It’s a swarming mass of news and excitement in season 1, episode 5 of Rollin’ Thunder – Talkin’ Dice Masters! Special guest Trubie “Flexei” Turner joins us to share the inside scoop on how to swarm with the best of ’em. Not to mention how to super charge that swarm with Big Entrance and Clayface! We’ve got One Big Weekend:Online announcements and instructions. We discuss news from GAMA, 2019 Rotation and other big news from Wizkids. We make a nomination for the Dice Masters Hall of Fame and much, much more! ‘Nuff Said!
[01:00:52] ONE BIG WEEKEND ONLINE SPECS AND INSTRUCTIONS
https://rollinthunder.xyz or register directly here… https://rollinthunder.xyz/OBWO_SignUp
[01:02:59] WONDERING HOW TO PLAY ONLINE? HERE’S WHERE TO START
http://dicecoalition.comDM Armada How to Play Dice Masters Online https://rollinthunder.xyz/DM_Armada_HowToPlayDM_Online
[01:03:41] GAMA Spoilers too!
http://gamingwithsidekicks.com/2019/03/12/dice-masters-news-from-gama-2019/
http://dicecoalition.com/tiki/tiki-view_blog_post.php?postId=137
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P1ji51brdCA
http://www.dm-north.com/breaking-news-new-x-men-forever-information-revealed/
[01:04:18] Dice Masters 2019 Rotation and Nationals Announcement
https://rollinthunder.xyz/2019_Rotation_Announcement
[01:05:16] Origins Dice Masters tease too!
[01:05:38] The Wind up Guest Intro… and it’s…
[01:06:12] TRUBIE TURNER!
[01:07:36] I want to extend a giant communal thank you
[01:08:00] Team Builder…
[01:08:22] Johnnie “Pink Frankenstein”
[01:08:39] "] Draft Pack Generator!
[01:09:01] Trubie Drafts
[01:10:23] One Scan Counts for both
[01:11:02] Dice Proxy Tool Discussion
[01:11:09] Dice Proxy tool really helpful to find identically statted die
[01:11:29] Shout out to Lauren K
[01:11:48] Recap of the West Virginia One Big Weekend Event
[01:12:34] Rules were DC only Golden Age
[01:13:35] Trubie’s account of the Morgantown WV One Big Weekend
[01:14:02] Any cards that surprised people from the set?
[01:14:13] Trubie… “The Brainiac… slowed down Guy rush”
[01:14:41] The “when K.O.’d” Harley Quinn from the HQ team pack great anti-Guy Gardener card
[01:14:59] That Brainiac wrecks mono affiliation teams
[01:15:41] Trubie talks about Jonathan Looman’s team which won the event = Lantern team with Team Up
[01:16:45] Clayface in Golden with PxG… is a problem…
[01:17:39] Billy Club or Quasar
[01:18:30] Talkin’ about the concept of the Queue
Trubie’s Youtube Video on “The Queue”
[01:19:04] Software engineer concept of First in First Out (FIFO) and Last in First Out (LIFO)
[01:21:02] Lucan’s Ultraman/Kryptonite example
[01:21:47] Dwarf Wizard blanking the die throws a curve
[01:22:24] Basic Example #1 with Phantom Stranger
[01:23:17] "]Hulk: Anger Issues/Magneto wkrf ruling here
Hulk: Anger Issues vs. Magneto https://win.wizkids.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=1609&p=4597&hilit=anger+issues&sid=cc3f688684777b389074d243b3575dbd#p4597
[01:23:38] Combat damage resolves differently
[01:24:07] Example #2 different Phantom Stranger
[01:25:02] talking the Queue with Blanking
[01:25:29] Iron Fist Clay Golem Example
[01:27:32] Trubie goes into Constantine Dwarf Wizard Ruling
[01:28:31] Discussion of Constantine’s effect being “remembered by the player” even if he’s KO’d https://win.wizkids.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5924
https://win.wizkids.com/bb/viewtopic.php?f=10&t=5989&p=14727&hilit=constantine&sid=cc3f688684777b389074d243b3575dbd#p14727
[01:28:59] Talking Trubie Warhammer Campaign Play variant
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=u2PpWx9v6D0&list=PLVcehyjJYIQvU054VBMXg206ZDpcph-MC&index=1
[01:29:12] Link to Trubie’s Four Horsemen Youtube videos
https://www.youtube.com/results?search_query=Four+Hosemen+Dice+masters
[01:29:46] Trubie describes “Kill Team”
[01:30:34] Mission Based Play
[01:31:28] Better for veteran players
[01:32:01] "]The Missions: #1 Terror Tactics
[01:32:34] "]#2 Gather Intelligence
[01:33:10] #3 SAP Defenses
[01:34:42] 4th Mission “Control the Bunker”
[01:36:29] Sultan of Swarm!
