In Further Praise of Valley Games

I just received my upgraded, wooden dice for Command and Colors: Ancients yesterday from Valley Games. I cannot overstate how much of an upgrade these finely crafted dice actually are. The picture above, borrowed from the Valley Games website, just doesn't do the dice justice. The paint used has a metallic finish to it, giving the swords and helmets just the right amount of gleam. The dice are a bit smaller than the horrid, plastic garbage dice provided by GMT, making them much more dice tower friendly. In addition, the feel of wooden dice in your hand seems much more appropriate to the theme of the game than the cold, slick, black plastic dice that come with the game. Perhaps as you play you can picture some ancient Greek craftsman carving these little cubes as the hoplites marched out the gates of the city-state...