http://diceofdoom.com/blog The Dice of Doom is a blog about gaming, being a gamer and general interest content suitable for nerds. Mon, 06 Feb 2012 11:12:02 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2010/07/zombie-dice-on-the-iphone-review/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2010/07/zombie-dice-on-the-iphone-review/#comments Sat, 31 Jul 2010 00:25:33 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=2080 A game we've been hanging out for for the iPhone for a while now is Zombie Dice by Steve Jackson Games. Many of you would be familiar with the dice game by now, and if you're not, you probably should be. The premise of the game is simple - you and you're fellow players are all zombies trying to eat as many brains as you can without getting shotgunned. Now, with the release of the iPhone version, you can play anytime, anywhere. Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2010/07/zombie-dice-on-the-iphone-review/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/12/zombie-dice-from-steve-jackson-games/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/12/zombie-dice-from-steve-jackson-games/#comments Tue, 22 Dec 2009 06:25:06 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1751 Zombie Dice, a new game from Steve Jackson Games, has us pretty excited here at Dice of Doom. The premise is pretty simple – you are a zombie, hungry and desperately attempting to eat brains whilst trying to avoid the … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/12/zombie-dice-from-steve-jackson-games/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/list-of-the-best-8-iphone-rpg-dice-rolling-apps/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/list-of-the-best-8-iphone-rpg-dice-rolling-apps/#comments Thu, 11 Jun 2009 08:17:45 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1162 We have covered a lot of different dice rolling applications for role-playing games that are available in Apple’s App Store on this site. Over the past year that the app store has been around, these apps have started to fall … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/06/list-of-the-best-8-iphone-rpg-dice-rolling-apps/feed/ 12 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/#comments Fri, 22 May 2009 08:54:33 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1038 Long promised on their home page, Chessex (our favorite dice people…) have finally released their gaming dice jewelry.  As of writing their website still says they are coming soon, but order numbers and pictures are available in their catalog (link … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/custom-nerd-jewelry-chessex-polyhedral-dice-pendants/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/upcoming-post-zombie-soap-repellent-roadtest/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/upcoming-post-zombie-soap-repellent-roadtest/#comments Fri, 15 May 2009 07:30:09 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1027 Just today our ‘office’ made an order at Geeky Clean for their Zom-B-Gone soap. Apparently this soap will help repel zombies and we think that that is awesome. We, of course, want to make sure that this claims actually hold … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/upcoming-post-zombie-soap-repellent-roadtest/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/#comments Sun, 10 May 2009 20:00:45 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=1003 I just have to say, anyone can buy me this anytime… You know, normally when you receive soap as a present you’re all like “what are you trying to say dude?” And they’re all like “your eau de dirty sock … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/05/staying-clean-the-nerdy-way-d20-soap/feed/ 2 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/iphone-dice-roller-dynamicdice/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/iphone-dice-roller-dynamicdice/#comments Mon, 19 Jan 2009 02:22:01 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=800 One of the great perks of writing for the Dice of Doom blog is getting asked to play with loads of iPhone dice rollers. We get a few gentle requests to try a new one out, and generally speaking we … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2009/01/iphone-dice-roller-dynamicdice/feed/ 2 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/list-of-best-dampd-4e-character-sheets-redux/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/list-of-best-dampd-4e-character-sheets-redux/#comments Sat, 13 Dec 2008 02:38:31 +0000 Ellisthion http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=672 Some time ago, I wrote about the choosing of the best D&D 4E character sheet. That was when I was creating my very first 4E character: now that I’ve actually played the game, and have had some experience, I decided … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/list-of-best-dampd-4e-character-sheets-redux/feed/ 7 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/iphone-rpg-dice-roller-pip-reminds-us-simple-is-often-better/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/iphone-rpg-dice-roller-pip-reminds-us-simple-is-often-better/#comments Mon, 08 Dec 2008 04:33:05 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=705 A few days ago the developers of iPhone polyhedral dice rolling application ‘Pip’ (Mystery Coconut) sent me a request to look at their application and offer my thoughts. Well, we have had a play around with it and we have … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/12/iphone-rpg-dice-roller-pip-reminds-us-simple-is-often-better/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/iphone-polyhedral-rpg-dice-rolling-applications/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/iphone-polyhedral-rpg-dice-rolling-applications/#comments Thu, 30 Oct 2008 21:00:22 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=557 Some of you might remember my previous rant on this topic. Back when the iPhone 2.0 was released, the App Store contained a pretty poor collection of RPG dice rollers. And some were asking extraordinary amounts for them. Well, that … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/10/iphone-polyhedral-rpg-dice-rolling-applications/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/new-uses-for-your-iphone-dice-apps/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/new-uses-for-your-iphone-dice-apps/#comments Sun, 14 Sep 2008 21:00:58 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=380 TUAW (The Unofficial Apple Weblog) has an article by one of their many resident nerds about new games to play using the multitude of Dice Rolling Apps available on the iPhone. Some of these are amusing. I myself, have posted … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/09/new-uses-for-your-iphone-dice-apps/feed/ 0 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dealing-with-a-custom-character-class/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dealing-with-a-custom-character-class/#comments Thu, 14 Aug 2008 02:36:55 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=213 There are times when you are running a campaign when one of your players asks to play a non-standard character class. This may be a prestige class (3.x only…) or some class that they have found on the web or … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/dealing-with-a-custom-character-class/feed/ 22 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/unbelievably-sucky-state-of-iphone-dice-rollers/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/unbelievably-sucky-state-of-iphone-dice-rollers/#comments Wed, 06 Aug 2008 07:48:42 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=133 Update: The situation has improved immensely since this post was written. While I don’t think that dice rollers on your phone will ever replace the tactile awesomeness of rolling a handful of dice, I have investigated the growing number of … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/08/unbelievably-sucky-state-of-iphone-dice-rollers/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/alternative-combat-techniques-the-dwarf/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/alternative-combat-techniques-the-dwarf/#comments Wed, 30 Jul 2008 07:55:55 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=87 My favourite race for EVERYTHING has always been the dwarf. Whether it be D&D, Warhammer or Moria, I have always played dwarves. There is something about their grumpy, stubborn and obstinate ways that I personally identify with. There is also … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/alternative-combat-techniques-the-dwarf/feed/ 4 http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/the-waiting-game/ http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/the-waiting-game/#comments Wed, 23 Jul 2008 05:48:04 +0000 RupertG http://diceofdoom.com/blog/?p=18 I’m sure we have all been in this situation – playing in a large group with people who think that it should take 20 minutes to roll two dice to attempt to hit something. In a larger group, combats can … Continue reading →]]> http://diceofdoom.com/blog/2008/07/the-waiting-game/feed/ 0