"Do you ever double or triple flip your dice?" Topic

With a little practice, it is possible to roll a die with a simple double or triple flip that lands on the desired number most of the time. Have you ever done this in a wargame?

(a) Yes, I do it all of the time.
(b) Yes, but only when I get behind in a game.
(c) Only when I can get away with it.
(d) Not any more.
(e) No, but I've been accused of doing it.
(f) Never in my life would I do such a thing.
(g) I refuse to answer.
(h) ____________________ (something else)

Yah, just like everybody else, I'm in (f) territory, but must admit I have never before heard of this sleaze-ball possible tactic.

(i) I've never done it, but I know some gamers who think they can.

f. never even heard of such a thing.

(h) No but I going downstairs to practice this new skill.

f never heard of that.

f – I cannot fathom what you would gain by winning a GAME this way…

On the other hand… creative movement or measuring do happen not too unfrequent, too :-(

"f" Isn't it called "Putting a little English on it"? I prefer to roll a handful of dice, or at least a pair, and give them a good shake before I toss.

f. Don't do it--but also never heard of it.

Well, if I'm doing it, the results are appallingly bad.

I've seen a few people try it.

f.

You have to be a particularly degenerate sub-species of pathetic loser if you "have" to win a game so badly you resort to cheating, even as nebulous and unlikely to succeed form of cheating as this is.

Roll the dice and take your lumps with grace like a gentleman or lady, as the case my be.

And then people wonder why Dice Towers are necessary.

f

Never hear of it. Know a player that I dislike for other behaviours, who does something like I would imagine this looks like from time to time. I should try to track whether or not he swears more often on a big miss with this type of behaviour.

I don't see how you could make a die roll to a particular side even with some kind of controlled flip. Maybe you could with a,dead drop of the dice straight down, but seems unlikely to produce the desired result.

I like to take a handful of dice, give them a good shake, and then spin them out of my hand. I've never found this to influence the dice, but it's more fun.

I've seen some convention games where the players have to put their dice in a,glass jar and shake them, thus never touching the dice. Interesting idea. I've seen some,dice towers tricked out to look like buildings for the period that is being gamed.

I think dice should always be thrown from a cup, tricky flippers are not welcome on my table.

This quote is from a website that is titled "how to cheat at dice" … "With a few hours practice, most people can practice "rolling" a die with a simple double or triple flip that reliably lands on the desired number more than half the time. Although rarely practiced, deliberately rolling specific numbers is not terribly difficult, and can be picked up accidentally just from handling dice a lot. The only countermeasures are when someone insists you drop the dice straight down, roll into a cup, roll against a wall or screen like a craps player, or otherwise disturb the die's original trajectory."