Q: What
dice will you trade?
A: I will only take the dice listed on my "Dice Wanted" page.
If the dice you want to trade to me are not listed on that page, don't waste my
time and yours by asking. The answer will be "No". All dice listed on the other
pages that list "Extra" followed by a number, have that many of that die available
to trade out. And I do not trade anything that's on the "For Sale" page. It's only
for sale. So you want dice from me, but you don't have anything I want? Then your
only choice is to buy it. See my page, "Trading/Selling" for details.
Q: Isn't
Dragon Dice a dead game?
A: No way! It was on life support for a long
while, but a company, SFR, Inc. now owns all rights to the game. They are a
group of Dragon Dice players that formed a company to promote and
expand the game. They have new Dragon Dice products coming out. You
will see them at all major gaming conventions. I am now the President
of the company.
Q:
What are all the name changes to the dice?
A: Here are all the name changes:
| Swampstalkers | Coral Elves | Frostwings | Scalders | Goblins | Eldarim | Magic Items |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Destroyer -> Annihilator | Champion -> Protector | Slayer -> Devastator | Tender -> Dragonne Tender | Harpy -> Harpies | Elemental Dragonslayer -> Dragonhunter | Bronze Targe -> Wooden Targe |
| Annihilator -> Ravager | Hero -> Trooper | Hounder -> Hound Master | Rider -> Dragonne Rider | Silver Buckler -> Steel Buckler | ||
| Ravager -> Warmonger | Trooper -> Fighter | Wolf Rider -> Wolf Master | Web Bird -> Web Birds | Gilt Shield -> Mithril Shield | ||
| Attacker -> Striker | Sentinel -> Guard | |||||
| Mudman -> Mudmen |
Q:
How can I view an individual die and it's faces?
A: If you want to know what a die does or looks like, click on it's
name, and you will get a full description of each face of the die,
and a picture of each face as well.
Q:
What's the best way to ship individual dice?
A: I used to use padded envelopes, but the Post Office now routinely destroys them. So I now use flat-rate boxes for all my shipping.
Q:
What's in a Starter box?
A:For the old TSR starters, a starter includes the following: 1 Dragon, 2
Terrains, 15 six-sided Units (9 small, 4 medium, 2 large) for a total of 18
dice. Also included are the rules, a reference card, a dice bag
(one of 4 different colors) and 3 Banner Cards for placing your
armies.
For the old SFR 2-player starters, a starter included the following: 2 Dragons, 4 Terrains (one of each color),
20 units (36 health) of which half are one race and half are another race. Each race includes 1 monster, 1 large six-sided, 3 medium six-sided, and 5 small six-sided for a total of 18 health.
Also included is a rules book that covers the entire game, and 3 army/reference cards. The two races that are in each box are marked on the back. Note that all of the
old 2-player starters are now out-of-print: Goblin/Dwarf, Coral Elf/Lava Elf, Amazon/Swamp Stalker, and Undead/Feral.
The current SFR 2-player starters have: 4 Dragons, 4 Terrains (one of Coastland, Flatland, Highland, Swampland),
32 units (60 health) of which half are one race and half are another race. Each race includes 2 monsters, 2 large six-sided, 4 medium six-sided, and 8 small six-sided for a total of 30 health.
Also included are a graphical rules book and 2 play mats. The current starter will be Firewalker/Treefolk.
Q:
What's in a kicker box?
A: Each kicker contains 8 dice. There are 4
small six-sided, 2 medium six-sided, 1 large six-sided, and 1 ten-sided monster. For all kickers except
the Monsters & Amazons (Kicker 1), all the dice are for that
kicker race. Also included is a folding rule book to cover all the
possible dice that could come in that kicker. The Eldarim kicker is
different, it's an 18 health kicker, and it contains: 6 small six-sided, 3
medium six-sided, and 2 large six-sided. There are no Eldarim monsters, only the champions.
Note: Monsters & Amazons is no longer available... The Monsters & Amazons has a random assortment of the first four races (the ones that come in the Starter), and Amazons. The monster is any one of the first five races. The smalls are always at least 1 Amazon (sometimes 2 or 3), and the rest random from the first races. There was a problem with the medium and large distribution. The first two thirds of the kickers had no Amazon larges, and at least 1 medium. The last third had no mediums and all the larges were Amazons. To make matters worse, most of the last third went to Europe. So most the mediums were on one side of the Atlantic, and most of the larges on the other side.
Q:
What are Dragon Shields?
