Got any Dice Questions?

[silversnowe]

Do you have any antique dice?

[Kevin_Cook]

Do you have any antique dice?

Yes ... the question of how many ... depends on your definition of Antique ... 50 or 100 years old

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the the D120 by Shapeways Artist SirisC (above) for highlights of dice added in September 2010

[Gralamin]

That die looks like a pain to read. Is it easier then it looks?

[Kevin_Cook]

That die looks like a pain to read. Is it easier then it looks?

Yes ... it is easy to read

Here is My D120 made several years ago .. it significantly larger than the Shapeways one

[LordOMud]

Hey, Mr. Cook, have you ever made a die?

[Kevin_Cook]

Hey, Mr. Cook, have you ever made a die?

Yes ... many .. CLICK HERE

[Nai_Calus]

Hey Kevin, do you know if Chessex ever made speckled six-sided d3s? Their website lists opaque ones, but I think the one I have might be a manufacturing error - It's neither polished or painted, and it came out of one of the Pound O' Dice bags the FLGS got in a little while back. It's orange/white speckled, 16mm, rounded corners, with numbers, and has 1-3 twice with the same numbers opposite each other and turned 90 degrees to the other side.

I actually only noticed that it's a d3 today when I was moving dice around and it suddenly occurred to me that a round-corner Chessex d6 should normally have pips instead of numbers, and that's when I noticed inspecting it again that it's a d3. I'd previously just been happy to have come across a non-tumbled one so I'd never really given it closer thought than 'oh cool a raw one'. I'd take a picture but this thing is nearly impossible to read and wouldn't photograph well.

It's kind of puzzling me.

[Kevin_Cook]

Hey Kevin, do you know if Chessex ever made speckled six-sided d3s? ...

To my knowledge they never produced such a die ... this sounds like a manufacturing mistake

[Nai_Calus]

Would certainly explain why it got pulled for the seconds pile so early, before it got finished at all. The numbering(and number pattern) looks like the opaque six-sided d3s I've found pictures of, which do use rounded corners, so I guess they just wound up using the wrong plastic mix to mold it, or the wrong mold.

Not that I'm complaining. I have a fondness for error things, so 'raw six-sided d3 accidentally made in the wrong colour' wins a couple of awesome points. XD;

The real question is, when I get around to re-building my spreadsheet for counting how many I have of each type, whether to count it as a d6 or a d3. :P

[Kevin_Cook]

...The real question is, when I get around to re-building my spreadsheet for counting how many I have of each type, whether to count it as a d6 or a d3. :P

In my database ... I count the number of sides ... but note the indicia (faces) under description ... for example ... GameSciences D4 and D8 which are really 8 and 10 sided dice ... just numbered twice for each indica

[Kevin_Cook]

Yea .. I know I am late .. this is the October update .. and we are now in December ... November SHOULD be right behind this one

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Click on the the Windows D6 by Shapeways Artist Friz (above) for highlights of dice added in October 2010

BTW .. if anyone can show me proof of the name of the shape of this die ... I will send you a special die

The designer calls it a ISOHEDRAL TRAPEZOIDAL HEXAHEDRON ... and YES .. this is a fair die

[Cicciograna]

BTW .. if anyone can show me proof of the name of the shape of this die ... I will send you a special die

The designer calls it a ISOHEDRAL TRAPEZOIDAL HEXAHEDRON ... and YES .. this is a fair die

What's wrong with this name?

"Isohedral" means that every face has the same shape (for example, this is not isohedral); "Trapezoidal" indicates that each face has the shape of a trapezoid (namely a figure with four sides and one pair of parallel sides); "Hexahedron" simply means that it is a polyhedron with six faces.
More than a name it simply is a description of the dice itself.

By this description we could call the d4 as an Isohedral Triangular Tetrahedron.

EDIT: very interesting die, by the way. Creative, too: I just noticed on your site that the number of holes in the "window" that make up every face of the die, is the outcome of the die... Very creative.

[Kevin_Cook]

What's wrong with this name?

There is really nothing wrong with the name .. I am just trying to find the actual name of the shape ... as I cannot seem to find any reference to this shape

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the "Chained D6" by Shapeways Artist Stop4Stuff (above) for highlights of dice added in November 2010

[Oracle_Hunter]

There is really nothing wrong with the name .. I am just trying to find the actual name of the shape ... as I cannot seem to find any reference to this shape

So... by "actual name" you mean like "cube" or "pyramid" instead of "regular hexahedron" or "regular tetrahedron"

[Kevin_Cook]

So... by "actual name" you mean like "cube" or "pyramid" instead of "regular hexahedron" or "regular tetrahedron"

Sort of

As I recall .. from back in the dim misties ... back when I received my math minor ... each shape has a proper mathematical name ... for instance

1 Frequency Snub Cuboctahedral Geodesic Sphere

or

Rhombitruncated Icosidodecahedron

The reason I am asking is ... I always try to give the accurate shape name when I post it to the SHAPES PAGE

[ajkkjjk52]

Kevin, thanks for this thread, it's been a really fascinating read.

