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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Have you guys thought about writing a primer for this game (and DD as well)? Just a brief overview couple of sentences that explains the overarching goal of the game, then a little section about the types of dice, or colors, or whatever they are?

I'm really interested in checking this out, but I don't want to parse a rulebook just to get a rough idea of what the game is about or what it's like. It's something I've seen for many other games, and I thought it'd be a nice way to introduce players.

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 8:18 am GMT Post subject:

I think that they press release would cover what you want and it hasn't been authored just yet.

The first two or three paragraphs of the rulebook would cover some of what you want...
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cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:39 pm GMT Post subject:

How about this...

In the halls of Hell, the daemon lords settle their differences like gentlemen. Which is to say, they send their minions to do battle for them, with the victor winning it's master's case. The most powerful lords keep stables with hundreds of fiendish minions, monsters bred or just stitched together for nothing but combat. It isn't uncommon for these monsters' masters to invent a quarrel, just to see their minions fight!

Daemon Dice is a game of individual combat between daemon gladiators; monsters of every shape and daemonish breed. Each player assembles a daemon from dice representing thirteen various body parts. These monsters are then pitted against each other in battle.

Play is a turn based system where each daemon rolls their dice to determine what actions each die takes that turn. in each turn a daemon will recover stunned dice, defend against attacks, suffer damage, array their own attacks. A daemon loses by having all their parts subdued (wounded, stunned, grabbed, etc). A daemon wins by being the last one standing.
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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Excellent! That sounds really awesome, and now I'm ready to buy. When will a starter be available?

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 12:45 pm GMT Post subject:

We are shooting for a Gencon release.
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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

cliffwiggs · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 2:12 pm GMT Post subject:

When we get closer we might put them up on our online store, but they won't ship until after Gencon.

The starter will be a combination of two breeds: Rot and Frost
It will contain 13 random Rot body parts and 13 random Frost body parts.

There are only 13 possible body parts and the rarity among them is flat. So if you do the math, you should get a singles set very quickly.

Future boosters will be additional breeds. All breeds have the same parts, but each has a different full breed power. These boosters will contain 13 random body parts of their breed.

Future expansions will be weapon,armour,item based. There will be 13 different items and each expansion will contain a random 13 of a particular breed (sticker on the front of the box).

So it'll be very easy to get what you want and only what you want (at least breed wise)
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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Just so I understand, each daemon is comprised of 13 body parts, and you say there are only 13 different parts. Does that mean all Frost heads are identical?

Is there a limit to how many of one body part you can have? Can I have a daemon with 5 wings, 4 heads, and 4 arms if I wanted?

Does the starter come with one of each body part, or is there a chance of getting, say, 9 Frost pincers in my pack, all identical?

Dolus · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 2:38 pm GMT Post subject:

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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

So as far as the actual body parts go, there are literally just 13 different dice, not counting color differences?

Dolus · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:02 pm GMT Post subject:

stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Bummer. That's disappointing, especially since each die apparently only has three icons. Hmm.

Dolus · Posted: Mon May 20, 2013 3:22 pm GMT Post subject:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 10:04 am GMT Post subject:

You hit the nail on the head when you mentioned complexity.

Dragon Dice is Chess. It has its appeal to gamers and they love it.

Daemon Dice is Checkers. It has an appeal to a different style of gamer. So our hope is to attract more gamers and not just sell to our existing player base. So it is less complex, its smaller in dice, its simpler to collect.

if those players go on to get into Dragondice, great! then this is a gateway game. Dragon Dice is imposing to a lot of people and rather than just scare them off. They can either play this less complex game or it can ease them into the more complex one.

The normal progression is: Chess, Checkers, Tic-Tac-Toe. Three games to appeal to three different types of gamers.
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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Oh don't get me wrong, I'll collect the heck out of it. I was just hoping for a little more complexity. There is gear, too? Is that instead of one of your dice, or in addition to your normal 13?

chuckpint · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:33 am GMT Post subject:

Currently in the game there are:
13 different body parts
13 different items

As far as breeds, there will be 8 released. So there are 8 x (13 + 13) = 208 different dice in the set.

For the old game Chaos Progenitus and Demon Dice, there are also 8 breeds called "Noble Houses". We have no plans to release those dice. So don't even ask. Evil or Very Mad

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stormywaters · rare Joined: 22 May 2011 Posts: 1403

Sorry, my question was unclear. I meant to ask "When building a daemon, do you choose 13 body parts plus some number of items, or do items replace some number of body parts?"

Dolus · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:44 am GMT Post subject:

I believe the equipment/items dice replace body parts.

I saw that noble houses existed. What was the deal with those?

chuckpint · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 11:55 am GMT Post subject:

cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue May 21, 2013 12:01 pm GMT Post subject:

Yes, the typical game has 13 dice, any combination of body parts and items you want.

However! the victory conditions are based on body parts. So you can have one arm holding 12 swords, but if that body part gets stunned or wounded or grabbed or minused or can't roll during your turn, then you lose.

So items are more powerful than body parts, but they don't keep you alive.

Its a balance.
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