d50 Shades of Grey(hawk)

The link is a delightful post from the Challenge Rating 25 blog about the survey yesterday for D&D Next asking about iconic spells. The survey seemed a bit silly to me, but if it helps make D&D better, I'm for it. I was not a fan of 4e, and play Pathfinder now. But I...

Uncertain is the new normal.

Hey everyone, Bryce here, with some quick 6th edition thoughts.  Jack and I are currently studying for the Texas bar exam, so here are a few of my precious moments with some thoughts on the new edition.  Full disclosure I have not had the chance to play yet,...

Lords of Waterdeep: Review

Hey everyone, Here at DissentingDice we do other things besides school work, miniatures games and drinking. We play board games and drink too! Today I am going to be talking about the relativly new board game from Wizards of the Coast, Lords of Waterdeep. This is a...

Dystopian Wars, First Impression

Good morning ladies and gents, I'm coming to you live from the local Chick-fil-a's wifi. I do really wish they were a proud corporate sponsor of us here at DissentingDice. I didn't get into blogging for the money, but chicken sandwiches and waffle fries would be...

Dystopian Wars, Part 2

Yesterday we talked about models, today we talk about the rules. Alright, the name of the game in Dystopian Wars is rolling handfuls of dice while making explosion and gun noises. The basic mechanic is take a certain number of dice(Attack Dice AD), roll them and count...