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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
WOW ... this has to be the most number of questions I have ever answered in one post
Here goes ...
Yep ... I agree ... Q-Workshop just keeps getting better and better at fancy dice :)
Heh, I was going to link to the video in the "dice manufacturing" thread from yesterday, thinking you might be the most interested in it, and it took me a few moments to realize that you must already know every bit of information presented there anyway.
If you are speaking of the You Tube interview videos with Louis Zocchi ... yes ... I am very aware :) ... Lou is a good friend
GameScience are the dice that in my opinion provide the most random rolls ... is this what you mean?
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1. Speaking of hordes, have you ever been tempted to sleep on em like a dragon?
2. If not Scrooge McDuck swimming style?
3. Lastly a dice throne to honor the amazingly large amount of dice?
How much does said collection weigh, not including packing? (or you if you do feel like dice-dipping)
Have you ever found a reason to roll your d120? If so was it off of a chart you made 120 options for?
Sorry if it is on your website, but it is blocked at work, what is the average value per die in your collection?
As of December 1 2008 the average cost per die is $1.63 US with $0.31 US as hipping for a TOTAL cost of $1.94 US
I know you rarely game anymore, but when you do will people bother to bring dice?
In other words, do your friends assume you got thier back as far as needing dice go?
But if we play at my house ... they are welcome to use dice from my duplicates
Are you as paranoid as some gamers about people touching your dice?
I have had dice stolen in the past ... as a result ... if there is any chance of this occuring ... it would require that I reinventory the dice for Guinness ... it has taken me 8+ years to inventory what I have now ... so yes ... I am borderline paranoid about people being around the collection
What is the highest "dice tower" you have acheived, using what kind of materials in the dice, along with sides? (dice tower being....stacking dice...hope I wasn't too obvious.) I've decided after this question my right to ask such things should be revoked.
Thanks for your time.
No but I have done several 8-Ball games
And when you see dice you don't have do you walk up to their owners and offer to purchase the dice? (That last one is obviously a yes in the case of dice sellers and flea markets and such, but I mean just random people you see rolling dice)
This kind of die is a Backgammon Doubling Die ... in a nutshell it is used to optionally double the points / wager when a double is rolled ... IIRC
THESE are the dice that are being referred to in this question
With the exception of paired pipped d6's ... and dice that are in sets for other reasons (required for a game ... come packaged togehter etc) ... I do not count duplicates ... but if a die is unique for ANY reason ... whether it be inidicia/pip/number orientation on the die ... color of the die ... color of the indicia ... I count it in the collection ... so to answer what I think is your question ... I count each die in each of these sets ...
apart from your meteorite dice, what other "odd materials" do you have in your collection?
I have dice made of
* Mammouth Ivory
* Marzapan
* Damascus (folded) Steel
* Soap
I could probably keep going :)
whats the oddest dice rolling aid you own?
would you like to be buried in a dice shaped coffin? If so, how many sides would you like it to have? And would be the one to roll you into your grave? Would you be open to determining what kind of wake is held by the result of said dice roll?
What I am hoping to do is take advantage of http://www.lifegem.com/ and have my remains compressed into a diamond ... and then have the diamond cut into a die ... then I can be added to the collection
one last morbid question: will you donate your bones to a dice maker after you pass, for dice creation material?
have you given any of your dice pet names?
are there any dice you won't play with because they're just too pretty and you don't want them getting marked up?
what piece in your collection holds the most sentimental value?
These dice were mine from the beginning ... but were often borrowed by a college buddy Hey Fant Sparks ... who could work magic with these dice ... I had never seen anyone before ... nor since who could roll so well
I also am fond of my original set of gaming dice
are there any dice you would object to collecting (morally/personally etc)?
I may object to the indicia of some dice (on moral grounds) ... but I do not refrain from collecting them ... as I am doing this for posterity (as well as for my own pleasure)Last edited by Kevin_Cook; 2008-12-21 at 06:05 PM.