A: The Dragon Shields are foldable cardboard that
you would use in a tournament to hide your setup. Then no one would
know what kind of armies you are bringing to the table and have a
chance of putting in units to counter. They are marked on the
inside with all the sides of all the first five races (Coral Elves,
Dwarves, Goblins, Lava Elves, and Amazons). It also comes with a
booklet that is a little history of the world (The Tome of Tarvanehl). You also get some spell
cards with all the spells that are in the Starters. You also get
some little counters so if you throw 3 Wind Walks, you put down a
Wind Walk card, and put a "3" counter on it.
Q: What is a Dragon Dice Battle Ground?
A: The Battle Ground is 18" square cloth covered
with a rubberized printing. They have the Home in the center,
Burial near you, Reserves and Dead to the sides. The far corner is
marked "To the Frontier". They come in five different versions, one
for each of the first five races (Coral Elves (blue), Dwarves
(gold), Lava Elves (red), Goblins (gold), and Amazons (white)).
They are designed to interlock four of them on a table.
It also comes with a booklet that is a little history of the world (Heart of Stone and Flame)
Here is a link to see what they look like: playmat
Q: What are Dragon Champions or Dragonkin
Champions?
A: Red and Blue Dragonkin Champions are 4 health
promo dice that were given out at GenCon mostly. They are just like
the other Dragonkin found in Magestorm!, except for their size and
their breath lets you, rather that your opponent, pick which unit
is killed. Click
here to see what one looks like. The Gold,
Black and Green colors have been released! See the SFR, Inc. website for more information and to purchase them.
They are easy to tell from the old Dragonkin Champions, because they have
an "SFR" icon rather than a "TSR" icon. Also, the Red and Blue have been
released as SFR versions. Update! Dragonkin have been released as a new product. Now the Dragonkin Champions have 3 different versions (Heavy, Light, and Cavalry) like the smaller dice.
Q: What is the different between the TSR UK's Gold Dragonkin Champion and SFR's Gold Dragonkin Champion?
A:While most of the dice made for Dragon Dice were made in
Hong Kong, the promo dice were make in the UK. TSR had their UK office handle it,
most likely just because it was easier. So the Red and Blue Dragonkin Champions were
made in the UK. Then the Medallions were made there as well. Since less of the Gold
Medallions were made than the other colors, the plastic molder had some of the plastic
for the Gold Medallions left over. So the TSR UK office decided to make Gold Dragonkin Champions.
This was without the knowledge of the TSR US office. When the UK office started handing
them out at cons, people started asking what they were. The questions got back to the US
office, which at first denied that any such thing existed. It was thought at one time that
these are the rarest dice ever made for Dragon Dice, but since then it was found that
several hundred were made. Making it only about 10th most rare die.
SFR's Gold Dragonkin Champion, was made recently along with the Black and the Green.
They are easy to tell from the old Dragonkin Champions, because they have
an "SFR" icon rather than a "TSR" icon.
Q: What are Dragonlords and Dragonmasters?
A: Dragonlords are 4 health promo dice. They can
cast any color magic. They can also tame
dragons (of any color) when they roll their ID or the TSR icon. The
TSR icon also gives them a save on any individual roll. Otherwise it
does nothing. They are very tough in combat, and are covered with
Special Action Icons. Dragonmasters are the same as Dragonlords,
with three differences. They can only cast magic of their color.
They can only tame dragon of their color. But the TSR logo counts
as two points of anything you are rolling for. Click here to see what a
Dragonlord looks like. Click here to see what a Black Dragonmaster looks
like. These have all been remade by SFR with the SFR logo.
Q: How can you tell the color of the
TSR Dragonmasters?
A: Dragonmasters come in the 5 elemental colors
of the Dragon Dice game. Black, Blue, Gold, Green, and Red. For the TSR versions some of
the colors are hard to tell apart. The Blues are often purple
looking. The rule is: if it has any blue in it, it's blue. The Red
has got to be all red (and white mixed in). The Gold is a muddy
brown more often than not. Sometimes the die is clear, or nearly
black, and you can't see any color until you hold it up to a light.
If it looks black, but shows a different color when held up to the
light, the color seen in the light is it's color. These have all been
remade by SFR with the SFR logo.
Q:
What are Dragonslayers and Dragonhunters?
A: Dragonslayers are 4 health promo dice. They can
cast any color magic. They can also slay
dragons (of any color) when they roll the TSR icon. The
TSR icon also gives them a save on any individual roll. Otherwise it
does nothing. They are very tough in combat, and are covered with
Special Action Icons. Dragonslayers have all been remade by SFR with the
SFR logo. Dragonhunter are the same as Dragonslayers,
with three differences. They can only cast magic of their color.
