Godrulesdude wrote:2dimes wrote:Get higher numbers on your intensity cubes than the other player.
what is an "intensity cube"? Do you mean a region where you have a large stack of units?
thank you
Intensity Cube was what we were supposed to call dice. Because CC was originally based on Risk, there was a genuine fear in the early days that Hasbro would sue for copyright infringement. So, what little could be done to make the game seem non-Risky was done, including renaming basic game elements. "Cards" became "Spoils" and "Dice" became "Intensity Cubes".
Over the years the scare passed away. "Spoils" stuck around, but people went back to referring to the Intensity Cubes as "Dice".
Some of the old-timers are still fond of Intensity Cubes, including me. Although I'm not really an old-timer like some of these guys, I joined CC when the term was already declining but still somewhat in use. I loved it as a very quaint use of language. I have a soft spot in my heart for anyone that helps us get away from using the same old words for things.