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Hi there! Congrats for your really impressive collection. Dice fascinate me: I'm charmed by their rolling, the aura of mystery that surround them (and I'm sure that you, who own many divination dice, are well aware of the historical background of the "divinating alea"), their final outcome being the result of the unique conditions of the universe at the time of the roll (the shaking of the hand, the local elastic coefficient of the surface they roll on, the density of the air...) (which, in turn seems to somewhat lessen their capability of giving "random" results, as knowing EVERY variable in the universe that could affect the result would give the ability to foresee the outcome - but this is a task that only God can perform...); so your collection fascinates me!
I have a question regarding d4s (I hope noboy asked you earlier!): I noticed that tetrahedrical d4s come in two flavours, those with numbers on the base of their faces, and those with it on the vertex. Is this difference in style a "time-based" one (I mean, dice manufacturers began making d4s in one way, then permanently switched to the other due to readability issues or the sort)? If the question is "no", do usually manufacturers choose one style or sell both styles? Are there games which traditionally use one flavour or the other (for example, the sets for a particular game ONLY used vertex-numbered ones)? And finally (the old banal question!) which of the two flavours do you prefer? Personally, I prefer the vertex-numbered ones (for no particular reason: I just like them more)...
Thanks for your answers.
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2008-12-21, 07:52 AM (ISO 8601)
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I have a question regarding d4s (I hope noboy asked you earlier!): I noticed that tetrahedrical d4s come in two flavours, those with numbers on the base of their faces, and those with it on the vertex. Is this difference in style a "time-based" one (I mean, dice manufacturers began making d4s in one way, then permanently switched to the other due to readability issues or the sort)? If the question is "no", do usually manufacturers choose one style or sell both styles?
Are there games which traditionally use one flavour or the other (for example, the sets for a particular game ONLY used vertex-numbered ones)?
And finally (the old banal question!) which of the two flavours do you prefer? Personally, I prefer the vertex-numbered ones (for no particular reason: I just like them more)...Last edited by Kevin_Cook; 2008-12-21 at 07:52 AM.
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Do you have my favorite d20? It's a black die with red numbers, 3/4 of an inch in each dimension, and I suspect it's a chessex from a few years ago.
By the way awesome dice, I wish I had 2" metal dice.
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I believe I do ... is THIS it? (bottom row second from right)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
If these have been asked I apologise.
Is there a rule governing that numbers go next/opposite other numbers on dice?
How do the world record types check your collection? Surely avoiding duplicates is hard if you have hundreds of a type of dice.
Was there a previous title holder or are you the first person to have held the title?
Do you only collect number dice or also those ones with words or symbols (such as some Pizza topping dice a friend has for when he does not know what to have or the scatter dice used in Warhammer) What about trick/joke/loaded dice?
(Slightly morbid) What will happen to the collection on your death?
How accurate is this video as far as you know (parts 1 and 2)? I have heard differing opinions.Last edited by Evil DM Mark3; 2008-12-21 at 11:25 AM.
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
No worries
Is there a rule governing that numbers go next/opposite other numbers on dice?
How do the world record types check your collection? Surely avoiding duplicates is hard if you have hundreds of a type of dice.
Was there a previous title holder or are you the first person to have held the title?
Do you only collect number dice or also those ones with words or symbols (such as some Pizza topping dice a friend has for when he does not know what to have or the scatter dice used in Warhammer) What about trick/joke/loaded dice?
(Slightly morbid) What will happen to the collection on your death?
I was 'behind the camera' while that was filiming ... if Lou had said something that I felt was inacurate ... I would have said something
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This was brought up in another thread, and now I'm curious: Do you have any d10s with a 10 instead of a 0?
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Another question, what is the weirdest dice you own?
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Hey, do you know anything specific about that d4? Like, how old it is or who made or or whatever? Because, unless I'm mistaken, I have that EXACT die same color, same "font," same flat corners instead of points, etc.), and it's my favorite d4. The weight, the composition, and all that just seem perfect.