[01:36:40] Trubie talks about Swarm
[01:37:33] "]Unless you have that Weererat…
[01:37:53] Trubie “I don’t claim to be the master…”
[01:38:36] Tips for Protecting Swarmer
[01:39:14] Swarm as a red herring
[01:40:44] Bolt Swarm Chwinga
[01:40:58] 3 cost swarm ever worth it?
[01:41:31] ever experience Swarm messing with your 4 in 4 out drawing rhythms?
[01:41:42] Common Cosmic Cube pairs well with Swarm
[01:42:03] How do you see people misplaying swarm?
[01:42:10] Trying too hard…
[01:43:16] "]Trubie: We don’t talk about 2017 Bolt Swarm
[01:43:40] Clayface Global with Fist Swarm Character and Kree Capt Global…
[01:44:01] Any Keywords or Cards Swarm plays well with?
[01:44:17] tried using it with Intimidating Punisher
[01:45:00] Anything that wrecks Swarm?
[01:45:32] Discussion of new Poison Ivy Global
[01:46:39] Problems with Swarm and globals that prep
[01:46:53] Trubie doesn’t like Res with swarm
[01:48:02] Breaking It Down – Big Entrance
[01:49:00] "]Big Entrance Swarm Possibilities are wonderful
[01:49:11] "]When do you buy BE?
[01:49:50] Why you might buy it later… turn 2 or 3
[01:50:32] Big Entrance + Clayface
[01:51:14] Big Bodies? or Lots of bodies?
[01:52:16] It’s risky like Parallax
[01:52:32] What do you do later in the game with Big Entrance
[01:53:27] Big Entrance on High Cost teams = a no no
[01:53:55] Trubie… don’t buy 2 of them!
[01:54:14] Arge: It doesn’t stack
[01:54:33] What are your favorite tactics?
[01:54:40] Trubie: Love letting people hit me hard
[01:55:09] Lucan: Life is a resource
[01:55:41] Trubie: be careful to count out damage especially with Transfer Power on the board
[01:55:53] Transfer Power talk
[01:56:13] Rollin’ Blunders
[01:58:08] Lucan: be careful when you buy 2 actions for your first two turns
[01:58:38] "]Trubie: Most of my errors involve going off script
[02:00:05] Hall of Fame
[02:00:38] "]Dane Looman!
[02:01:24] "]Trubie: Dane was also a tremendous ambassador for the game
[02:02:11] Last thoughts from Trubie and a challenge!
[02:04:11] CLOSING COMMENTS
[02:04:21] Outro
Here are some additional links to Trubie videos that are instructive and fun!
Trubie’s How to Rainbow Draft https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ina7-d2UFI
Trubie’s Draft Pack Cubes! https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4ina7-d2UFI
Trubie’s Dice Masters: Win Conditions – https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ctFfb0hNAxI
Trubie’s Dice Masters: What a Dice Masters Team Looks Like https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NNaXJLZDXuI&index=4&t=0s&list=PLVcehyjJYIQvj5rWn0dtYW7GoDlTpJwqy
Trubie’s Dice Masters: Support Cards https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=urE_92L4-kw&list=PLVcehyjJYIQvj5rWn0dtYW7GoDlTpJwqy&index=5&t=0s
Trubie’s Dice Masters: Fabricate https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f-PnFq52oNU