Got any Dice Questions?

[cobaltstarfire]

You are correct .. there are dice sold by Goodman Games ... in special colors .. for DCC

http://www.dicecollector.com/MINT41_...WEIRD_DICE.jpg
http://www.dicecollector.com/MINT41_...WEIRD_DICE.jpg

How do you feel about them? How do they compare to the rest of your vast collection?

[Kevin_Cook]

How do you feel about them? How do they compare to the rest of your vast collection?

They are good quality ... they are made for Goodman by Impact Miniatures ...

[darkscizor]

Your oldest die?

Strangest material?

Most accurate?

Die with best story/explanation behind it?

[darkscizor]

One more:

Any dice owned by Gygax, Arneson, or other D&D writers?

[Kevin_Cook]

Your oldest die?

it is likely this one

http://www.dicecollector.com/MINT1_P..._BRONZE_01.jpg

Strangest material?

Hmmm ... that is debatable

Here is the breakdown of Material

http://www.dicecollector.com/DICEINF..._MATERIAL.html

Most accurate?

Unknown as I never track the accuracy ... but based on the various gaming commissions ... it would have to be one of the precision casino dice

Die with best story/explanation behind it?

A vast majority of dice have no story as they are brand new

Here are some Noteworthy dice in the collection

http://www.dicecollector.com/THE_DIC...E_SPECIAL.html

Any dice owned by Gygax, Arneson, or other D&D writers?

I very much doubt it as they were almost contemporary ... I likely acquired my dice at about the same time they did ... so I would not have had a need to add any dice from their collections

I did have an opportunity to meet both Gary and Dave before they passed :)

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Danny Larkin dice above for highlights of dice added in March 2015

[Flickerdart]

Are the Persian dice also your most expensive, or do you have anything (perhaps solid gold dice?) that's even more valuable?

[Kevin_Cook]

Are the Persian dice also your most expensive, or do you have anything (perhaps solid gold dice?) that's even more valuable?

No .. the Persian are not the most expensive ... this just goes to show ... just because something is old ... does not make it expensive

As to solid gold ... No ... I do not have any solid gold dice

[Kevin_Cook]

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Imagine my surprise when I opened a package of dice from a Kickstarter project and saw myself staring back ...
Click on the Trilania dice above for highlights of dice added in April 2015

[Kevin_Cook]

I think everyone knows me well enough that I am not a person to try to push a product ... but there is a Kickstarter that I am very interested in seeing be produced ... I am neither the project manager ... nor a shill for the manager ... I just want the dice

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ce-warrior-set

[Flickerdart]

I think everyone knows me well enough that I am not a person to try to push a product ... but there is a Kickstarter that I am very interested in seeing be produced ... I am neither the project manager ... nor a shill for the manager ... I just want the dice

https://www.kickstarter.com/projects...ce-warrior-set

Are you supposed to spin that round one like a top? These look so zany.

[Hawkstar]

Are you supposed to spin that round one like a top? These look so zany.

No. You have to roll it. It's a d20, but only has 10 on each side.

Alas, shield bashes don't actually deal 1d20 points of damage. Not even with Captain America's shield.

[Kevin_Cook]

Thanks for answering that Hawkstar

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Borderlands 2 dice above for highlights of dice added in May 2015

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Lapis Lazuli D20 from Dice Shop Online dice above for highlights of dice added in June 2015

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Giant Aaron Boggs D20 above for highlights of dice added in June 2015

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Geeks doing Good Copper d6 above for highlights of dice added in June 2015

Please forgive me for this ... but I would like to point out a Kickstarter project that I am not involved in other than as a backer
The project is already funded ... so no more backers are <needed>
The dice are so amazing I would like everyone to have the opportunity to participate as this is a one woman operation and will likely not be repeated


LittleCLUUs Custom Dice!!

[Kevin_Cook]

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Wonder what the Eric Harshbarger die above is? ... Click on it to see more and for highlights of dice added in September 2015

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Nvenom8 Kraken Die above to the highlights of dice added in October 2015

[Douche]

What will happen to your collection when you're gone? Will you pass it on to your children, or do you think it'll be put in a museum or something? Or maybe you can scatter it to the winds and bless many D&D players around the world with your dice.

