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Thread: Got any Dice Questions?
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2009-01-10, 09:06 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Do you have any dice that do not have an equal chance of generating any number shown? By that I mean, a dice where one or more sides are larger or otherwise altered so that some numbers are more likely to show up then others? Perhaps something like a cuboctahedron?
Also, do all your dice have numbers/symbols on them, or do you have anything like this?
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2009-01-10, 11:21 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Most of my STONE DICE are carved from stone that is crystalline in nature
I have several like you describe ... DICE SHAPES PAGE
Also, do all your dice have numbers/symbols on them, or do you have anything like this?
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2009-01-10, 03:15 PM (ISO 8601)
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2009-01-11, 01:47 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
It depends on which ones are are looking for ... in general ... each photo's name (on my site) contains the name of the manufacturer ... and if possible ... a description of the material
For example:
STONE_D6_OCONEE_MINERALS_AGATE_LEOPARD_01.jpg
Are Leopard Agate D6's from Oconee Minerals in Georgia (US)Last edited by Kevin_Cook; 2009-01-11 at 01:48 AM.
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2009-01-16, 05:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I have no other reason to post than this is a pic I think you will appreciate.
and a set of dice for you to lust over
http://www.payvand.com/news/04/dec/1029.html
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2009-01-16, 08:18 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Very Cool to both ... I wonder the original source of the first pic ... I wonder if it is real ... or is just virtual
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2009-01-31, 05:39 PM (ISO 8601)
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January 2009 Highlights
If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post
Click on the above Ace Precision R & D ... Biohazard Die above
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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 leftLast edited by Kevin_Cook; 2009-01-31 at 05:41 PM.
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2009-02-28, 06:59 PM (ISO 8601)
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February 2009 Highlights
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Click on the above Wizards of the Coast Planeswalker Spindown above
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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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2009-03-08, 12:51 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Have you ever taken a bath in your dice, as Uncle Scrooge in money?
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2009-03-09, 08:32 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
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2009-03-09, 08:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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2009-03-09, 12:26 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
You mentioned you own a Mammoth Ivory die... where the heck did you get that?!!!
Do you have any dice made from bones? "The Bones" being a common euphamism for dice and the fact that bone used to be a common crafting material for dice before the invention of plastics, I'd think it would be something you'd seek for your collection.
Also, what is your favorite sort of dice bag? or do you have some preferred method besides bags for transporting dice?
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2009-03-10, 11:53 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I dont think they offered money ... wouldnt matter if they did ... as there is no amount of money that could get me to do this ... as I would have to reinventory 26000+ dice afterward
Crystal Caste had them for a limited edition several years ago
Do you have any dice made from bones? "The Bones" being a common euphamism for dice and the fact that bone used to be a common crafting material for dice before the invention of plastics, I'd think it would be something you'd seek for your collection.
Also, what is your favorite sort of dice bag? or do you have some preferred method besides bags for transporting dice?
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2009-04-03, 07:01 PM (ISO 8601)
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March 2009 Highlights
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Click on the above d12 from the Q-Workshop 2008 Dice Design Contest winning SteamPunk set
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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 3 leftLast edited by Kevin_Cook; 2009-04-03 at 07:05 PM.
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2009-04-04, 04:57 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Anyone seen a yes-no-maybe dice? I even looked on eBay.
Thanks, MadelineLast edited by coffeeswirlz; 2009-04-04 at 04:57 PM.
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2009-04-04, 06:21 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Madeline
I have only seen one set (in 32+ years of collecting) that are only YES-NO-Maybe ... there are several manufacturers that make dice with other sayings as well as yes-no-maybe
Your best bet is to have them custom made .. by someone like CHESSEX ... they will cost something like $6 a die ... and you may have to purchase several at once
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2009-05-01, 03:17 PM (ISO 8601)
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April 2009 Highlights
If you are not interested in new or rare dice that were inventoried this month ... Please ignore this post
Click on the Seaport Stainless pair above
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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 3 left
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2009-05-01, 09:42 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I was at dinner with a professor the other night... His 10-year-old daughter spent the entire evening rolling a die repeatedly, and recording the rolls. She wanted to test whether the die was statistically fair.
And yes, this was her idea, not a school assignment or anything. She's shaping up to be quite the nerd.Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
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2009-05-01, 10:58 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I noticed this when I followed your link:
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2009-05-02, 07:17 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Speaking of testing dice, if you were to want to test a die by rolling it repeatedly and recording the results, how many rolls would you suggest? Are there any "home-methods" that are better for testing the fairness of dice?
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2009-05-02, 08:35 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
If something horrifying was to happen to your collection (like, say, thousands of them somehow got badly damage/went missing/utterly destroyed), would you go on a mass murdering spree, killing people by throwing razor-sharp D4's and such at people? The headline for that would crack me up.
But in all seriousness, what die is most popular amongst people viewing your collection?
