In Combat Commander most die-rolls sum the two dice, but artillery multiply them. Sicherman dice could change the resulting spread and potentially make the artillery less swingy, if that were a design intent.
Personally- I have been working on dice that give different results, based on external conditions.
*example- - IF you have X number of (these) units or less, THEN the results are Y.
BUT--- For my money-
It seems that - if you have a number of (color coded?) dice that are rolled in a particular (or set) sequence--
BUT you could stop rolling them at any time,
THEN you would have a "push your luck mechanism" that could have different potential results -- both in terms of totals, choice of results, potential failures, and ("Yahtzee-like") combinations.
I would suggest a game that requires you to roll two dice, then choose to potentially roll more-- and those other dice are cued up in an order that was potentially effected by (all) players resources previously.
Each player could receive bonus resources from some rolls, #s for potential combos they can build, and "Whammies" that stop their progress..?
You could also use my "If/THEN" style dice, and have the number you receive for a roll in one corner- and the color of the side and the other corner indicate what you might need for your next roll.?
Do you know if there's any user research done on Scherman dice or play with dice? I would love to use more interesting d6 combinations in my designs especially when rolling a traditional pair of dice but I worry this will create a confusion for players?
Looking at the Sicherman dice, even though I can see the results are the same, I can’t shake the feeling that I would roll higher with them than with a standard pair of dice. (Probably it’s because one of them has a 4,5, 6 and 8 and my brain says “big numbers”.) The doubles frequency difference is interesting too.
In Combat Commander most die-rolls sum the two dice, but artillery multiply them. Sicherman dice could change the resulting spread and potentially make the artillery less swingy, if that were a design intent.
Personally- I have been working on dice that give different results, based on external conditions.
*example- - IF you have X number of (these) units or less, THEN the results are Y.
BUT--- For my money-
It seems that - if you have a number of (color coded?) dice that are rolled in a particular (or set) sequence--
BUT you could stop rolling them at any time,
THEN you would have a "push your luck mechanism" that could have different potential results -- both in terms of totals, choice of results, potential failures, and ("Yahtzee-like") combinations.
I would suggest a game that requires you to roll two dice, then choose to potentially roll more-- and those other dice are cued up in an order that was potentially effected by (all) players resources previously.
Each player could receive bonus resources from some rolls, #s for potential combos they can build, and "Whammies" that stop their progress..?
You could also use my "If/THEN" style dice, and have the number you receive for a roll in one corner- and the color of the side and the other corner indicate what you might need for your next roll.?
My thoughts-
Matt Zolynsky
Armies of Mythoz Designer
What about a Sicherman variant of the d66? (24 possible results instead of 36, with higher weight on the 2 center columns)
11 12 13 14
31 32 33 34
41 42 43 44
51 52 53 54
61 62 63 64
81 82 83 84
Do you know if there's any user research done on Scherman dice or play with dice? I would love to use more interesting d6 combinations in my designs especially when rolling a traditional pair of dice but I worry this will create a confusion for players?
Looking at the Sicherman dice, even though I can see the results are the same, I can’t shake the feeling that I would roll higher with them than with a standard pair of dice. (Probably it’s because one of them has a 4,5, 6 and 8 and my brain says “big numbers”.) The doubles frequency difference is interesting too.
Thanks for writing!