7 Wonders Dice Components Overview and Impressions
There is surprisingly little in the box for 7 Wonders Dice, although that might be expected for a dice game. there are only a few dice as well, so I was a bit shocked by the size of the box. It all came into focus when I opened it up, though, and overall things look pretty impressive.
At roughly $33 CAD, the cost based on what’s in the box – outside of the gameplay – seems rather reasonable. Inside you’ll have a few dice, a outstanding and unique dice tray, 7 players boards and wax pencils. Everything has a spot, including a nice little tray along the edge of the box to store the dice after you remove them from the baggie for the first time.
The player boards are really big, and are folded in half to fit inside the box. I think it will take a few plays to really flatten them all out as they tend to bow in the middle where the crease is. This actually frustrated me more than I thought it would when unboxing, so I quickly put each board under a heavy book to flatten them out for future games. The iconography on the boards is phenomenal, and the artwork melds well into that. It does look busy at first glance, but after a few rounds you start to appreciate all the ways actions and spaces are highlighted. Further, this game is colourblind friendly, which is phenomenal.
The board texture is similar to a dry erase board, but instead of dry erase, the game comes with wax pencils. Now a word of warning – based on the review by The Dice Tower, I learned that the wax pencils have the chance to ruin the boards. So I test that theory in a corner of a board, and it is 100% accurate. You need to use the pencils on the board at an angle – directly using the point will leave indents on the board that will not come out. Personally, I plan to load this box with a few dry erase markers and call it a day.
That’s about all there is in the box. The dice are screen printed and will be rolling around in the included dice tray. The tray is actually brilliant as it serves two purposes. It is a place for the dice to roll, but also has costs in the corners and ridges that create a grid of 4 spaces. Depending on where the dice end up – you shack them with a lid on it – will determine the cost of that die. Pretty nifty if you ask me! That said, how long before these screen printed dice start to wear?
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Article By Adam
