# Dicewars - Fun game

**URL:** <https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308>\
**Category:** Miscellaneous and Personal Stuff I Must Share\
**Created:** [September 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308 "2006-09-03T19:08:09Z")\
**Posts on this page:** 6\
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**Author:** ![mr.jp](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/48db29/32.png) [@mr.jp](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/mr.jp)\
**Post date:** [September 3, 2006, 7:08pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/1 "2006-09-03T19:08:09Z")

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You can find it here:  
[Dicewars](http://www.gamedesign.jp/flash/dice/dice.html)  
The rules:

If you roll higher than the opponent, you kill all his dice on that square

You get one extra dice for each territory that is connected to your largest cluster of territories, placed at random.

Fun game. But it’s too easy to win after the first few games

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**Author:** ![Ximenean](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/x/aca169/32.png) [@Ximenean](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ximenean)\
**Post date:** [September 5, 2006, 1:05pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/2 "2006-09-05T13:05:06Z")

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Nice little game, like a compact version of Risk. I find that if you select a 7- or 8-player game and deliberately choose a weak starting position, it can be quite challenging to get yourself established - sometimes you get wiped out before you can do much about it. Once you are established, though, the AI is not strong enough to resist, unless one opponent has become dominant in the meantime.

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**Author:** ![friendlessboob](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/f/71c47a/32.png) [@friendlessboob](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/friendlessboob)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 6:00am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/3 "2006-12-04T06:00:24Z")

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I think this game is going to get me fired. Thanks

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**Author:** ![Ogre](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/o/ecb155/32.png) [@Ogre](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Ogre)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:02am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/4 "2006-12-04T07:02:39Z")

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If you get an entrenched, strong opponent, the end game can take a looooooooooooooooooong time.

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**Author:** ![MrDantastic](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/m/b487fb/32.png) [@MrDantastic](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/MrDantastic)\
**Post date:** [December 4, 2006, 7:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/5 "2006-12-04T07:28:07Z")

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Argh! It appears the rules of probability do not apply to me.

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**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:** [December 4, 2006, 6:20pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/dicewars-fun-game/371308/6 "2006-12-04T18:20:27Z")

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Don’t miss out on the new [multiplayer version](http://www.kdice.com/).