New Board Game Pieces at The Game Crafter - D8 Compass Dice

Yup ... I just had to BUY this DIE! This will be great for a prototype that I am working on which uses a 5 x 5 tile grid and units that move around from one location to the next. The direction die (d8) could be potentially used to move tokens from one tile to the next.

Since this is an "Investigative" game, makes sense that "Investigators" go from one location to the next according to their "drive" (in cars). I was a bit worried about the movement mechanic... I thought RANDOM die rolling was a bit ODD. Like why would you roll a 10 and go to THIS "location" when you could be patrolling from Location "A" to Location "B" and from there to "C".

The directional dice could allow for movement to possible and since there are several "cars" in the game (Investigators) ... It makes sense that they should PATROL around the "city"!

Anyways was a $10 dice purchase. But I wanted one of these to see how the game plays with it... (Prototype not complete as of today ... Just a concept of basic ideas)!

Thanks for sharing this with us. Great for prototypes...!

Possible reasons for movement:

Obtain clues, see informants/witnesses, pursue a suspect, run away from a well armed suspect, coordinate ambush/booby trap of a well armed suspect, gas, medical attention, ammo, vehicle upgrades, obtain special equipment, take captured suspect to the police, trade with other investigators, Impede other investigators movement /prevent your own movement impediment (especially depending on the movement rules), move to allow easier movement next turn (a traffic circle lets guarantees choice of direction, freeway allows investigators to travel two spots instead of one), investigate an ongoing crime or suspected ongoing crime (like points of interest in Flashpoint ), stake out a suspect, be at a spot where a crime is going to occur, depending on the time setting communication via payphones and or police call

Good luck with your game.