NOLA Chris  | 04 Jul 2012 11:11 a.m. PST |
Hi all, I have always disliked lound clatery dice rolling,
so I bought a tower from Litko,
glued felt to the baffles and sides,
and Presto!
a nice quiet (well, muffled) dice tower!
works well! next modification will be an "arena" for the
dice to roll out into, to make them easier to see Chris
(just say "NO" to dice cups) |
 Rrobbyrobot | 04 Jul 2012 12:47 p.m. PST |
I wanted nothing on my game table but terrain and figures. So I started rolling dice in a box on the desk by the table. This was a bit noisey, so I lined the cardboard box with felt.
I also sometimes play a game that uses buckets of dice. So I bought some dollar store plastic cups and lined them with felt. But I really like your felt lined dice tower idea. |
| Dark Knights And Bloody Dawns | 04 Jul 2012 12:50 p.m. PST |
Dice tower with added silencer… All you need now is some 9mm dice! |
 Ditto The Abdominal Snowman | 04 Jul 2012 1:15 p.m. PST |
So I started rolling dice in a box on the desk by the table. Me too! My wife found me a nice shallow wooden box for this from a resale store. This was a bit noisey, so I lined the cardboard box with felt. But.. but… the rattling is the sound of machine gun fire! 
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Tim |
| CPBelt | 04 Jul 2012 2:31 p.m. PST |
Hmmm…maybe I'm the only one, but I like the sound of rolling dice. For many years, this was my favorite dice tower. it even has a bell.
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| Skeptic | 04 Jul 2012 5:50 p.m. PST |
Good idea! A local club member seems to enjoy using his dice tower, but the noise is rather annoying, especially if you're not at the same gaming table… |
| Ditto The Abdominal Snowman | 04 Jul 2012 6:23 p.m. PST |
CPBelt, ahhh, I had one of those – it was from a Parker Brother (I think) board game – what was it called?
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Tim |
| Toaster | 04 Jul 2012 11:08 p.m. PST |
I made my dice tower from cork tile, no issue. Robert |
 javelin98 | 05 Jul 2012 12:38 p.m. PST |
You can also buy self-adhesive cork at most DITY yourself stores, usually in the same area where they have shelf paper. Cut, peel, stick -- reduces about 80% of the noise. |
 richarDISNEY | 06 Jul 2012 8:18 a.m. PST |
Me? I love the sound of rolling dice…
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| Feet up now | 06 Jul 2012 10:32 a.m. PST |
Great idea for a stealth dice tower. |
 Parzival | 07 Jul 2012 2:55 p.m. PST |
CPBelt's mechanical tower is from The Inventors, by Parker Brothers. link
My family had this game when I was growing up, which means my parents or my sister probably still do have it stored somewhere. Another solution for a quieter dice tower is to build one out of card stock paper. The dice make more of a "rumble" sound than the high-pitched clatter of plastic or wood towers. |
| Last Hussar | 08 Jul 2012 6:12 a.m. PST |
I love the sound of dice in the morning. Its the sound of Victory. Charlie don't roll. |
