Mentioned in Dispatches Season 6 Episode 3
DICE!
And... after a 5 month pause, I'm back with more MiD listener’s guides, full of goodness related to the podcast.
I think my notes for the listener’s guide will begin to change a wee bit. Season six will be a combo of continuing to provide links to games like I did for season five and assessing and making changes for season six. I create these guides to help me keep track of all the interesting games and other topics discussed. In reflecting on how this went last season, I'm not sure I want to continue providing links to some of the core games that are discussed on many of the podcasts. How many links do we need to Squad Leader and Star Fleet Battles? (bbMike, I know you'd want links to all the SFB info!) However, I'm thinking there is a better way than repeating info over and over and over again...
Because episode three is about dice and not specifically about games, my notes are going to be a wee bit sparse. I'll provide links to the dice when I can; however, I'm not going to let myself get caught up in trying to find links to everything. That will only slow me down. If you all know of links to the dice I don't include, please share them with us.
Some of the links lead directly to dice sold by various websites. I'm not endorsing, or recommending you purchase these dice, it is only to help you see what the dice look like.
Anyway, I'm going to endeavor to get caught up with MiD during the summer and to continue to refine how I do this. As always, if you see anything wrong, let me know and if you think I missed something important, pipe up with your comment.
Finally, a big thank you to RockyMountain Navy Gamer, for giving me permission to use some of the photos from his
blog post on this podcast.
Some of the games mentionedBlue Water Navy Conflict of HeroesCommands and ColorsYahtzeeRiskSorry!MonopolyPaydirt - Thank you Bayonetbrant for the link!
RuneboundOrange CrushShores of TripoliNinja DiceTWERPS series - Jeff Dee and Amanda DeeBirth of America SeriesWarfighter SeriesBattle BallSnowman diceDeep Space D-6Agents of Mayhem: Pride of BabylonNations: The Dice GameStory DiceDicelandRoot and here's a nice picture of the
combat dice used in Root.
Some of the dice mentionedStar Fleet Battles DiceSource:
RockyMountain Navy Gamer: Used with permissionMutan Crawl Classic Dice - Glow Dice - info is old and the picture is great!
Game Science Dice - Lou Zocchi - I found a lot of pics for Mr. Zocchi's dice on eBay and online game stores. Then I found this interview of Lou Zocchi and thought it was much more appropriate. There are pics of his dice and the interview is good too.
Chessex DiceSource:
RockyMountain Navy Gamer: Used with permissionChessex Dice purchased for Blue Water NavySource:
RockyMountain Navy Gamer: Used with permissionThe pound bag of dice. - That is a lot of dice!
Battle Lore - wooden diceRockyMountain Navy's dice towerSource:
RockyMountain Navy Gamer: Used with permissionSome of the dice manufacturers Metallic Dice Games Black Oak Workshop - Craig ZipskyDungeonmorphsBlog mentioned in the discussion Giants Battling Robots - Blog
Brant talked about having a bumball machine filled with dice.
Look what I found!