Got any Dice Questions?

[Kevin_Cook]

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

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 ?

Interesting

I know there are plenty of math games that use non cubic dice as well as many other games in the gaming industry (ie RPGs ... Wargames etc)

Is this book available in English?

[rakkoon]

Hmm, not at first glance but the author did write Face to face with DICE in English, where the before mentioned lady is on the cover.

I'll try these games first before looking for any others. Unless you can recommend one?

[Kevin_Cook]

Hmm, not at first glance but the author did write Face to face with DICE in English, where the before mentioned lady is on the cover.

Ah .. so it was Leo ... got it ... no need as his Face to Face will have the same data I need

I'll try these games first before looking for any others. Unless you can recommend one?

LOL ... ya know .. I spend so much time collecting that I have trouble finding time to play

[Kevin_Cook]

Everyone here has been so great over the years ... I now need a bit of help ID'ing some comic book symbols ... It has been many years since I worked in the comic industry and I just cant recognize these symbols ... all of them seem familiar ... but I just cant place them

Click on the thumbnail to see a larger photo



I believe that the symbol on the right is for the Nite Owl (Watchmen)

I purchased these in an auction and they were custom dice made by Chessex before they were given a cease and desist order

Any help would be greatly helpful


EDIT: Got very fast answer from another reader

Left to right

Super Skrull
Legion of Superheroes
Hydra
Deadpool

[DonDuckie]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57901223@N00/3204166328/

the Skull/squid: Hydra

I knew a had seen the skull before. And I'm not even that into comics. So it's proberly in a movie also.

EDIT: never mind, then.

[Kevin_Cook]

http://www.flickr.com/photos/57901223@N00/3204166328/

the Skull/squid: Hydra

I knew a had seen the skull before. And I'm not even that into comics. So it's proberly in a movie also.

EDIT: never mind, then.

Thanks for the confirm Don ... it does help

I am truly amazed that I recognized the other symbols in the set ... I had to look up the Lantern Corps symbols ... and almost missed ... the other Deadpool (his head)) ... S.H.I.E.L.D .. and the second RORSCHACH

[rakkoon]

Was talking to a magician yesterday and he was talking about trick dice.
A dice that can throw any number you want, dice that can be "read" from 5 meters away. They sound awfully expensive just to collect. Do you occupy yourself with such dice?

[Kevin_Cook]

Was talking to a magician yesterday and he was talking about trick dice.
A dice that can throw any number you want, dice that can be "read" from 5 meters away. They sound awfully expensive just to collect. Do you occupy yourself with such dice?

I believe that the person was speaking of were Mercury Tappers

[rakkoon]

We'll take that as a yes...where do you still find new dice after collecting so many?

[Kevin_Cook]

We'll take that as a yes...where do you still find new dice after collecting so many?

LOL .. I find most of my newest dice from the dice manufacturers ... after that .. the best source is eBay

[Kevin_Cook]

If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post

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



Click on the "Tetraballs" by Shapeways FRIZ (above) for highlights of dice added in February 2011

[hoskie]

I found 3 dice and I remember they're from a game I used to play with my oldest son when he was younger, but I can't remember which game. They are 8-sided with the following pictures on them: an axe, a rope, a raft, an open door, a tennis racket, a sword, a numbered 8-sided die, and an hourglass with a red background. Are you familiar with these dice or do you have any idea where I can find out what game they're from?

[Gralamin]

[color=blue][center]If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post

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

The first two look like some variation of Asgard Gifts Elder Futhark dice. Perhaps that would be a good place to start investigating.

[Gavinfoxx]

What's the oldest dice you have? Do you have any original Roman Tali, for example? I guess those would be just plain sheep bones!

[Kevin_Cook]

I found 3 dice and I remember they're from a game I used to play with my oldest son when he was younger, but I can't remember which game. They are 8-sided with the following pictures on them: an axe, a rope, a raft, an open door, a tennis racket, a sword, a numbered 8-sided die, and an hourglass with a red background. Are you familiar with these dice or do you have any idea where I can find out what game they're from?

I checked the database and came up empty :( .. sorry .. searched tennis ... rope/noose ... raft ... sword

The first two look like some variation of Asgard Gifts Elder Futhark dice. Perhaps that would be a good place to start investigating.

I thought so as well but the die does not have enough faces .. and even with simplified versions ... they just dont fit :( .. thanks though

Question: what's the heaviest/densest material you've seen a dice made from? A soft metal, presumably?

