Thanks to Frans de Waard for the kind words!
We were already aware that Ballast NVP releases special projects in
small editions. This time they reach another peak with this one. Dead
Edits, being Eric Lunde and label boss Blake Edwards came up with a
small box with dice with letters on it, nine in total, so you can spell
Dead Edits. There is also a dice shaker and three scorecards. A bit
like Yahtzee or Boggle? I don't know. I never play games, analogue or
digital. I won't explain the details of this game too much, even when
it’s not complicated, but you get more points if you spell certain
words, 78 if you spell Dead Edits, as one word. Having no one around
here to play this game, I can't say if it's great, but I sure love the
wacky idea of this. The cassette that comes with the package contains
one side Edwards rolling the dice and Lunde finding words with those
letters, whereas on the other side Lunde keeps on finding words and
Edwards trying to pronounce the words the dice roll. It sounds like
sound poetry, and it is great. It comes with machine noises in the
background, Great poet cut-up tape loops and, apparently, cat sounds.
Furthermore, it is short as well, sixteen minutes only, so the best
thing one can do is to have this on repeat at a low volume in the
background while playing the game. You got to hurry up, as this is an
edition of sixteen copies only. This is by wide and far the best
package of this week, despite the short review. (FdW)
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Tuesday, May 18, 2021
Dead Edits: Dead Edits Presents Dead Edits, the Dead Edits Dice Game reviewed
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