Learning Resources Dice Of Fury Game Review

Reviewed by Jenny Bray

The concept of this game is so simple yet it works so well. My children absolutely love it. It’s one of few games where age is of no advantage (as long as you can do the maths aspect) as it’s all in the throw of the dice and speed that you play.

The game comes in an attractive, bright box, highlighting the 4 game play colours of blue, pink, green and purple. Inside there are 4 card game boards with inset space for 6 dice on them, 24 coloured dice, a large white dice (named the ‘furious jumbo die’) and a set of 80 challenge cards. Each player has 6 dice, which match the colour of their game board/dice holder. Of the six dice, three are bold coloured (colour matching the game board in blue, pink, green or purple) with white spots and the other three are white with coloured spots. This means you’re always clear which dice belong to who during the game (an important point if playing in a small space where dice may get jumbled!).

The large ‘furious jumbo die’ has a locking cap for the one side, which all the 24 smaller dice can be put in to when not in play. This then means that the box the game came in suddenly seems on the larger side for storage!

The box includes a photo and biography of Mary Jo Reutter, the creator of the game, which was a nice touch. The game is made by Educational Insights. If you check out their website; Learning Resources, they offer a wide choice of games and toys designed to be both fun and educational.

This game is designed for 2-4 players. It’s actually a game where it’s just as good with 2 players as it is with 3 or 4 due to its design, although much noisier when 4 are competing!

The age range is 7 to 107. My youngest is 7 and he absolutely loved it. Sometimes games have an age range but are also good for younger ones. I think younger ones would struggle with this as you need to be able to quickly add up dice while playing to win that round.

There are two different types of challenge card; blue edged cards are easy and pink edged cards are harder. You can play with just the one or mix them together. We started with the blue. Once I was sure my youngest could play competently we ended up mixing the two sets together. I did end up helping my 7 year old with a couple of the hardest pink cards, but he was able to work most of them out for himself. An example of a blue card is; ‘Coloured dice are 2s, White dice are 4s’. An example of a pink card is; ‘Total of colored dice is more than total of white dice’ (spelling on the cards is American so ‘colored’ not ‘coloured’). There are also 12 ‘slow your roll’ cards, which involve everyone rolling their dice at the same time and then adding them up or picking odds or evens out. These cards allow for a little calm in an otherwise very fast paced interactive game. The first person to get all the dice correct on their board then has to also grab the big white dice in order to win the card. This is the bit that caused the most fall out in my house!

All three of my children love this game. It’s also a handy way of getting them to do maths without even realising so incorporating learning at home but in a really fun way. I particularly like that age is not an advantage, so everyone in the family has an equal chance of winning. It really is purely based on the luck of the dice, well, maybe combined with how fast you can roll and sort the dice too (When just playing with my youngest then I will play one handed so he has a little more time to sort his dice out). The official rules are that the first person to get 10 cards wins. However, mine were so keen that they wanted to do up to 20 and even work their way through the whole deck of 80. That makes this game a winner in my household!

Rating: I give it 5/5

RRP: £23.50. This game can be purchased from Learning Resources here.