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cliffwiggs · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:14 am GMT Post subject: Underwater Battles

We've always talked about it, so my son and I took our armies to the pool this weekend and played.

The dice do sink and you can roll them, but water is much thicker than air, so you can really see the dice tumble.

If you want to play in deep water, practice some hand signals for declaring actions and learn to hold your breath a long time.

There are two downsides to this way of playing. First, As misstiffany says we all looked wierd with our heads underwater and our bu... uhm.. feet sticking up in the air. Second, the dice do sink but aren't heavy so water currents move them around a lot. The division of armies is hard to keep. Especially when you come up for air so much and have to dive to the bottom. you create currents which turn your nice game setup into a mash of dice. You also have to move your hands slowly to pick up dice or you create a current which sends the other dice sliding around.

We have some magic cards that we got at Gencon (freebies, I'd never pay for it), but he won't let me take those into the pool to play. )-;
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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:33 am GMT Post subject:

Sounds cool...
perhaps some glass dome to keep the dice from moving in the current...

A glass dome could be like an army card.

DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 11:41 am GMT Post subject:

Also you may be able to play...aquarium style...
meaning you would not be underwater...just the dice. Wink

perhaps some neat slides that roll the dice while you watch...

this would be a great way to play my new format...

ddicerc · Posted: Tue Sep 02, 2008 1:06 pm GMT Post subject:

We put Magic cards and Dragon Dice into a clear jug of water as a display at cons, called "Why Dice Are Better Than Cards."
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DEEPBLUEB2 · Posted: Wed Sep 03, 2008 7:49 am GMT Post subject:

Dragon Dice surprisingly sink quite quickly in water...

this only adds more suspicion as to the mythological Unseelie fish tank bottom in China. Razz