Do you have any fractional dice? I have a green d10 numbered {1/10,2/10,3/10,...,10/10} but no knowledge of its origin. Also, if you don't have one I'd be happy to send it your way.

Also, in regards to:

Are there any RPG systems that focus on d12s or d24s?

Hoplite, I know of one d12-based system, Pokethulhu.

[Kevin_Cook]

Kevin, thanks for this thread, it's been a really fascinating read.

Do you have any fractional dice? I have a green d10 numbered {1/10,2/10,3/10,...,10/10} but no knowledge of its origin. Also, if you don't have one I'd be happy to send it your way.

[color=blue]I believe I do ... I think they are by KOPLOW [/url]

[Kevin_Cook]

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Usually it is a struggle to choose a 'die of the month' ... this month .. it was easy ...



Click on the "Frameless d4" by Shapeways Artist Mctrivia (above) for highlights of dice added in December 2010

[Kaulesh]

Do you have a listing of dice that are normal in every respect but have a single number replaced with an image? I know I've seen some on your site in various places. I love looking through your pictures but I'm stuck at home right now with a 56k connection. Loading up that many images at once is painful.

I suppose my real questions would be "Do you have any of these?" and "If so, can you tell me anything about them (series, etc)?" I could find nothing after a cursory Google search.


I received these in my first Chessex Pound-O-Dice last year. This is a lower resolution but higher quality shot than what was up previously. Redneck engineering FTW! Canvas dice bag + flashlight + cell camera works just fine. It's a vertical sword overlaid on a sun symbol.


I received these in my next Pound-O-Dice today. I believe they're felines of some form but I can also see these being Transformers or something like that. Disregard the other dice, I was recording my purchase for posterity.

Both are thumbnails. Click for a bigger picture.

[Kerrin]

Speaking of a die with one number replaced by a symbol, is there a name for this style of die?

As an example, I had these made a couple of years ago for a gaming convention (the other die sides have regular numbers on them):

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[Kevin_Cook]

Do you have a listing of dice that are normal in every respect but have a single number replaced with an image? I know I've seen some on your site in various places. I love looking through your pictures but I'm stuck at home right now with a 56k connection. Loading up that many images at once is painful.

I suppose my real questions would be "Do you have any of these?" and "If so, can you tell me anything about them (series, etc)?" I could find nothing after a cursory Google search.


I received these in my first Chessex Pound-O-Dice last year. This is a lower resolution but higher quality shot than what was up previously. Redneck engineering FTW! Canvas dice bag + flashlight + cell camera works just fine. It's a vertical sword overlaid on a sun symbol.


I received these in my next Pound-O-Dice today. I believe they're felines of some form but I can also see these being Transformers or something like that. Disregard the other dice, I was recording my purchase for posterity.

Both are thumbnails. Click for a bigger picture.

I believe that the dice that you are asking about are



Mechwarrior Faction dice by WizKids

As to having a theme for dice with a single side replaced with a symbol ... that would be titanic in size ... as I would guess that I have 20000 or so dice like this

Speaking of a die with one number replaced by a symbol, is there a name for this style of die?

As an example, I had these made a couple of years ago for a gaming convention (the other die sides have regular numbers on them):

I have never heard of a name for that type of die

[Kaulesh]

I believe that the dice that you are asking about are



Mechwarrior Faction dice by WizKids

As to having a theme for dice with a single side replaced with a symbol ... that would be titanic in size ... as I would guess that I have 20000 or so dice like this

You're awesome. Those are the exact dice I have.

Dang, I was hoping I had something I could donate.

[Kevin_Cook]

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I need YOUR HELP identifying some dice this month ... please see the first section of the hightlights



Click on the "Powers of 2 die" by Shapeways Artist Mctrivia (above) for highlights of dice added in January 2011

[BobVosh]

So my question is thus: How many dice have you added in the 3.5 years since you first posted this thread?

Feels weird to type 3.5 and not mean an edition

[Kevin_Cook]

So my question is thus: How many dice have you added in the 3.5 years since you first posted this thread?

Feels weird to type 3.5 and not mean an edition

I first posted on July 13 2007 ... on that day .. I had 20361 .... Currently I have about (I have not cataloged the dice received this week) 32933 ... so a bit more than 12572

[BobVosh]

Interesting. You started collecting in 1977 and yet in the last 3ish years you got a 50% increase to your collection. Is it because there are a lot more dice types, or you can just afford more?

Have you considered using glue on them to make a super die, and then using that to beat an elephant to death with it?

[Kevin_Cook]

Interesting. You started collecting in 1977 and yet in the last 3ish years you got a 50% increase to your collection. Is it because there are a lot more dice types, or you can just afford more?

Probably both

Have you considered using glue on them to make a super die, and then using that to beat an elephant to death with it?

LOL ... no .. I have not

[rakkoon]

Just got a book about dice games for Valentine, yay.

Some professor invented 21 games with a D4, D10, D12, D20 and combinations thereof. There's also some info on the origin (bones?) and mythology of dice and several websites are mentioned

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He has over 6000 dice (an amateur compared to you but more than I have ) and some antiques are shown (with naked ladies no less)

Do you know of any other people who wrote games for dice other dan a D6 ?