[RPG]: BONES: The Customizable Dice RPG, reviewed by wljohnso (3/4)

http://www.rpg.net/reviews/archive/11/11264.phtml

Wes Johnson's Summary:

BONES is a customizable dice RPG whose slight lack of polish is more than made up for by fun, open and deceptively simple rules and gameplay.

Go to the full review for more information.

Post originally by screenmonkey at 2005-05-15 19:45:50
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The idea of the dice and icons sounds very similar to that used by D6 supers, Hero Quest, Heroscape, etc.

Will players have to modifiy their dice over the course of a charater's career?

Happy Gaming, =)
screenmonkey

Post originally by Skylark at 2005-05-16 08:06:48
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Throwing Stones Fantasy, produced by Gamesmiths, that went OOP about 7 years back. I wonder if this game is inspired by that game, or an attempt at a resurrection. Looks interesting, and I did enjoy Throwing Stones, though not the collectable dice aspect. Bones looks like an improvement.

Post originally by Wes Johnson at 2005-05-17 12:55:46
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If I read my correspondance with the BONES folks yes that was an inspiration from BONES. I had never played Throwing Stones so I could not make any references to it in my review.

--Wes

Post originally by Wes Johnson at 2005-05-17 12:58:10
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Indeed there are some similarities, though there are a lot of icons in BONES, so an easy way to change out dice is a good plan (stickers attached to d6's being suggested in the game itself).

As for a character's dice, no not really. Icons are permanent for the character as you initially create the character and tack on icons later.

--Wes