Fugdale’s Funhouse

Review: Dice Wars plays very similar to the board game RISK. You start with a map of several neighboring territories and each one has a color and a random number of dice on it. On your turn you click on a territory and then attack a neighboring territory. An attack consists of rolling all the dice on your territory against all the dice on your neighbor’s territory. Whoever rolls the highest total number wins the battle. If you win, you leave one die in your attacking territory and all the other dice move in and occupy your neighbor’s territory. If you lose an attack, you lose all but one die and your neighbor remains on the attacked space. You cannot attack with just one die on a territory.

You can make several attacks each turn, until you don’t have any moves left or until you feel comfortable with the number of dice you have on each space. Then your opponent(s) each take their turns and try to attack your dice. After each round of attacks, the game will replenish your territories randomly with a certain number of dice based on how many successful attacks you made. The game has a few options. For instance, you can choose to play with one to seven other opponents and you can also choose wether or not you will play first. I found the games with more than 2 other opponents very difficult to win, sometimes you get wiped off the map before you even get a second turn. The games with fewer opponents play a little better, but even those can get difficult and often the game feels like a back and forth battle with neither side gaining much ground. But if you stick with it and plan your moves nicely you will prevail at least half the time. The game uses a good balance of strategy and luck.