They can only slay dragons of their color, but when they do, they don't
just kill it, they banish it (which takes it out of the game). But the SFR logo counts
as two points of anything you are rolling for. Dragonhunters are only made by SFR
there was never a TSR version.
Q:
What are Dragoncrusaders and Dragonzealots?
A: Dragoncrusaders are 4 health promo dice. They can
cast any color magic. They can also command
dragons (of any color) when they roll the SFR icon. The
SFR icon also gives them a save on any individual roll. Otherwise it
does nothing. They are very tough in combat, and are covered with
Special Action Icons. Dragonzealots are the same as Dragoncrusaders,
with three differences. They can only cast magic of their color.
They can only command dragons of their color. But the SFR logo counts
as two points of anything you are rolling for.
Q: What's in a Magestorm box?
A: Magestorm is an expansion set for Dragon Dice.
It has three new types of dice, Dragonkin, Magic Items, and Minor
Terrains.
Dragonkin are a single color race, that come in three types, and in three sizes, in all five elemental colors. They are summoned into the game with a new magic spell. There are 6 smalls, 4 mediums, and 2 larges in each box.
Magic Items come in five types, in four sizes, and in all five elemental colors. They give your army a boost in a specialized way. They count toward your allowed health that can be brought to the game. Each 4-sided does just one thing (magic, melee, save, maneuver, missile). The artifacts have an ID (just like normal unit IDs), and a mixture of action icons. There are 3 smalls (4-sided), 2 mediums (4-sided), 1 large (4-sided), and 1 artifact (10-sided) in each box.
The Minor terrains can be summoned in place of maneuvering the major terrain. They give you a chance to have an action different than the major terrain. There are two minor terrains in each box.
Magestorm will no longer be made. SFR has broken it up into three new products. Dragonkin are found in the Eldarim Expansion: Dragonkin. Minor terrains are found in Battlefields (along with the 2 new color combinations red/green and red/blue). Magic items are found in Battle Chest.
Note that Battlefields has been discontinued. Now Minor terrains are in their own product box. Dragonkin has updated, there is a new product that has new Dragonkin Champions.
Q:
Did you ever hear of a product called "Treasure Hoard"
A: Originally Magestorm only had Dragonkin and
Minor Terrains. There was another product called Treasure Hoard,
that had magical items, artifacts and a dice-rolling "cup". These
were originally two separate products. It was thought that these
two products were sparse individually, so they were combined. The
dice-rolling "cup" was dropped. Interestingly, the product number
got reused for the Unearthly expansion.
Q: What's a Dragon Dice Battle box?
A: A Battle box was TSR's attempt to take Dragon
Dice to the mainstream game markets at places like Toys R Us. It
comes with a simplified set of rules, the revised rules, a battle
board (just like the army card placement shown in the rules), and
two sets of Starter bags of dice. It comes it a cool box. I got a
couple just for the box.
Q: What are the different rarites of the dice in the kickers?
A: For all the kickers and starters, the rarity of the each type of small six-sided dice and
medium six-sided dice is equal. For the last two kickers done by TSR (Frostwings and Scalders), a non-equal
rarity was introduced for the large six-sided dice. For all other kickers and for any starter, all larges are equally
likely. Note that the rarity is set by the mold setup. So SFR cannot fix the "rarity" problem without
making all new molds. Update! SFR has updated the Frostwing larges mold. Starting in 2021, all Frostwing large dice will
be equal rarity.
For Frostwings larges (pre-2021) the rarity is:
Most Common : Vindicator 37.1% (26/70)
Common : Slayer 31.4% (22/70)
Uncommon : Assailer 20.0% (14/70)
Rare : Bear-Master 8.6% (6/70)
Ultra-Rare : Magi 2.9% (2/70)
For Scalders rares the rarity is:
Most Common : Blazer 37.1% (26/70)
Common : Charkin 31.4% (22/70)
Uncommon : Dragonne Knight 20.0% (14/70)
Rare : Searer 8.6% (6/70)
Ultra-Rare : Inferno 2.9% (2/70)
All races have different rarities of monsters. The Monsters and Amazons are the tricky ones,
since there are five different races of monsters possible in any box. The rarity of the
monsters in the Monsters and Amazons kickers is as follows:
Coral Elf Common : Gryphon, Sprite Swarm, Tako
Dwarf Common : Androsphinx, Gargoyle, Roc
Goblin Common : Harpy, Shambler, Troll
Lava Elf Common : Drider, Hell Hound, Rakshasa
Amazon Common : Centaur, Hydra, Medusa
Rare : Coral Giant, Umber Hulk, Death Naga, Beholder, Chimera
Chance of getting a rare in a box about 10%, chance of getting a particular rare is about 2%,
chance of getting a particular common is about 6%.
