FUDGE Dice shortages (Dresden Files)

[wolff96]

I think the question on where and why the dice are so low is already pretty well answered, but I wanted to offer a couple of thoughts on the other questions.

2) Is Dresden Files really that good of a game that it's causing dice shortages? Or are they just a low supply item in general already?

They're a low-supply item and the Dresden Files release suddenly brought the dice to a somewhat larger audience than had previously been buying the dice. I checked every vendor at GenCon and every single one was sold and out and made some variant on the "I wish we'd brought a lot more of those" when asked.

3) Should I still even bother with Spirit of the Century, if they both run essentially the same game system? Will that book add much? I've never played Dresden, and only played SotC at cons (but loved it).

Fudge, Fate, and Dresden are all minor variants on the same system, but they 'spin' differently.

Spirit of the Century is a *wonderful* pulp game that I have had a lot of fun with over the years. It's kind of cinematic and over-the-top (IMO) and works really well for the old serials and Indiana Jones-style games.

Dresden, being a modern game with a very large supernatural element, works differently despite being the same rules-set. It seems a bit less forgiving in combat, but that could just be because magic is pretty nasty.

Both games are awesome and the real difference is what you want to run with them.

I'd like to note in passing that I have a fledgling game of Dresden Files running now with a bunch of players that have never read the books (only my wife and I have read them) -- I just showed them the template section of the book and let them go nuts. They get to discover the world nearly as much as any non-savvy mortal and it's worked really well so far. Granted, it's less than a month old, but so far, so good...

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Now if only I could get some more dice for it!

 

[darjr]

Someone on rpg.net suggested using heroscape dice, but I guess they won't work.

Still, it got me thinking and I noticed that the yellow zombie dice have two brains, two sets of feet and two shotgun blasts. There are four of them in a game to boot. Zombie FATE with the dice to match might be kinda cool.

Also someone posted that Games Plus - Home has lots and they ship. I wonder what other FLGS that ship have some.

 

[Greatwyrm]

2) Is Dresden Files really that good of a game that it's causing dice shortages? Or are they just a low supply item in general already?

I can't say it's the cause of the shortage, but it rocks. They've taken a well-established, licensed IP and made an extremely smooth game that "feels" right on every point. That's tough to do when you're playing in someone else's sandbox, but they did it.

3) Should I still even bother with Spirit of the Century, if they both run essentially the same game system? Will that book add much? I've never played Dresden, and only played SotC at cons (but loved it).

They're more similar than the same. Kinda like how if you played D&D 3.x, it wasn't hard to learn d20Modern or Star Wars Saga Edition.