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Review of Vampire: The Masquerade Dice Set
Blurb from the publisher: 'Delve into Vampire: the Masquerade, hte ultimate roleplaying ame of personal and political horror with this custome dice set.
This box contains a set of 20 custom ten-sided dice for Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition.
- 13 x custom black d10
- 2 x regular black d10
- 5 x red hunger d10'
What you get: Your EUR 17,41 or equivalent will buy you the Vampire: the Masquerade dice set, a set of twenty decahedra dice for the Vampire: the Masquerade 5th edition.
The strong points: Straightforward, imposing, well-made; what more can one ask from dice? The inner workings of V:tM's dice pools require simpler dice than fully numbered ones, and the present set is up to the task. It is by far preferable to look at these beauties instead of standard ten-siders. Results can be read much faster, adding to the excitement and the storytelling. The designs are crisp and immediately recognizable for all three types of dice. The publisher didn't go for anything esoteric, but for the best-known emblem out there: the ankh. Be it alone or centered by stars or fangs, it works great. Idem for the hunger's skull, which is as simple a design as it is powerful.
The colours are well chosen. Do not be fooled by the box's cover which depicts a dreadful red. The red on the dice themselves is neither flashy nor bright. It is dark, burgundy-like, bloody almost. Black has hit just the right tone and brightness. It is deep, pervasive, majestic. Excellent choice both ways.
This is one of the best deals out there on a die-by-die basis, seeing how one die costs under EUR 0,90. Admittedly one is buying one type of die in bulk as opposed to the diversity that a standard polyhedral set offers. At the end of the day however this is irrelevant, taking into account the target group of these dice.
Unless the dice come poorly manufactured, there aren't many flaws one can find on a set. There are no defects or imbalances when it comes to dice-rolling. I rolled each die around thirty times, and even though the results did not come out exactly as statistically expected, there is nothing to suggest that there are inherent flaws.
The weak points: The Arial-like font on the regular dice reeks of banality. Off the top of my head I can think of a dozen different fonts which would have been better suited for the line, yet none was used. In an ideal universe the font should have been proprietary, yet ok, one can't always have such aspirations.
Seeing how these dice are custom-made for V:tM, don't expect to enjoy other games with them. The three regular dice can be used elsewhere, that's however the best you can expect to do.
Conclusion: Cool, well-crafted, and not overly expensive, the Vampire: The Masquerade Dice Set will certainly appeal to the fans of V:tM.
To find out more about the Vampire: the Masquerade Dice Set and Modiphius Entertainment take a look at https://www.modiphius.net.
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