Unfortunately, I don't know anything about it because I bought it one night at a gaming store while we were playing there and I didn't have a d4 on me. I'd love to know more about it if you could tell me.The Playgrounder Formerly Known as rtg0922
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2008-12-21, 04:37 PM (ISO 8601)
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Yes ... I call them True D10's ... there are several on THIS page ... from various manufacturers
I don't really consider any die to be wierd ... can you narrow you question further?
The white/ivory D4 of which you are speaking is a GameScience D4
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I assume all dice have a purpose ... if for no other reason that it could be made (like my d60)
or is made of a material that is as far from the standard "plastic number generator" as possible then.
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AH .. got ya
Every die has a purpose of generating a random outcome ... otherwise ... by my definition ... it isnt a die
There are MANY dice that do not generate numeric outcomes ... so many that I cant even quantify it well ...
Examples of such dice are ... poker dice ... or golf dice
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December 2008 Highlights
If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post
Click on the above Q-Workshop 2008 Dice Design Contest winning die (one of a set)
for highlights of <<dice added in December 2008>>
I STILL have almost competed all the sets of MTG Spindowns
and am still offering bonuses for both trades and sales (no new ones this month ) ...
HERE is what I have / need ... just 5 left
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Kevin, I would think that you probably already have most of them, but Dicecapades! by Haywire Press has some picture dice in it that you might not yet have. I recieved a copy for christmas, thought I'd let you know if you'd not already known.
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Don't you find some of these heavily decorated dice rather hard to read and thus of less actual use (although I admit a lot of the dice that fall into this category that you own do look very nice).
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HERE are the dice that Haywire sent me for their dice theme ... Do you have any others that I dont?
My eyes are getting old ... so yes ... but for younger gamers ... I would not think they would be that hard to read
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Oh my bad, I didn't see that section of your site. Nope, you've got them all already. Oh well, worth checking, I would think.
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Sorry I missed this post.
The die is about 3/4" accross the nasty cheap plastic hollow type, typical of young childrens games. Its made of white plastic with round coloured stickers on each side two of each brick colour, I ask only as it's one you might not have it, it is a really uninspiring object.
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Do you know where I can get some dice made of actual crystal? I know Pyrite and Fluorite naturally occur as d12s and d8s respectively, but I can't find anywhere that actually sells crystalline dice.
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Do the dice manufacturer's have you on a special mailing list so they can mail you as soon as they come up with something new?
What companies are the best about supporting you? By that, I figure at least one of the companies probably donates to your set whenever they unveil new dice.
Have you ever worked as a consultant for any of the dice companies? Or has a dice company ever called you with questions?
What is the strangest tax deduction you have ever taken for a dice? (not the amount, but the why).
What's your funniest dice story?
Do you still receive dice as gifts or have people given up giving you anything new at this point?
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LOL ... this is why I love GITP ... no mundane questions ...
It depends on what you are defining ... I know of noone who uses the normal matrix structure (ie the normal crystaline shape) of minerals
All stone dice ... that I know of ... are manually cut and polished
There are several companies that make dice out of stone that normally has a crystaline shape
Actually .. No ... I usually have to call them ... as they are very busy going to production
What companies are the best about supporting you? By that, I figure at least one of the companies probably donates to your set whenever they unveil new dice.
I can say that Q-Workshop has been particulary good to me over the years
Have you ever worked as a consultant for any of the dice companies?
has a dice company ever called you with questions?
What is the strangest tax deduction you have ever taken for a dice? (not the amount, but the why).
What's your funniest dice story?
Also ... I have a strange sense of humor ... so I thought a lot of the Hasbro case was hillarious
The wife of the president of GameStation.net sent me THIS dice video yesterday
Do you still receive dice as gifts or have people given up giving you anything new at this point?
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
By crystalline I actually mean crystalline. Made of crystal. Fluorite, Pyrite, Quartz, etc.