation: The map is proceduraly generated. The map is made up of 9 separate large tiles. There is a standard way of arranging the map for beginners. This standard construction assures balanced play between the four armies, but once you know what you are doing, you can form the map randomly by putting the tiles in any order, in any orientation. The nine tiles are also reversible allowing for even more randomization. The map is just as important as your units. The terrain is variable, each type of hexagon adding its own buffs and debuffs. When assembled randomly, the terrain can be an enormous boon or a horrendous curse, depending on your positioning. Randomization: As if procedural generation wasn't enough, Dice Wars ups the randomization with the units your army is made of. Each unit is a dice with various symbols. Roll your dice to find out what units you have in your army. Each unit belongs to a different class with different stats. Randomly assembling your army forces you to adapt your strategy to the units you have as well as the units your enemy has. Each random army gets a random Hero who presents a unique and powerful bonus that you need to think outside the box for in order to use the power effectively. Bottom line, I don't see this game getting old any time soon. No two games will be alike. My twelve year old enjoys the game as much as I do.

Edit: Okay! So not even 24 hours later, I got a second set! This one had the missing dice set! Although I noticed all the parts were still loose and in baggies. I think that that -is- what new copies of this are, I think they already had their sheets punched or something at whatever factory made them...? I dunno. Both sets have a ton of dustyness in them, with dice already placed in the baggies this game comes with, pieces punched, etc. I think that whatever factory made the copies did all that by hand, hence the weird grungy feeling. That said? A little dusting and everything is right as rain, though some of the tokens may be punched out weird. A little white glue or a set of clippers to pinch off any excess cardboard, and it's all fine. I would say it's not the cleanest game I've ever had, but once all that's fixed and set aside? The dice are huge and feel great, the fact that -facing- is a game mechanic is cool, the game's got a lot of modularity to it, and honestly? Even if not for the game itself, I might use some of these components for my tabletop RPGs, like the modular map. Overall? Great stuff! And to whoever sent me my replacement already, thank you! Honestly, I can't tell if the game is used and just got re-shrink-wrapped and sold or what. But the punch-out pieces were already out (And not only that, but two of them were torn), and one of the whole bags of dice (The Blue one) and the Blue Dice weren't even in the game. I'll try to see if I can get a replacement, and while I don't care that it might be used (Though I wish they'd drop the price if that were the case), I -do- care about a whole set of dice being missing, considering the entire point of this game is dice factions. I'll change this review if and when I get the replacement, but if that one comes botched, I'll definitely be mad.

When I received this product it was sealed, yet upon opening the box I noticed that 2 of the game dice were missing. I contacted Brybelly regarding the missing dice, but they refused to help me. The product itself is well made but the customer service from its manufacturer is not good.

So the game itself is incredible and fun! However it could really use a guide to come out that elaborate in thorough detail on how everything works for example does guard last one round? Or how exactly do people's abilities work can we can some examples of them being used, does using arrow rain count as an action? Does teleportation from a city count as an action so many more question but if they made it an online page we could easily find I would happily change to 5 stars but until they game has more elaboration on abilities I'm gonna have to stick with 3 stars

The game is great, the dice are amazing, and the rules are simple to understand. It's a battle Royale style of game where players have armies and heroes fighting to defeat one another, or possess the most territory. The mechanics and asymmetrical player powers make for a cat and mouse chase to victory. There are Thera ways to win: 1) defeat opponent's non-hero characters, 2) defeat opponent's hero, 3) maintain possession of territories for three rounds. It plays up to four players. -1 star : I received a used copy. The chits were already punched out. There were some missing pieces. Dice were in random zip-loc baggies. Some of the boards were damaged. I received the game at a discount during Prime Days, but was disappointed to receive a used copy considering it wasn't stated on the Amazon page.