Landmine! Has taken my dice, taken my land, taken my gamepiece!

December 1, 2006 6:08 PM

Remember Dice Wars? Remember how everyone wanted it to be multiplayer? Well, Ryan Dewsbury, creator of gpokr, has loosed kdice on the world. Your gpokr login works for kdice, too. (via jayisgames)
posted by Eideteker (18 comments total)

Sweet!
posted by jonson at 6:18 PM on December 1, 2006

There went my entire weekend.
posted by SirOmega at 6:41 PM on December 1, 2006

Awww crap.
posted by intermod at 7:33 PM on December 1, 2006

Me likey.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 9:35 PM on December 1, 2006

Yes!
posted by sophist at 10:17 PM on December 1, 2006

Can't get a game right now... but if it works half as well as Dicewars I fear for my free time.
posted by MetaMonkey at 10:33 PM on December 1, 2006

It's really pretty good. The main difference I see is that it doesn't require your pieces to be connected to get the benefit of them.
posted by MythMaker at 12:40 AM on December 2, 2006

Wow. That was almost as fun as like, Yahtzee. Or, like, counting hair follicles on my hamster. And almost as pointless. But not quite.
posted by Chasuk at 1:06 AM on December 2, 2006

And in other news, Yachtzee has still sold more units than ChasUK. ChasUS, however, remains a bestseller.

I know there's currently a jihad against the whole "different strokes for different folks" thing, but do try to be more constructive next time.
posted by Eideteker at 7:55 AM on December 2, 2006 [1 favorite]

Now all they gotta do is move to an offshore server, add cash wagering and they're set.
posted by gregor-e at 8:29 AM on December 2, 2006

You know, Eideteker, you shouldn't leap to conclusions like that. ChasUK could be very successful at selling his unit for all you know.
posted by nebulawindphone at 8:37 AM on December 2, 2006

I stand chastened.
posted by Eideteker at 8:52 AM on December 2, 2006

Eideteker wrote:

"I know there's currently a jihad against the whole "different strokes for different folks" thing, but do try to be more constructive next time."

Erm, I was the different stroke. That's why I expressed the dissenting opinion. Because my opinion was different.

To elaborate (which nobody else did, so it seems a hypocritical requirement to thrust upon me), I hate all games requiring no skill (especially those that depend entirely on the roll of the die). They seem, to me, utterly pointless. I'd rather do almost anything else, in contrast to the fans here.

Is that constructive enough?
posted by Chasuk at 9:58 AM on December 2, 2006

Yes, thanks! There's a good deal of "who goes first" that goes into the game, but it can be overcome (the one game I did win was one where I went next to last). There's a decent amount of strategy that goes into the midgame and some of the endgame, but the start can indeed be a clusterfuck.
posted by Eideteker at 10:04 AM on December 2, 2006

Kept stalling out on me, sitting me out of the game. Also, when it was my turn, the previous player's new pieces were being added to the board, during which I could not play my turn — again, forceably sitting me out of the game.
posted by Blazecock Pileon at 10:11 AM on December 2, 2006

Works for me and is darn good. Much more fun than the single player version where the AI is too predictable. Will see me through a night of Ashes listening.
posted by patricio at 1:36 PM on December 2, 2006

Erm, I was the different stroke. That's why I expressed the dissenting opinion. Because my opinion was different. -- Chasuk

There are really better ways to say "this doesn't interest me" than bashing it, though.
posted by Spike at 6:00 PM on December 2, 2006

mythmaker - is that true? It seems like you do
posted by patricio at 7:32 PM on December 2, 2006