Depleted Uranium

What's the oldest dice you have? Do you have any original Roman Tali, for example? I guess those would be just plain sheep bones!

2nd centruy Persian

I dont have any roman Tali

[Cicciograna]

Do electronic dice exist? I found an ugly d6, but I'd like to know if do exist, like, "standalone" handheld dice rollers (with "standalone" meaning dedicated devices whose only purpose is generating random numbers according to die codes).

[Otherworld Odd]

Do you have the awesomeliciousness that is the D20 8-ball?


http://www.thinkgeek.com/geektoys/games/e1ee/

[Kevin_Cook]

I found 3 dice and I remember they're from a game I used to play with my oldest son when he was younger, but I can't remember which game. They are 8-sided with the following pictures on them: an axe, a rope, a raft, an open door, a tennis racket, a sword, a numbered 8-sided die, and an hourglass with a red background. Are you familiar with these dice or do you have any idea where I can find out what game they're from?

This question kept bothering me ... and somewhere during the night ... I remembered what it was .. and updated the database .... JUMANJI

[Kevin_Cook]

Do electronic dice exist? I found an ugly d6, but I'd like to know if do exist, like, "standalone" handheld dice rollers (with "standalone" meaning dedicated devices whose only purpose is generating random numbers according to die codes).

Thurbane is correct ... The device being discussed is the Dragonbone .. and I am seeking a functioning one (I have a broken one)

Electronic dice have existed for a long time ... See the THINGS page as well as the PALCO for just some of the examples

Do you have the awesomeliciousness that is the D20 8-ball?

Yep .. did you know that there have been 3 other THINK GEEK sets/dice over the years?

[bansidhe]

This is one Q i have been meaning too ask for ages,, a number of years ago there was a fashion in the east,japan I think, for jewellry made of fossilised dinosaur poop[no,honest ,really]
do you have any dice made of this?

also,did the ancient celts use dice at all,before the roman influence I mean?

And thanks for a fascinating thread,i always read this :)

[Otherworld Odd]

Yep .. did you know that there have been 3 other THINK GEEK sets/dice over the years?

Interesting, I didn't know that. I especially like the light-up one.

[Kevin_Cook]

This is one Q i have been meaning too ask for ages,, a number of years ago there was a fashion in the east,japan I think, for jewellry made of fossilised dinosaur poop[no,honest ,really]
do you have any dice made of this?

also,did the ancient celts use dice at all,before the roman influence I mean?

And thanks for a fascinating thread,i always read this :)

No .. Unfortunately I dont have any dinosaur defication dice :) ... as to the Celtic dice ... I do not recall Celts using anything other than knucklebones (Tali)

[Kevin_Cook]

If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post



Click on the "Extruded Pipe" by Shapeways Stop4Stuff (above) for highlights of dice added in March 2011

[Raimun]

Does d29 exist? If it does, a lot of ninjas will be happy...

[Kevin_Cook]

Does d29 exist? If it does, a lot of ninjas will be happy...

Not yet ... but I know of a couple of ways it could be done

Why Ninjas?

[Raimun]

Not yet ... but I know of a couple of ways it could be done

Why Ninjas?

Really? I would be interested to know what an object like that would look like.

As for your question, check the DnD book: Oriental Adventures, p. 72, table 5-7: New weapons and the entry it has for Ninja-to. You will see that it has a somewhat... unique critical threat range.

[Kevin_Cook]

Really? I would be interested to know what an object like that would look like.

Well ... the first shape I can think of is a barrel or spindle shape much like this d20



Next would be the facited sphere ... like the D33

As for your question, check the DnD book: Oriental Adventures, p. 72, table 5-7: New weapons and the entry it has for Ninja-to. You will see that it has a somewhat... unique critical threat range.

I never made it past 2nd ED D&D ... moved on to things a bit more logical

[rakkoon]

Ooh ooh, I just got my fake dice in the mail. A D10 with two 0's and a D20 with two 20'ies. I'm thinking it would be better for my budget to specialise in fake dice

Do you display your dice in a special way?

[Kevin_Cook]

Do you display your dice in a special way?

As I have over 40000 dice ... I dont display them at all ... as it would take far too much room

[rakkoon]

But there is a top-100 or something?
A glass display case, a boudoir, ... ?