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2009-05-02, 10:04 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
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2009-05-02, 10:42 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
LOL .. we have to start em early :)
As everyone knows .. we lost Gary Gygax last year ... and just recenlty lost Dave Arneson
Louis Zocchi ... the founder of GameScience (and Master Magician / Ventriloquist) is a contemporary of theirs in the game design and dice business
Lou is actually older than both Gary and Dave were ... but seems to be a good bit more active
He still drives himself halfway across the country for conventions ... and does his own setup and breakdowns of this booth
I cannot say what Lou's real motivation was for selling ... but from speaking to him over the years ... he wants to game ... rather than 'man the booth' ... so I expect we will be seeing him at conventions for several more years
Aaron Witten ... GameStation.net President ... is a friend of mine ... I know his family ... and I know (pretty well) his motivations ... I think GameSciece has a great future ... He knows that I will be watching to see that the Lou Zocchi Legacy is not tarnished :)
To be statistically accurate ... I believe that the number of rolls depends on the degrees of freedom of the die ... a D6 has 6 degrees ... and so a d100 would require many more rolls than a d2 (a coin) would
As to number per die type ... I believe there are some maths papers on this subject ... so I do not want to state an inaccurate opinion
As to a home method ... I would think that a dice tower would be manditor ... and differing suraces onto which the die should be tested ... ie wood ... glass ... felt etc
no .. I would not :P
But in all seriousness, what die is most popular amongst people viewing your collection?
BUT ... from a google search on pages with links to DICECOLLECTOR.COM domain ... the D120 (Design inspired by Topher Kersting) seems to be the most linked to picture
Hypothetically speaking ... if I were to choose a die that could inflict the most amount of damage ... if thrown or used as a maul/cudgel ... I would choose the JETCO USA solid copper d6 ... although it is not the most massive die that I own (that would be one of the stone dice) ... it would be durable as well as compact and denseLast edited by Kevin_Cook; 2009-05-02 at 10:44 AM.
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2009-05-02, 01:04 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
I know this is really late, and really stupid.
But link doesn't work.
Which i find hysterically funny.
The ultimate stupid question here:
Do you actually USE your dice?
Like your obscure d120's and stuff like that, and i don't mean just for test purposes, i mean actual use.
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2009-05-03, 02:11 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Well ... it has been 16 months ... and since then Gamestation became a Amazon.com premium vendor ... HERE is the new link
The ultimate stupid question here:
Do you actually USE your dice?
Like your obscure d120's and stuff like that, and i don't mean just for test purposes, i mean actual use.
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2009-05-04, 02:08 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Have you ever used your die as building blocks? I could imagine a very bored person with many duplicates of the same die to build them into larger and larger shapes (I was thinking of a D4 Pyramid...)
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2009-05-04, 06:57 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
d4s don't tesselate in 3D. Neither do d8s, and I don't think d10s, 12s or 20s do either. So no d4 pyramids or octahedrons of d8s. (Or I so would have done it ages ago)
Only d6s would really be workable for it I'd think, most others seem that they'd be too unstable on a large scale.
...This thread reminds me that I lost count of my dice and need to re-do it before it gets out of hand. And do a count without the duplicates. (Which raises the question of whether to count the blue-toned d8s in this bag o' purple d8s as different from the ones that are actually purple...) Eh, nothing better to do.
It's all your fault, Kevin!
(Edit: 892. Without duplicates, 449, not counting the blue d8 variant as distinct or the massively deformed but otherwise duplicate d20. Almost twice as many d6s(292) as the second highest die, d4s(153), d6s most unique(108), though d10s bring a close second(92). Too many dice I had to get in a pack of 100, heh. At least 99 spare d4s makes for great makeshift caltrops...)Last edited by Nai_Calus; 2009-05-04 at 08:47 AM.
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2009-05-04, 10:49 AM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
Right ... I know they do almost combine to form a disk like object ... but a pyramid is right out ... as a pyramid is 5 sided
Only d6s would really be workable for it I'd think, most others seem that they'd be too unstable on a large scale.
I am also a woodturner ... so I was thinking of making some real 'dice cups'
...This thread reminds me that I lost count of my dice and need to re-do it before it gets out of hand. And do a count without the duplicates. (Which raises the question of whether to count the blue-toned d8s in this bag o' purple d8s as different from the ones that are actually purple...) Eh, nothing better to do.
It's all your fault, Kevin!
(Edit: 892. Without duplicates, 449, not counting the blue d8 variant as distinct or the massively deformed but otherwise duplicate d20. Almost twice as many d6s(292) as the second highest die, d4s(153), d6s most unique(108), though d10s bring a close second(92). Too many dice I had to get in a pack of 100, heh. At least 99 spare d4s makes for great makeshift caltrops...)
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2009-05-08, 08:56 AM (ISO 8601)
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<I> now have a dice question ...
Does anyone besides me ... have / collect the
20 sided 'spindown counters' from MTG Fat Packs?
I know there have to be others ... as I see them sell on ebay ... I just cant find anyone who will admit to it ... other than those that I have inspired to start collecting themLast edited by Kevin_Cook; 2009-05-08 at 09:29 AM.
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2009-05-08, 04:49 PM (ISO 8601)
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Re: Got any Dice Questions?
For the record, you can tesselate a combination of d8s and d4s (you'll need to have twice as many d4s as d8s, and of course their faces have to be the same size). You can also tesselate rhombic dodecahedra, which can be used as d12s, but pentagonal dodecahedron d12s are much more common.
Time travels in divers paces with divers persons.
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