Dice Throne Review

It is a back and forth turn play match in PvP using combat points, as currently written into the rules, to upgrade your abilities to over take and destroy the gaming souls of your opponent by  reducing their easy to track health dials down to zero. 

The designers did a magnificent job play testing the verbiage to minimize any  contradicting rulings and even provide text on cards and in the rule book for such situations. The online community is absolutely phenomenal with providing almost instantaneous feedback and answers to any rules question one may have. The most challenging aspect to navigate within the game is the variants of damage that each  character uniquely performs on their turn. Regular, unblock-able, pure…. Ultimate, and  when the moon elf blocks Uranus ( sophomoric? I know). The chart will slow the game  in its earlier plays but eventually, like the elemental chart in chemistry, it will become  second nature. Ok, maybe not, but it does add a layer of complexity that you will find  appealing once you understand their definitions. 

The game’s turn play is very intuitive with three simple color coded phases. With a  main phase similar to that of Magic the Gathering by Wizards of the Coast at both the  beginning and end of each player turn, the system provides opportunities to play or discard your hand and change the abilities to the betterment for your character or affect the playability of your opponent. The offensive and defensive phase provides the common structure found in games to easily resolve attacks performed by the rolling of the dice to achieve sequences of matching symbols, small or large straights, and of course the ultimate 5 identical symbols (6’s) to do crushing blows to the opposite characters and  to the persons psyche. The inclusion of “instant” red cards gives the player options to change the dynamic of the game at any phase on any turn.  

Dice Throne is token heavy giving games like X-wing from Fantasy Flight a run for their  bitcoin! All are well illustrated and defined within the rulebook as well.  

Overall the game is as solid of a system as you can ask for in today’s hobby. Both Nate Chatellier and Manny Trembley with Roxley Games delivered a wonderful experience  for both veterans and new gamers to the table. Their attention to detail and sparing no expense on the contents within the box makes this one of the best values out there in  the game-o-sphere.

This is best represented by the vibrant art work of Gaven Brown and Manny Trembley and the quality of the containers all the elements come in. Even the character system  designed to fit into the box is solid and each character easily identified. For those over 40, it certainly wasn’t designed by John Dewey of the Dewey decimal system. This baby definitely takes up some shelf space but as the famous Norm from the TV Show  CHEERS put it: “Sam: Norm, you got room for a beer? Norm: NO…. But I’m willing to add on! “ So will you when you start rolling dice and experience all that is Dice Throne  by Roxley Games.