Gringnr
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This thread is for general or specific, all-purpose discussion about dice. I did a search and didn't see a thread like this, so I thought we could use one. Come here to discuss your dice, share pics, brag about the size of your collection, tell others about rad deals, share storage and inking solutions, etc.
I keep most of my dice in one of these storage containers. It works pretty well. I will eventually mount it on the wall.
I have a lot of mismatched dice (due to buying them by the pound), but also several sets. I prefer sharp-edged dice, mainly for nostalgia. I like the way sharp dice feel in the hand, too. Aside from metal and gamescience dice, I bought this bucket of "seconds" by Zucati. The numbers are deep enough that no inking is necessary.
That's not the case with the Gamescience, I'm afraid, so I'm slowly filling in the numbers on those with crayons. Here are a couple of works in progress. I'm using yellow for the black D24, and yellow-green for the glow-in-the-dark D14. Kind of digging the fact that I can make up my own color combos (thoug it is kind of a pain). I thought of using paint markers, but I'm not sure I want to mess with that. I've also discovered that a soft touch is best, because if you press too hard, the crayon can pull all the wax out of a number you've filled in.
My gaming over the last decade has been mostly with new gamers, so I tend to give dice to my players, as they usually don't have any. I'll typically ask what their favorite color is, and buy them a set of Chessex polyhedrals and a matching set of Chessex D6.
My favorite color is purple, and though I own several sets of purple dice, I'm not any more likely to reach for them than I am any other set. Just depends on the game we're playing and how I feel at that moment.
I've got some metal sets, but, predictably, they don't see much use. I have a couple sets of metal FUDGE dice, but since they're lacquered, and you roll them all at once, I feel like they will just get damaged in I use them (sad trombone).
I keep most of my dice in one of these storage containers. It works pretty well. I will eventually mount it on the wall.
I have a lot of mismatched dice (due to buying them by the pound), but also several sets. I prefer sharp-edged dice, mainly for nostalgia. I like the way sharp dice feel in the hand, too. Aside from metal and gamescience dice, I bought this bucket of "seconds" by Zucati. The numbers are deep enough that no inking is necessary.
That's not the case with the Gamescience, I'm afraid, so I'm slowly filling in the numbers on those with crayons. Here are a couple of works in progress. I'm using yellow for the black D24, and yellow-green for the glow-in-the-dark D14. Kind of digging the fact that I can make up my own color combos (thoug it is kind of a pain). I thought of using paint markers, but I'm not sure I want to mess with that. I've also discovered that a soft touch is best, because if you press too hard, the crayon can pull all the wax out of a number you've filled in.
My gaming over the last decade has been mostly with new gamers, so I tend to give dice to my players, as they usually don't have any. I'll typically ask what their favorite color is, and buy them a set of Chessex polyhedrals and a matching set of Chessex D6.
My favorite color is purple, and though I own several sets of purple dice, I'm not any more likely to reach for them than I am any other set. Just depends on the game we're playing and how I feel at that moment.
I've got some metal sets, but, predictably, they don't see much use. I have a couple sets of metal FUDGE dice, but since they're lacquered, and you roll them all at once, I feel like they will just get damaged in I use them (sad trombone).