# A Dice Wars Proposal, For Addicts. My confession. **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Created:** [June 7, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347 "2010-06-07T21:30:47Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 5\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![adhay](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/a/ecd19e/32.png) [@adhay](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/adhay)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 9:30pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347/1 "2010-06-07T21:30:47Z")
You are a master of strategy and tactics in Dice Wars. Some time recently, probably because you like Risk, you’ve downloaded and installed dicewars. An online intro to the flash game starts here [DICEWARS - flash game](http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html) . You’ve recognized the AI weaknesses and you play to them and win consistently. A real addict, of course, has a modest collection of Histories of My Best Games, ready to go in .wmv files. So, what’s your best game, your annotated Master’s Thesis Video? One entry per. You can easily upload and link a .wmv at \*\*\*.com Here are the notes on my 34th notable game found in my screen capture folder recorded on Debut. I call it Ultimate Dicewars. > [@](#): > > I grow my SW sleeper while messing around inside. After many rounds of biding my time and watching my center disappear, I end up with 4 dice in the SW corner facing Orange 4. Orange attacks and as defender, the odds are slightly in my favor. Thanks to Zeus, I end up master of the two foxholes controlling the SW. Otherwise, quick death. Then it’s up to me, Purple. > > I say, let’s you guys fight while I nibble at the minor players. Pink emerges the obvious powerhouse early on. Since I’m a minor player at this point, I can count on Sweet Pea’s AI not to destroy my game while it’s dealing with Pink. Shielded by Sweet Pea, I build up. Once Pink conquers Sweet Pea with my help and I’ve swallowed Orange and Forest Green, I divide Pink and conquer. I laugh twice on the sound track, unable to contain my amazement at my cleverness. Is there a market for this shit or am I really alone in my favorite time waster? All I need is \*\*\*. Suggestions? ---
**Author:** ![GIGObuster](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/gigobuster/32/421_2.png) [@GIGObuster](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/GIGObuster)\ **Post date:** [June 7, 2010, 11:44pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347/2 "2010-06-07T23:44:27Z")
I actually curse the day some doper mentioned that time waster… 🙂 But yeah, it can waste your time, I still play from time to time but I have to say that I never got to imagine little beings controlling the opponents… …Cheating [computer bastard](http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Main/TheComputerIsACheatingBastard) AIs, I would call them. ---
**Author:** ![Little\_Nemo](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/little_nemo/32/3120_2.png) [@Little\_Nemo](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Little_Nemo)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 12:23am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347/3 "2010-06-08T00:23:21Z")
What pisses me off is when all the AI players appear to declare a truce and form an alliance against me. Damn machines all stick together. Where’s John Connor when you need him? ---
**Author:** ![Hal\_Briston](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/h/a9a28c/32.png) [@Hal\_Briston](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Hal_Briston)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 2:07am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347/4 "2010-06-08T02:07:07Z")
> [@Little\_Nemo](#): > > Where’s John Connor when you need him? Here’s over here, playing [KDice](http://kdice.com/) with the rest of us. ---
**Author:** ![pulykamell](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/pulykamell/32/3166_2.png) [@pulykamell](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/pulykamell)\ **Post date:** [June 8, 2010, 3:45am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/a-dice-wars-proposal-for-addicts-my-confession/542347/5 "2010-06-08T03:45:04Z")
Fun little game, but after spending a couple days playing it, it gets a bit predictable and easy. I wish there were additional elements of strategy and a stronger AI. My favorite games are the ones where I end up with an isolate in the corner (because of an unfortunate initial position) and let the computer teams battle it out amongst themselves.Thenm at an opportune moment, I start attacking and growing like a cancer across all the world until I take it over. (That is, unless I suffer some bad luck initial rolls and my ass royally kicked.)