Jon Perry  | 30 Jul 2004 12:02 p.m. PST |
Need those a few of those 6-siders that have 2-3-3-4-4-5 on their faces. OK - I can go onto Google and find a bunch of companies that make them, but I don't feel like getting them mail order, as the postage is going to be as much as the dice themselves. I'm going to be going up to Gencon next month, but I can't see that any of the many vendors there will be selling them - at least I can't match up the Google "average dice" search results with any of the listed vendors for Gencon. My FLGS says none of his distributors have a clue what I'm talking about. Yes, I could just do mail-order. But any ideas as to
A) What company at Gencon will be selling these?
B) What company that common FLGS distributors carry would have some? Thanks all! |
| coopman | 30 Jul 2004 12:09 p.m. PST |
Great minds think alike, Jon! I just ordered me some of those this morning from here:
http://www.tindictator.com/tindic.html |
 Cyrus the Great  | 30 Jul 2004 12:16 p.m. PST |
Jon Perry, If you are going to GenCon try the Chessex booth. They used to make them. They may have them available for the show. |
 Saber6  | 30 Jul 2004 12:22 p.m. PST |
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 Meiczyslaw | 30 Jul 2004 12:26 p.m. PST |
Speaking of odd dice ... Gamescience has just added a "Diamond True D3." An example is here: http://dozensofgames.com/diamondtrued3.html Unfortunately, this store doesn't seem to have any averaging dice. |
| Goldwyrm | 30 Jul 2004 12:33 p.m. PST |
You can also buy blank dice in solid white, yellow, red, and blue at some children's education supply stores. I was in a shopping mall and stopped by such a store. The dice are sold in sets with letter labels for randomly rolling compound words or phrases. I think they are $3-4 for 12. You can simply take a marker and label the 6 sides however you like. |
| vino1967 | 30 Jul 2004 12:55 p.m. PST |
Average dice are integral to the Warrior game. You can order them via paypal from Four Horses Enterprises. Try the following link: http://www.fourhorsemenenterprises.com/sales.htm If I recall, they have multiple colors both in pipped and "numbered" facings. Good luck! |
| rmaker | 30 Jul 2004 3:23 p.m. PST |
Lou Zocchi will have them at GenCon. |
| Calico Bill | 30 Jul 2004 3:25 p.m. PST |
We had the same problem. In the end, it was easier to just grab some big D6's, white out the 2 middle dots of the 6 and add 2 dots to the 1 with a marker pen. |
| the trojan bunny | 30 Jul 2004 4:08 p.m. PST |
EM-4-Miniatures has them. JT |
| captain arjun | 30 Jul 2004 5:01 p.m. PST |
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 nvdoyle | 30 Jul 2004 5:51 p.m. PST |
Chessex and Koplow - though I don't know if Koplow will have a booth. If you've got no luck, find me at GenCon, and I'll get some from my store for you. |
| Tom Bryant | 30 Jul 2004 9:02 p.m. PST |
Chessex, Koplow and Gamescience (Lou Zocchi) would be the best sources for average dice.
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| major blunder | 01 Aug 2004 10:19 a.m. PST |
Careful knocking out spots if you are using mixed average and normal dice--- all the average dice I have ever seen use figures, not dots. In the heat of battle, it's very easy to pick up the wrong one if not..... I use stickers at a pinch. |
| Tarodin | 13 Aug 2004 1:16 p.m. PST |
Yes Lou Zocchi of Gamescience will have them at GenCon. I know he has them because we ordered some for our on-line store (AdvancingHordes.com). They are nice little hard-edged dice, easy to tell apart from a regular run of the mill d6... but they do look a lot like the regular Gamescience d6's. He sells them in pairs for about $2.00 a pair. |
| RudyNelson | 13 Aug 2004 1:20 p.m. PST |
In the old days normal d6 were all pipped. Average dice were always numbered. This was a quick way to tell what you had. Nowdays normal d6 can also be numbered. |
