So I wrote a review of the game over on my dead blog!

mossman81 · Post by **mossman81** » Sun Feb 16, 2014 12:12 pm

I havent updated my blog in a long time but playing DCC RPG has lit a fire under me lately and I thought I would share.

http://dungeonslinger.blogspot.com/

Post by **finarvyn** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 3:57 am

mossman81 wrote:I havent updated my blog in a long time but playing DCC RPG has lit a fire under me lately and I thought I would share.

Very nice review. Some thoughts:

(1) Wow. That was a long review. You have lots to say, pretty much all positive.

(2) Nice to see a fellow Games Plus veteran. I don't get out there as often as I like (around an hour away) but it's an awesome store. I bought my first funky dice there, glow in the dark uninked as well.

(3) I agree. The funky dice are a nice touch to the game, and having them is better than faking it with regular poly dice.

(4) I'm an old-school guy but I've never actually inked dice with a crayon. (I tried a sharpie marker on my uninked glow set and am not happy with them.) My original D&D dice were the unmatched rainbow set (yellow d4, orange d6, green d8, blue d12, white d20) and by the time I bought new dice they were the pre-inked type. I missed out on the basic boxed sets "in the day" and never owned uninked dice back then. As such, I found your "Dollar Store crayon" observation interesting.

(5) Fixating on the crayon thing, how do you ink dice with a crayon? Do you crush the wax into the grooves and wipe away excess from the face? Is it that simple?

Anyway, great review of DCC.

thogard · Post by **thogard** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 5:05 am

finarvyn wrote:
mossman81 wrote: (5) Fixating on the crayon thing, how do you ink dice with a crayon? Do you crush the wax into the grooves and wipe away excess from the face? Is it that simple?

Exactly.
IIRC, my red Basic box came with blue plastic dice and a white crayon.
Hey, it beat chits.

Post by **finarvyn** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:09 am

thogard wrote:
finarvyn wrote:
mossman81 wrote: (5) Fixating on the crayon thing, how do you ink dice with a crayon? Do you crush the wax into the grooves and wipe away excess from the face? Is it that simple?
Exactly.
IIRC, my red Basic box came with blue plastic dice and a white crayon.
Hey, it beat chits.

I have a boxed set with chits, too. Collected "after the fact", of course. What a lame substitude for dice, but I guess they work.

mossman81 · Post by **mossman81** » Mon Feb 17, 2014 6:44 am

finarvyn wrote:
mossman81 wrote: (5) Fixating on the crayon thing, how do you ink dice with a crayon? Do you crush the wax into the grooves and wipe away excess from the face? Is it that simple? )

-Yep thats what I did and wish I would have used ink instead or a paint pen instead. It was alot of work for crappy results. I still stand by my word of rather having the dice then not though!

-I always kind of ramble on because my mind always has 3 or 4 things going on at the same time. Sorry it was so long. Thanks for reading!

Semi-Retired Gamer · Post by **Semi-Retired Gamer** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 5:58 am

Good review! I can relate to the excitement and nostalgia myself. I like the longer reviews like you posted.

tovokas · Post by **tovokas** » Sun Mar 23, 2014 10:33 pm

Just got around to reading this myself. Nice overview mossman!

(And I'm glad you've found the 0-level party generator useful. Thanks for the shout out!)

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