Button Men 101

Very basic play, right? What should blackshadowshade do?

Game #2178  •  ElihuRoot (Aquarius) vs. blackshadowshade (Taurus)  •  Round #2

Testing Zodiac

Opponent's turn to attack

(6) p(6) (8) s(12) (X) Button: Aquarius Player: ElihuRoot

W/L/T: 0/1/0 (3)  •  Score: 37 (+2.7 sides) Dice captured: s(20), (10), g(8) (6) 2 p(6) 3 (X=4) 2 18 (20) 3 (V=6)  8  g(8) Dice captured: s(12), (8) W/L/T: 1/0/0 (3)  •  Score: 33 (-2.7 sides)

Player: blackshadowshade Button: Taurus g(8) (10) (20) s(20) (V)

A case for boom dice?

Not really a question, I guess. Without the boom attack, what chance does g. have? On the other hand, what chance does g. have with the boom attack?

Still, maybe this is the most useful boom attack I've seen thus far.