I spent some more time with Dice & Sword, and these are my final thoughts.

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Part 1:    • Dice & Sword | First impressions duri...  

https://store.steampowered.com/app/2758110/Dice__Sword

The short version if you don't want to watch:
The game does a fairly decent job of combining RPG & Board game aspects, but after spending nearly an hour focused on trying to level up characters and gaining little ground - I decided the grind is just too much for me. I don't mind the grind, but not if progress feels like a dangling carrot I can never quite reach.



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