| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 12 Feb 2008 4:49 p.m. PST |
I've tried the "true" D5 by Chessex, and it's, well, not very good. (It lands on its flat sides – 1 or 5 – about 80% of the time.) So I'm wondering: does anybody make D10s that are marked twice with 1 through 5? A ten-sided D-5, in other words? |
| Grizwald | 12 Feb 2008 4:51 p.m. PST |
Why bother? Roll a D6. If you get a 6, ignore it and roll again. |
| vaughan | 12 Feb 2008 5:09 p.m. PST |
Or use a D10 and halve it |
| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 12 Feb 2008 5:14 p.m. PST |
I want to roll three of them and add them together. So I don't want to do any math on each die, or re-rolling on each die. So: does anybody know who sells D10s marked as 1-5 ? |
| jeffrsonk | 12 Feb 2008 5:27 p.m. PST |
I've bought 10-sided d5s from the Chessex booth at local conventions before. |
| 50 Dylan CDs and an Icepick | 12 Feb 2008 5:44 p.m. PST |
I looked at their website but didn't see any. |
| Drferling | 12 Feb 2008 5:49 p.m. PST |
You can get blank D10 from Chessex and make d5s. |
| chaos0xomega | 12 Feb 2008 6:19 p.m. PST |
Alternatively you can just take D10's and group them by two's. I.E. – a roll of a 1 or 2 equals 1, 3 or 4 equals 2, 5 or 6 equals 3, 7 or 8 equals 4, 9 or 10 equals 5. No hard math or anything to it. Remember: K.I.S.S. – Keep it Simple Stupid. |
| CraigH | 12 Feb 2008 8:37 p.m. PST |
Maybe it would be easier to re-write your results table – 3XD6=18, D6+D8=14, 2XD8=16, etc… Unfortunately, you can't get 15 with "common" dice. |
| jeffrsonk | 12 Feb 2008 8:46 p.m. PST |
I would guess that they might be Gamescience, then. Or whatever Lou Zocchi's company is called (I'm having a blond moment). |
| jeffrsonk | 12 Feb 2008 8:48 p.m. PST |
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| RavenscraftCybernetics | 13 Feb 2008 12:18 p.m. PST |
Arent dreidles 5 sided? Im not sure where you could buy one and they certainly spin longer than a die rolls but it would make an amusing addition to any game.
ymmv,
R. |
| Kevin Cook | 14 Feb 2008 5:49 a.m. PST |
Koplow just released a d10 … numbered 1-5 twice picture Dreidles are traditionally 4 sided Regarding computer based randomizers … as a computer engineer … I stay away from them as they can be modified to <not> be random ! Regarding the GameScience d5's (d10's numbered 1-5 twice) … I find these to be the best Regarding the GameScience true d5 … use of a dice cup … and a hard surface … or a dice tower … gives the most random rolls … the proportions of this die were painstakenly tested over several months and this shape / proportion is the one that gave the 'closest to random' |
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