Board 8 > Dicey Dungeons is out [Terry Cavanagh]

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I decided to wait for the full release to get on this one. Already won my first episode with Warrior, Thief, and Inventor. Inventor was on the first try, even. Seemed odd that the bosses dont have dialogue when they get defeated like every other monster does the first couple times, it just abruptly goes to the ending scene.
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oh cool

i've been playing the beta version on and off for a while. i haven't been super drawn into it so far if I'm being honest, but it's quite neat and worth trying. and i really hate that there's no saving mid-run (hopefully the full version has this?)

edit: okay the 1.0 release has auto-saves. great. that was needed.

The game is so short that I don't even feel the need for that, but good to have nonetheless. Won with Robot, I have a feeling I'll have a harder time with the Witch, she seems difficult to use.
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Dang, boss had 2hp left on my Thief run.

This game is great!! Slay the Spire was a little too intense for me, I don't like thinking that hard. This game is filthy casual and I love it. I love the shortness of the runs.
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I was able to play so hard into poison when i won as thief, even the enemies strong to poison werent much trouble.
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Wow the 6th character is tons of fun, I blasted through that one on my first attempt and didn't even take damage against the boss. Still haven't beaten Witch episode 1 though. Thief episode 2 also seems real tough.
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How much content is in the actual game versus the io game? I hadn't heard of this before and decided to try the online version and I breezed through a Warrior game in like 20 minutes. It was fun but I'm wondering how long it could hold my attention
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Once you win once you unlock "Episodes" which add extra stipulations. Warrior's first one is that all equipment is automatically upgraded, but you have 1 Curse every turn. Looks like 6 episodes per character
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Okay kinda similar to Slay the Spire then with the challenges you can add to your run. That game also had unlockable cards for each class you could earn after runs though.
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the trailer has the text

"you receive an extra dice"

NO

HOW CAN YOU GET THIS WRONG

DICE IS PLURAL
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The issue of singular/plural dice is addressed in dialogue in the game!
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it was a big twitter spat last year too
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There are some die puns though, I have seen in the game
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Man, Witch really just seems underpowered. I can't even find a use for half of the spells they try to give you. 10-point countdown to add 1 freeze, 1 burn, and 1 shock is insulting.
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Only won four scenarios so far (1-1, 1-2, 2-1, 3-1). Robot > Thief > Warrior > Witch > Inventor right now. Witch is difficult for sure, but I feel like the right combos can make her gamebreaking, especially if I can figure out what best to put where. Her thing is definitely area management, both on the grid and in the spell selection, and I am just failing miserably so far. She definitely has some terrible spells though.

I hate how Inventor just keeps robbing me of equipment.
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I seriously don't see myself ever beating Thief episode 2, I haven't even managed to make it past the third or maybe fourth floor. Crowbar seems very good but then half the time I reach that point I don't even have any other countdown attacks, nor poison attacks to utilize the poison needle instead.
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Thief 2 is tough but fun. I beat it today with a really nice Crowbar deck. you have to really dedicate yourself to the countdown cards if you go with Crowbar, sometimes against your will.

so far I've beaten all of the 2s and Warrior 3.
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Okay I played an Inventor game in the online version and started a Witch game before I was convinced that I should probably buy this. Witch seems cool as heck
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Welp, just pulled it off. Got two strong attacks that required 1s, and abused Bump on 6 to get an extra 1 die and then Lockpick to turn one 1 into two 1s. Scathach still almost got me though, she kept getting lucky 5s and 6s
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Scathach is nasty. I got her my first 3 or 4 games in a row.
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Okay I bought the game, so far I've won with Warrior, Thief, and Robot. I know it's the first mission for each but they were really easy, only came close to dying with Robot once.
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but have any of you won a run as... the bear...?!

Based on the knowledge I've presented why would you think I have that unlocked lol
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Anyone can play as the bear if you just believe. You have what it takes.

Okay it took me until my 4th Witch run until I realized you could change her starting spells before battle
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Got to the boss on Witch for the first time, it was Aoife whom I had never seen before and didn't know how to prepare. If only I had realized about two turns sooner that shock was functionally useless against her and I should have used my Upgraded slot for my freeze attack instead I might have won.
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This is how I'm looking after 9 hours:

Completed Episodes

Warriors - 1, 2, 4
Thief - 1, 2
Robot - 1
Inventor - 1
Witch - 1, 2
Jester - 1

Frost builds seem to be the most broken in my experience. Poison is too slow and fire/shock don't do enough disruption. A good frost build can make the enemy basically skip their turn
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How did you unlock the secret character? I got it after beating the Warriors fifth episode, so I just assumed beating a fifth episode was how you unlock it. I guess its just finish any 9 episodes?

Im at around 9 hours too. Did Warrior 1 - 5 and 1 for everyone other than the secret.

took me a bunch of tries to get the Witch right


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oh dang just had the game straight up crash

that was weird

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I think I got the secret character after my 5th total win but I don't remember exactly.
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Was definitely way less than 9 episodes for me but I dont remember exactly how many it took. Couldnt have been more than 5 or 6
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I love this music.
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Witch took a few tries for me, but finally got it by running two cauldrons, a duplicate, and the "roll a 6, deal 10 damage" spell with a magic missile in the wings.