With the 2-player starters out, the chance of getting a common monster for that race is 30% (9/30), a rare monster is 10% (3/30).
With the new racial kickers for the Dwarves, Goblins, Coral Elves, Lava Elves, and Amazons, the rarity will
change slightly, and the missing "fifth" monsters will be out. The new fifth monsters will be uncommon in rarity.
The rarities will be 25% for a common (10/40), 15% for an uncommon (6/40), and 10% for a rare monster (4/40).
Firewalker Monster rarity:
Common : Fireshadow and Gorgon - 25% (10/40)
Uncommon : Genie and Salamander - 20% (8/40)
Rare : Phoenix - 10% (4/40)
Undead Monster rarity:
Most Common : Fenhound - 30% (12/40)
Common : Skeletal Steed - 25% (10/40)
Uncommon : Minor Death - 20% (8/40)
Rare : Carrion Crawler - 15% (6/40)
Ultra-Rare : Dracolich - 10% (4/40)
Feral Monster rarity:
Common : Owl-Folk - 43% (26/60)
Uncommon : Rhino-Folk - 20% (12/60)
Uncommon : Elephant-Folk - 15% (9/60)
Uncommon : Lion-Folk - 11.7% (7/60)
Rare : Bear-Folk - 10% (6/60)
Swampstalker Monster rarity:
Common : Mudman - 42.5% (17/40)
Common : Swamp Beast - 30.0% (12/40)
Uncommon : Swamp Giant - 17.5% (7/40)
Rare : Crocosaur - 7.5% (3/40)
Ultra-rare : Ormyrr - 2.5% (1/40)
Frostwing Monster rarity:
Most Common : Wolf Pack 40% (16/40)
Common : Yeti 30% (12/40)
Uncommon : Cyrohydra 17.5% (7/40)
Rare : Remorhaz 10% (4/40)
Ultra-Rare : Frost Ogre 2.5% (1/40)
Scalder Monsters rarity:
Most Common : Ettercap 40% (16/40)
Common : Web Bird 30% (12/40)
Uncommon : Quickling 17.5% (7/40)
Rare : Will 'o Wisp 10% (4/40)
Ultra-Rare : Unseelie Faerie 2.5% (1/40)
TreeFolk Monster rarity:
Redwood : Common - 30% (12/40)
Satyr : Common - 25% (10/40)
Darktree : Uncommon - 20% (8/40)
Strangle Vine : Uncommon - 15% (6/40)
Unicorn : Rare - 10% (4/40)
Other SFR products:
Eldarim Expansions:
For the Eldarim kicker, it only has smalls, mediums, and larges. The rarity is flat.
For the Eldarim champions packages, the dice in each is fixed, you always get all 5 elemental colors plus the white.
For the Eldarim Expansion: Dragonkin package, the dice are random, 5 different colors and 3 different types for the smalls, mediums, and larges. The Dragonkin Champions are simply in the 5 different colors.
Battlefields:
As the box says, you get one Feylands, one Wastelands, 2 Special Terrains, and 3 minor terrains. Here's the full breakdown:
Wasteland: One in the box, equal chance of one of 4 normal Wastelands (City, Standing Stones, Tower, Temple) or one of 4 special terrains (Castle, Dragons' lair, Grove, Vortex).
Feyland: One in the box, equal chance of one of 4 normal Wastelands (City, Standing Stones, Tower, Temple) or one of 4 special terrains (Castle, Dragons' lair, Grove, Vortex).
Specials: Equal chance of Coastland, Flatland, Highland, Swampland colors, and equal chance of one of 4 special eighth faces (Castle, Dragons' lair, Grove, Vortex).
Minor terrains: equal chance of each of the 6 color combos, and equal chance of each special face type. So 3 out of 24 different types.
Battle Chest:
You get 2 of each size of magic item, small, medium, large, and artifact. There are still 100 dice in the set, 5 colors x 5 types x 4 sizes. It's all a flat rarity.
Dragonkin (new for 2021):
For the Dragonkin package, the dice are random, 5 different colors and 3 different types for the smalls, mediums, larges, and champions.
Basic Terrains:
One of each of the 6 color combinations of terrains, randomly which of the 4 types of each.
