I shook the bag harder still, cleared my throat, and stomped my foot. I picked up the bag of Button Men and gently shook it. I looked up, and saw that Nolan was intently focused on his game. “I hope that the simple act of watching dice fall always makes me this happy,” I thought. I gleefully watched polyhedra spill out and clatter across the table. I took them all out to the dining room, and untied the bag. I walked back into my office, deliberately did not look at my desk, grabbed the bag of Button Men, and a bag of dice. “Hey, it’s too dark and cold outside to throw the frisbee,” I said, “but at the dining room table, it’s perfect for throwing dice.” I walked out into the living room and found Nolan sitting at our iMac, playing Diablo. It had been a good day – sales of Sunken Treasure were better than expected – but I’d been pretty much locked in my office since rolling out of bed, and needed some human interaction without the Internet acting as intermediary. I pulled my hands across my face and through my hair. I rubbed my eyes and saw the afterimage of my monitor. The sky was starting to cloud up and a light breeze stirred the trees. I stood up, stretched, and looked out the window. I was so focused on the launch of Sunken Treasure yesterday, before I knew it, the sun was going down and I hadn’t taken more than 30 steps all day long. Normally, I don’t like games that leave too much up to luck, but in this case, the unpredictability of the game adds to the fun, as I hope to illustrate here… Small dice are considered “skillful” and big dice are considered “powerful.” There are two ways to capture: have a higher number (more powerful: 17 on d20 captures 7 on d12, or 6 on d8 captures 4 on d10), or use two or more dice to match the number on one die (more skillful: 2 on d4 + 7 on d8 captures 9 on a d12, or 3 on d6+ 2 on d4 + 5 on d6 captures 10 on a d20.) Games take about 10 minutes to play. Distilled to its essence, Button Men is a fast-paced brawling game where two players roll and try to capture dice from each other. A few weeks ago, I introduced Nolan to this really fun, really simple dice game from Cheap Ass Games called Button Men.
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