Double enhanced spell slot then a prepared to have the duplicate ready for the boss.
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Heads up for those who haven't run into this yet: Lojinx deals damage based on how many jinxes YOU have, not the enemy. I wasted so many dice on it wondering why I was dealing zero damage. Still won though!
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Witch is definitely tricky, I think having prepared spells is better than the upgraded spells. Not having to spend 2 dice early for each action can really help you get an advantage in some fights. Spells that duplicate or split dice really help and getting her cauldron into an upgraded spot so you can use it twice is very good.
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I pulled out the win, but getting the Vampire boss on Witch-2 is unpleasant. You already only have control of 3 spell slots and then you have to give up another one?
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Dels posted...

but have any of you won a run as... the bear...?!

I just finished beating Thief Bear 6. Never would have guessed using that ability would change the entire run. I like it.

I've finished everything but Inventor 5, and... Witch 2-6. I lost Witch 1 more than I did all of Warrior, Thief, or sixth character. I'm really not looking forward to Witch 4.
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I had a pretty wild Witch 4. to say nothing of the run to get there (which was kinda miraculous - the +3 shield can be really valuable if you put it on multiple squares), I had 2hp vs. a 35hp Buster, got off absolute zero, doing 25 damage and freezing 4 dice. his 5 count attack got down to 1 and I did the last 10hp on the last turn.
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Im pretty sure Witch 3 is easier than Witch 1 or 2. Knowing exactly what youre about to roll is incredibly strong knowledge. Also guaranteed to get at least one odd and one even every turn so you dont miss out on any of those spells
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yup. a good trick is to put hall of mirrors on 4 and the attack + freeze move as your default spell. 6 5 4 means an extra dice + 5 damage + freeze.
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transience posted...

yup. a good trick is to put hall of mirrors on 4 and the attack + freeze move as your default spell. 6 5 4 means an extra dice + 5 damage + freeze.

Yep I did this exact thing except I ended up getting blizzard too. Extra dice with 9 damage and a freeze on turn 1.
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Just beat the first episode for each char. Game seems decently fun but kinda just makes me more excited for Slay the Spire's fourth character, to be honest

Witch is very fun and seemed like by far the most interesting way to play this game. Robot and Inventor alright. Warrior and Thief kind of too simple.

Hoping the episodes make things more of a challenge

I've finished the first 3 episodes with each character after playing quite a bit this past weekend. Excellent game and soundtrack. Was initially worried about replayability but the gameplay shifts enough each episode to keep things consistently challenging. I reckon the Thief needs some slight tweaking though. Occasionally he's so bad on the first couple of floors that you can make no mistakes and still die, then when you finally survive and have Dagger+ going by floors 4 and 5 you're almost OTKing everyone.
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Yeah I have 6 episodes for Warrior, 4 for Thief, and the first 3 for the other chars. It's a fun game but I wish there was more variety in gear. It's no fun getting the same starting item out of a chest for 4 runs in a row. Feels like you're playing the exact same game and just hoping that you get better dice rolls (and enemies) instead of actually playing a different deck.

Most of the cards are completely useless too. Most cards that don't deal damage feel way too slow to include because of the way health works. Sometimes there's more strategy planning your fights than actually healing or using armor during a fight.
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lol my first two deaths in this game were both on Thief 2 where I died in the first combat because it was literally impossible with the rolls I got to outpace my opponent's damage

Thief 2 is dumb

...why does Thorns damage bypass shields
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WazzupGenius00 posted...

...why does Thorns damage bypass shields

Yeah this is my current biggest complaint with the game right now

I've had three losses to Rose on the first floor because there's sometimes absolutely nothing you can do about him because you get overwhelmed by thorns

and then that happens with Cactus sometimes as well, you just don't have an offense because attacking gets you killed so you're done for

my biggest complaint is that if you shock and weaken an enemy theres a chance it will do both to the same power instead of two different ones when thats an option

at least I think thats the thing I was mad about at one point, maybe im remembering wrong.

also this is an incredibly specific issue, but my most recent attempt at Inventor 6 I got to the bottom with very little equipment left and figured my best bet to beat the boss would be the Lightning Rod I found. Lightning Rod stores up power when you take damage, then you discharge it to attack.

the boss I ended up against was Audrey who has an ability that weakens three of your weapons, which in this case would be all of mine

do you know what weakened Lightning Rod does? Discharge but deal no damage. Its literally completely useless. Why would he make it do nothing? It could have just done less damage or required more specific dice, but no... its nothing.

so I was just completely fucked. It was so frustrating.

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Shock has somewhat limited value in general, on some enemies it's strong but a lot of enemies are capable of just sort of ignoring it since they often either have not enough dice for all their equipment, or too many dice for all their equipment, so it doesn't really affect them one way or the other.

And yeah this game is just rife with balance issues. It's really kind of a mess to be honest

Audrey is a really annoying fight, she gets earthquake off basically every turn

Yeah I had a run yesterday doing Thief 6 and the last boss was the Vampire. He has two moves, a lifesteal move that does 4 damage max and a move that adds 3 poison and 3 blind for 12 countdown or something.

So the entire boss was invalidated by having an upgraded shield because it added 3 shield and 1 damage reduction AND it gives the dice back! The only thing doing any damage was the poison and I was just healing from that.

So free 3 shield and 1 damage reduction cards exist and so do "Deal 1 Poison, Max 3" cards. The good cards are too good and the bad cards are unusable.
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