Advanced Terrains:
One of each of the 6 color combinations of terrains, randomly which of the 4 types of each. Now with Silver ink!
Minor Terrains:
One of each of the 7 color combinations of minor terrains (including Deadlands), randomly which of the 4 types of each. Note that the Deadlands in this set have white ink.
Dracolem:
For the Dracolem kicker, it has a Champion-sized d6 die instead of a monster. The rarity is flat for all sizes.
Note that there are three different Dracolem kickers, one for each Alloy (Bronze, Gold, Silver).
Q:
Do you have a list of all Dragon Dice products?
A: Here is the complete list of TSR/SFR products for Dragon Dice:
Q: How many
different dice are there in Dragon Dice?
A: Regular units: 240 (12 races @ 20 each)
Eldarim: 5 x 5 x 4 + 5 x 4 x 3 + 5 x 3 x 2 + 5 x 3 + 2 = 208
Eldarim promos: 5 x 3 + 5 = 20
Frostwing and Scalder reprints: 40
Frostwing and Scalder promos: 20
Magic item: 103 (5 colors @ 20 each + 3 specials)
Dragonkin: 57 (5 colors @ 10 each + 7 specials)
Dragons: 44 (22 colors @ 2 types)
Terrains: 72 (6 color combinations @ 12 types)
Know Misprints: 11 (8 of these are Goblin mediums)
Kings' Die: 1
Total of 816
Q: How do
you keep track of all your dice?
A: I use DDAssist,
written by Bruce Parello. It lets you
keep an inventory of all your Dragon Dice. Bruce no longer plays Dragon Dice,
but has allowed me to continue supporting the program.
Q: Do you know of any dice games almost as good as Dragon
Dice?
A: I like Chaos Progenitus. I've also started
collecting Chaos Progenitus. See the link on the bottom. Chaos
Progenitus is a quick play game. It's also quite simple. Note that SFR
has gotten the rights to Chaos Progenitus/Demon Dice, and made it into
a new game: Daemon Dice. I've tried
Dicemaster, Marvel Super Dice, and Star Trek Dice games. Dicemaster
is one of those games that has tons of rules that you have to learn
before you can even setup the game. It's fun to play, but not a
quick game. Marvel Super Dice looks simple, but since there are so
many character dice, you have to keep the reference chart handy to
know what the special power is for the face side of the die. It is
a another quick play game otherwise. I've yet to figure out how to
play Star Trek Dice. I picked up a box of Pracoro (Pokemon dice).
Since it's all in Japanese, I'm having a hard time figuring it out.
Dragon Dice, Chaos Progenitus, and Dicemaster are the only dice
games that only require the dice and the rules. No playing boards,
cards or other accessories are required. Marvel Super Dice requires
a playing board. Star Trek Dice requires a status panel (playing
board). Pracoro requires counters, cards, and other little pieces
of plastic (I don't know what they all are for).
Q: What
form of payments do you take?
A: I can take money orders, cash, and,
PayPal.I do not ship until I receive payment. Please check with me before hand if you want to
send payment any way other than thru the normal mail. PayPal is an electronic payment system that let you use credit card or your checking account to pay anyone and I ship as
soon as possible after I get the payment email.
Q: How
soon do you ship?
A:Generally I try to ship as soon as possible. However, the Post Office near me
has just changed their hours to 8am to 5:30pm Monday thru Friday. I have to be at work at 8, and I
usually get home about 6:30. So I'll only be able to ship out on Saturday mornings. If I can find a
way to get a package out during the week, I'll try. My weekends are quite busy, and I seem to be gone about
every other weekend. So don't be surprized if it takes 2 weeks for me to ship.
Q: What is
your return policy?
A: If the dice are damaged or chipped, I will accept a return. I ask that you return
the dice to me, and I'll send out replacements. If the problem is the paint job of the dice, then do not
ask me for a return. When I picked out dice to scan in for the icon pictures, I had to use as many as
six dice (on a six-sided!) in order to get "perfect" icon pictures. Sorry, but I have found that almost
none of the dice are defect free from paint defects. The most common defect is small "pips" that are
not painted. Frostwing archers and cavalry almost all have this defect.
Q: Do you
have a store and is selling Dragon Dice how you make your living?
A: I do not own a store nor have I ever owned a store. And I do not make a living
off Dragon Dice. This is a very overgrown hobby for me. I have to work 8 to 6 to make a living. So
I'm not always around to answer each question right away, nor can I always ship right away.
For the really curious, I'm an electronics engineer. :)