So, Dice Towers?
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So, Dice Towers?
Anybody use them? Spotted the concept online, debating it's usefulness, tempted to hack one up out of some foamboard.
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At first I though this was going to be about the podcast, but since it's about the object I will say this: I have hands and I don't need another thing to clutter the table.
It looks nice and is functional, but I could save my money and get some second hand gaming book.
It looks nice and is functional, but I could save my money and get some second hand gaming book.
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some people swear by them for extra randomization, especially for people who habitually roll poorly. I've never really tried one out in a game, but it's definitely extra clutter on, in my experience, an already cluttered table.
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you know what also keeps the dice on the table? a frisbee
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That makes sense, really. That's a reason I can get behind.Clutch9800 wrote: I like to do wood-work, so I built a dice tower.
I will admit I was tempted to make a dice tower for 40k, in the form of a blasted out chapel tower, with the dice falling into a fenced-off courtyard. But I had enough trouble transporting a case of minis and two big bags of tanks as it was.
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Extra randomization? I don't think these people understand how randomization works or what it is.Prak_Anima wrote:some people swear by them for extra randomization, especially for people who habitually roll poorly.
I could see the advantage for using it to keep dice on the table, but as already noted, there are other easy to acquire items that can do the same thing.
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gamers almost always have their superstitions about dice, the fairness of dice towers is just one more gamer folk myth designed to answer a question and provide a solution "Why do I always roll shit?"
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Best ones I've heard:Prak_Anima wrote:gamers almost always have their superstitions about dice
[*]Dice are social creatures. They roll better if you roll them in groups - include a handful of (different type/obviously marked) support dice with your rolls.
[*]Commissar theory: when a die goes rogue, arrange the others in a circle. Place a transparent glass of boiling water in the middle of the circle. Drop the offending die in. The others will learn.
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...given that I seem to roll better in Storyteller, I can see this...Koumei wrote:[*]Dice are social creatures. They roll better if you roll them in groups - include a handful of (different type/obviously marked) support dice with your rolls.
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This is interesting from a sociological perspective. If you roll 10d6 it's pretty likely you'll roll at least one 6, this may lead a person to believe they got a good roll because they can focus on the die that gave the best results.Koumei wrote:Best ones I've heard:Prak_Anima wrote:gamers almost always have their superstitions about dice
[*]Dice are social creatures. They roll better if you roll them in groups - include a handful of (different type/obviously marked) support dice with your rolls.
I wouldn't be surprised if there are a lot of variations on this, if you do something like this then you are being proactive and may let the gamer feel in control of the situation, despite the inherent randomness. Actually doing this would make you a contender for dweeb of the year though.[*]Commissar theory: when a die goes rogue, arrange the others in a circle. Place a transparent glass of boiling water in the middle of the circle. Drop the offending die in. The others will learn.
Nah, the person who taught me that art was pretty cool. Mostly it was a stress relief thing. I also banished one bad die to her freezer. And forgot about it. It remained there for a few years.Juton wrote:Actually doing this would make you a contender for dweeb of the year though.
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