"The Many Advantages of Dice Boxes" Topic

I hate having dice all over the table. Even with box tops, dice towers and the like, they inevitably end up all over the place. So years ago I started using dice boxes. These are simply plastic boxes (normally used for bead storage) with a die on each compartment. I put a bead in the first compartment so it is always clear which die to start with.

• Keeps dice contained and off the table
  
• You can label each one D6, D18, D10, D12 so the right dice are easily found
  
• Shake and slam and the dice DO stop rolling
  
• The noise is fun
  
• You do multiple shakes rather than rolling loads of dice
  
• Dice don't get lost
  
• Dice don't damage figures, or terrain
  
• You can make custom boxes for rule sets and label the compartments. For example: To Hit; To Penetrate; Fall of Shot; Damage; Criticals (or whatever).
  

Great idea. I'll try it with my group on Tuesday. We're always rolling dice off the table or 'cocking' them when rolled into terrain playing Epic Armageddon.

A fellow club member made something similar, used it in a game one night and had the worst luck in the game any of us ever saw. He ended up throwing it on the floor and stomping in it!

But there is something special about actually feeling the dice in your hand …

There are many dice rolling apps available for smart phones or I pods.

I once wrote an algorithm that allowed for dice rolling with various increments, each player had a sheet with preprinted outcomes. Just crossed off each one as he used it.

Count me in the no dice box camp. To me the sound is annoying and now people will set a big plastic box somewhere on the table as opposed to a handful of dice.

The only thing more annoying than dice boxes at the next table over at a convention is the table using bar glasses to rattle dice around.

I only use free range dice

My dice boxes are not too big – maybe 12" x 2". And players keep them at table's edge (you kinda have to, in order to read the dice).

With loose dice they end up all over and you have to constantly police them.

I love the noise.

I thought you meant …

Yes, this is a dice tray, but it was what I thought

… dice trays. Which are a nice happy medium.

They keep dice contained. No bigger than a cheat sheet on the table. And you can customize them.

Never used one, never Will.

Utterly pointless, just roll your damm dice

I own dice trays. 6 nice ones. Dice towers too. Tried box tops. It's like herding ornery, distracted cats.

Apparently they exist to be ignored and gamers roll all over the place anyway.

Though I prefer rolling by hand, I can see the advantages. For a particular game, the spaces could be labelled for certain frequent dice combinations.

I like to put the appropriate dice (differing colors if need be) together in a baby food sized glass jar.

Just police up your dice. Most of the guys in my group do.

I put this idea alongside the proposal to encase each stand of figures in a solid block of clear resin (to protect the figures from ham-handed players).

Yes, you have solved a problem, but at what cost?