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Playtesting is essential. I've made games that sounded fine to me in theory, but were horrific hellish experiences once you actually took them for a spin.

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(Sunday afternoon, INT: EB and JH's apartment)

JH: Hey, since you have so many dice, you want to help me out with another one of my board games?
EB: You have a game that utilizes dozens of polyhedral dice?
JH: Indeed I do. It's called Dice Farmer.
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EB: What would I be helping you with?
JH: Well, see, my own dice collection is meager at best. I've never really had enough to test it properly, so I don't know how it actually plays out.
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EB: What the heck, it's still fairly early. Go ahead and get it out.
JH: There's actually nothing to get. We just need the dice themselves.
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EB: So by definition, then, this is not technically a board game.
JH: Well, it is the first test. I suppose anything could happen.