::A Geek in Korea::

Sometimes you just get lucky. Kdice is a free, multiplayer, browser based, version of Dice Wars. So what is Dice Wars? Imagine RIsk, except that the number of dice you roll represent your "army" of sorts more directly. As you accumulate connected lands, at the end of your turn you get dice randomly placed on your controlled territories. You can attack any hostile territory adjacent to your own, as in Risk. However, if you have more dice than your opponents, you can radically gain an advantage. You must move all of your dice except one in a territory you conquer. For every territory you conquer, you thus lose an attack die as you move forward capturing, leaving a trail of weakly protected territories in your wake. When your turn begins again, your are reinforced. Anything in excess of eight dice on a territory is kept and added and the next reinforcement if territories have less than eight armies on them. It’s like Risk, but without the tedious counting of armies and all that dumb post turn troop movement. As such, it’s a much faster game.

I discovered Dice Wars today as I was surfing around bored, and thought, "Wow, the AI on this is fairly good, but it’d be even better to play against real people." Two minutes later, I discover Kdice. Seems people agree with me. I’ve been playing a few rounds against the ranked players in the game and they prove a nice challenge. I’ve won a game where I got lucky at the beginning, and lost a few games with terrible starting placement. There is a bit of luck needed, but strategy and psychology get involved as well. It’s fun, free, and strategy based.

What more do you need? As long as the game stays popular, there is no problem starting a new game, despite needing seven players. Give it a try.