DFW Dice Masters Podcast Episode 1 – The Pilot

Well JJ and Dave have gotten around to making the first DFW Dice Masters Podcast. Click here to listen.

JJ and Dave talk about their teams, their most and least favorite characters, the Dungeons and Dragons set, the Uncanny X-Men Origins spoiler and the newly released FAQ.

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Official FAQ broken down

With the release of the FAQ, some people might still be confused, or just want a TL;DR and we have your back.

Drawing Dice Effects

• Gearing Up

1. Can be used during Main Step or during the Attack Step prior to damage being assigned.
2. They cannot be rerolled since the reroll phase has passed

• Gambit “Ace in the Hole” and characters like it

1. When the requirements are filled, the effect happens. When Gambit is fielded, you draw the dice.

Target Must Attack Effects

• Must be activated before the Attack Step

If a character with a game effect that is triggered by taking damage is KO’ed due to damage dealt in combat, does their game effect occur?

• Yes

If a character with a game effect that is triggered by taking damage is KO’ed by a game effect that KO’s the character, does the game effect occur?

• No, KO’d is not taking damage.

Please explain game effects that occur when a character is “engaged” in combat. 

• Engaged means still blocked/blocking a character at the time. For the purpose of clarification, we will use Black Widow “Natural”.

If Black Widow has knocked out the character she was blocked by or been knocked out the character she was blocking at the assign damage step, her ability would not trigger because she would not be engaged at the end of the attack step.

Please explain “When fielded” effects

• The effects happen when the character reaches the field in any fashion. They take affect even if the character would die due to something like Doctor Doom “Reed Richards’ Rival” killing it instantly.

Please explain “While Active” effects.

• Effects that are static as long as a dice is in the field or attacking zone.
• The effects do not stack for the player, but if both players have the card in play, the effect would be applied for each player regardless of how many extra dice the players may have on the field.

Please explain the interaction/timing of “When Fielded” and “While Active” effects. 

• Dice that are fielded are affected by while active effects. However, the when fielded effect still triggers regardless if the character dies or not.

Please explain “When/While attacking” and “When/While blocking” effects.

• The effects trigger each and every time the requirement is met and for each die that is accomplishing the requirement. Essentially when a character is assigned to block, or assigned to attack.

What happens to a captured die if the capturing die is captured, rerolled, or otherwise changed such that the power is no longer available?

• You put it back the way you found it, where you found it, unless the card notes otherwise.

Is a character considered to be blocked even if the blocker is removed from combat before damage is assigned?

• Yes

: Can you use a 2 generic energy die to both field characters and purchase a die in the same turn? To field two characters who each cost 1 to field?

• Yes, but you must do it without performing another action in between.

If a card effect is triggered multiple time by the same game effect, does the card effect happen multiple times as a result? 

• They answered this poorly, if the effect is triggered simultaneously, multiple times, then the effect would only trigger once. However, if another new source would trigger it again, the effect triggers again. Essentially a single action cannot trigger one ability multiple times. 

: If I target a character with two separate effects that resolve simultaneously, and for opposite effect, what happens?

• The active player would choose which effect to apply first.

Hope the helps all you Dice Masters out. Once again, David and I will be breaking down the FAQ a little, but I hope this article helps.

 

 

Official Dice Masters FAQ

We all have been waiting for it, and here it is. The official FAQ for Dice Masters!

Click here now to read it.

David and JJ will be breaking down the FAQ on the podcast tonight and an article highlighting big clarifications will be posted shortly!

New Uncanny X-Men news (with spoiled cards) plus breakdown.

Hello fellow Dice Masters. Exciting news came out today over on the boardgamegeek forums.  A user by the name of J. H. Horatio posted a picture containing spoilers of the Uncanny X-Men set. The ad comes from the Origins program. (Click on picture to enlarge)

With this exciting news, we see some confirmation on some characters in the next, much anticipated set. X-23 “Assassin” (Cost and type unknown)

• “When X-23…Character. [B]……(if able).”

Mister Sinister “Nasty …” 5 cost Bolt Character

• “While Mister S[inister]…Villain is kn[ocked out]…..deal 1 dam[age]….
• Global: Pay…..One of his ch….”

Marvel Girl “Superhero” 5 cost Bolt character

• Heroic: “Whe[n]…up with a diff[erent]…start of your…
• While Marve[l]…her partner…non-Heroic…”
• Dice sides known: 1 cost, 3 attack, 3 defense

Falcon “Recon” 3 cost Punch character

• “When Falcon…can’t be blocke[d]”

Quicksilver “Thanks to…” 4 cost Bolt character

• “When fielded, Quicksilver deals 1 damage to each opposing sidekick.”
• Dice sides known: Lvl 1: 0 cost, 3 attack, 1 defense. Lvl 2: 1 cost, 3 attack, 2 defense. Lvl 3: 1 cost, 4 attack, ? defense

As you may have noticed, it seems that the characters are keeping same archetypes with the previous set. X-23 is probably close to the assassin type that deadpool is in the AvX set. This is just speculation. We can also see that Falcon does something similar to Angel, in that he cannot be blocked something happens. Quicksilver in line with other bolt characters, does direct damage in a form. However, we now have something new with Marvel Girl with the new mechanic Heroic. The mechanic seems to have her tied to another card. Will be interesting if this could potentially protect another character which might be good news for those Loki Gemkeeper players.

Another thing, some of the dice on the right side of the add are shown. We can see what I believe is a cyclops, but different colors. This begs the question of reoccurring characters in future sets. Some buzz on the forums thinks this to be the villain version of Cyclops, however that would not fall in line with the uncanny universe. If it is Cyclops, some people have been asking would you be able to use his previous dice. I would have to say know as the dice are clearly printed on the cards and would not be interchangeable.

Lastly you can now see the “Heroclix” style gravity feed that is supposed to deliver the cards in a better shape as a huge drawback was the consumers complaining about warped cards from being packed so tightly. This is an exciting little tidbit for all the Dice Master fans and we can froth more at the mouth until we get closer to fall. Feel free to comment on the article and let us know what you think on this exciting news.

Welcome to the DFW Dice Masters

Hello fellow Dice Masters. This site will serve to create content and discussion for the Marvel Dice Masters game (and future expansions).

We will discuss strategy, rules, teams and so much more. The site will be under construction for a short time so this will be more developed shortly!

-JJ