Also, I remember seeing some kind of show where the guy who invented frisbee or something (memory is fuzzy on who he was exactly) had himself cremated and made into a frisbee. Would you do something like that and become a dice?

Sorry for the morbid questions, it just popped into my head haha

[Togath]

Not sure if this quite fits the thread or not...
But, do you know anything about why it is three sided dice are so uncommon compared to the standard gaming d4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, and 20s?
While they can be replicated somewhat by a d6, the same applies to d4s(though being replicated by a d8 or d20 instead).
Did the shape just get developed later?

[Jay R]

The d4, d6, d8, d12, and d20 were the basic dice in D&D when it was released in 1974 because they are the Platonic solids - the five regular polyhedra composed of regular polygons. These were routinely shown in high school geometry texts.

D10s made at that time were really icosahedra (d20s) marked 0-9 twice.

All other dice, including the d10s, were created later - mostly of the Catalan solids.

[Kevin_Cook]

What will happen to your collection when you're gone?

Will you pass it on to your children, or do you think it'll be put in a museum or something?

Or maybe you can scatter it to the winds and bless many D&D players around the world with your dice. [/QUOTE]

It is bequeathed to fellow dice collectors

Also, I remember seeing some kind of show where the guy who invented frisbee or something (memory is fuzzy on who he was exactly) had himself cremated and made into a frisbee. Would you do something like that and become a dice?

http://www.lifegem.com/?gclid=CjwKEA...yssxoCjfPw_wcB

THen have it cut into a die

Sorry for the morbid questions, it just popped into my head haha

Not morbid at all

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Not sure if this quite fits the thread or not...
But, do you know anything about why it is three sided dice are so uncommon compared to the standard gaming d4s, 6s, 8s, 10s, 12s, and 20s?

I didnt know it was common at all

[/QUOTE]While they can be replicated somewhat by a d6, the same applies to d4s(though being replicated by a d8 or d20 instead).
Did the shape just get developed later?[/QUOTE]

The D3 shape is a new shape (ie withing the past 15-20 years

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The d4, d6, d8, d12, and d20 were the basic dice in D&D when it was released in 1974 because they are the Platonic solids - the five regular polyhedra composed of regular polygons. These were routinely shown in high school geometry texts.

D10s made at that time were really icosahedra (d20s) marked 0-9 twice.

All other dice, including the d10s, were created later - mostly of the Catalan solids.

Somewhat true ... there are many shapes of dice (http://www.dicecollector.com/DICEINF...DICE_HAVE.html) and some of them ... not already mentioned ... are long before the 1974 release of D&D

Also ... you are referrring to tetrahedral (d4) ... cubic (d6) ... octahedral (d8) ... dodecahedral (d12) ... and icosahedral (d20) dice ... there are other shapes of these solids that were used for dice ... before this time

[Hamste]

I love that kraken die. I was so disappointed when I looked it up and saw it was way out of my price range. Do you have any other particularly interesting nautical themed dice?

[Chronos]

Speaking of the Catalan solids, would there be any interest in 3D printable Catalan solids? I just uploaded the complete set to Thingiverse.

I've also been working on making a set of nonstandard dice (unusual numbers of sides, plus unusual designs for the usual side numbers), but I haven't yet come up with a d20 design I'm happy with.

[Mr Beer]

It is bequeathed to fellow dice collectors

Are you worried about them forming a conspiracy to bump you off in order to acquire your sumptuous collection ahead of the natural schedule?

[Kevin_Cook]

Are you worried about them forming a conspiracy to bump you off in order to acquire your sumptuous collection ahead of the natural schedule?

Nope .. not at all

[Kevin_Cook]

I love that kraken die. I was so disappointed when I looked it up and saw it was way out of my price range. Do you have any other particularly interesting nautical themed dice?

Hmmm .. not nearly as nice as these ... I do have a lot of Cthulhu dice though ... :)

[Kevin_Cook]

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Click on the Samsonite (R) Collectors Edition Gamers Sphere 2 Luggage above to the highlights of dice added in November 2015

[Taet]

You made a what?!?!? That's awesome!