"Do you have favourite dice?" Topic

a No
b yes due to the make
c yes due to the colour
d yes due to them being loaded
e yes due to them rolling high / low more often than not
f other…

f Orc Battle Dice.

No, they all disappoint me eventually.

I know that the probability of any one face of the D6 is the same, but it is amazing how I seem to roll twice as many 1s as I do 6s.

No, I'm not particular about dice really. I do like the normal sized ones more than other sizes though but it isn't something that bothers me one way or the other, if I have a choice I'll go with those if not, no big deal.

Yes, I love casino D6.

Yes, but then I have different favourite dice, like ten minutes later. Ooooh! Shiny!

Balanced Backgammon dice.

f) I have a pair of D20s. I like the color patterns. And they roll their fair share of ones, but when everything is on the line they usually come through for me. At least it seems that way.

f

Yes, I picked up first one Cheesex box of green dice with copper pips, then a set of smaller d6 in the same color, then a mixed set of d4-d20. Now I have a theme and in my gaming circles the dice are unique so I don't loose them.

What Der Alte Fritz said.

A set of blank dice. I remember where the spots are.

c. I have some Chessex D6's that are copper and tin – I like to use them for WAB Ancient games. Otherwise, I also like to use Chessex blue & red D6's for Napoleonics – Brit vs. French. Dean

Yes, I believe that my black die with red numbering will bring me victory every time! I also have another member of my club who believes in the same thing, and we fight over rights of the dice every time we play, even though it is really mine.

Dean I was not impressed by your dice, however they did keep me in the game. They might have been designed for a game where one rolls low to hit and high for moral tests.

My GW box of D6 is hated by my normal dystopian wars opponent, they seem to favour 6's to an alarming degree.

Yes, Rackham dice that you found in their starter games. Black with red pips and the dragon instead of a six. Always seem to work well for me no matter if I need high or low…

Mick

a, No

Lardy Dice – pie and a pint instead of a 6.

I always try to have so many dice of a similar type available that I can never tell which ones skew which way if any ever do.

But I do like it if they have a nice chunky feel in the hand, and I like it when they roll nicely (I don't like those hard clattery surfaces where the dice skate across noisily and not tumbling. I have no control, so the final number is random: just bad ones 'rolled' that way feel wrong)

C, but my choise is quit limited, like only having two sets (of 100D) each has it's own side. If I had 3 sides guess I would have to get another set. (interesting consept, three armys each fighting each other.)

f) A pair of 'percentage dice', D10's in red and black, that I got in the 1970's. Not used much now, but still 'my favourite dice'.

Yup – b and c. Love my Chessex smoke grey translucents, both the polyhedral set and the cube od D6s.

Doug

I like dice with square corners, not the rounded ones.

I have dice that definitely do not consider me their favorite roller.

I'm with Advocate, those old black & red percentage dice were my favourites, very rarely used these days though.

I've always liked the classic Yahtzee/Risk transparent red dice with white pips. Don't know why— guess they look nice and aggressive.

Have a bit of nostalgia for my original D&D dice (circa 1979-80), but wouldn't sniff and miss them if they died (though how a dice dies, I don't know).

I've been tempted by Gamescience's Zocchi video about the superiority of their uniform dice products, but haven't bought (yet), as honestly I really don't need the dice (yet).

Fritz, to paraphrase Lucky Ned Pepper to Mattie in True Grit, "Thye will embarrass you every time."

I feel that a 12 sided die is the most aesthetic of the shapes.

NO. They all hate me and I hate them

F. yes my first set purchased in 1985

Skippy's Liao Dice.
Green Dice
MTG 20 sided dice
d6's with rounded edges so they roll better

… and they all hate me too.
Although I did roll about 6 criticals in Castles and Crusades yesterday.

Unrequited love :(

Not really .. as it changes so often due to new additions to the collection (DiceCollector.com .. in case you are new to TMP)

Yes

Pink.

Yes, I have three sets I use the most, my first set, green and copper; the second set is red and purple and the last set is teal (see through). They are all conveniently carried in a chain-mail dice bag to all events and games.

Yes, my new ACW dice from Nero. Loverly!

I prefer 2 d20s marked 0-9 twice for percentiles, but that's another discussion.

I don't have favorite dice. Dice as a species all seem to hate me equally, and only at critical moments in a game.

Yes, lovely – heavy- gold metal ones by EM4. They don't give me any better results than ordinary dice, but you do notice them when they are rolled.

I would like to say that Lardie dice (with a Pie and Pint on the 6) are useless in 'roll high' games. In fact they are traitors. I use Lardie dice in IABSM, and I regularly am out rolled by my opponent using Piggie dice.

Rich, we need to have words…

All of them!
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James Mattes