D&D 5E What is best company for dice?

[Tormyr]

What I'm saying is, those imperfections are not generally pronounced enough to make a statistical difference in practice.

No, you don't understand. One of my players, the one who I loaned the starter set dice to, his dice are CURSED!

 

[Redthistle]

The best company for dice is a beer and a bag of Doritos.

This still brings a smile to my face.

 

[Mistwell]

With regards to Game Science dice:

1) Take your average run of the mill Chessex or Crystal Caste or Q Workshop dice. Do some sample rolling. Let me know how many thousands and thousands of rolls you need to make before the statistical difference between them and Game Science dice manifests. I'll wait. In the meantime, I'll keep using my Chessex, Crystal Caste and Q Workshop dice.

2) Actually, using "casino design" dice and casino dice science doesn't necessarily work well for gaming anyway. Game Science dice are notorious for stopping after very few rolls, which isn't good for their vaunted randomness. In order to get a roll that's truly random, you need to have a casino-style table and you need to throw the dice all the way across it to bounce off the back edge, again, casino style, so that the dice roll sufficiently. If you're not doing this, all the pretentious "science" of Game Science dice is a moot point anyway.

Here is my reason for using Gamescience dice: 1) I think they feel better, 2) I like Lou and appreciate his enthusiasm for his business, 3) they are priced fair.

You don't have to be into some level of intense precision to appreciate Gamescience dice. They're plenty cool even without that aspect.

Now if all you want is super cheap and functional dice, none of those companies you named are the best for those things. There is a company on eBay who sells d&d dice sets from China, which are super cheap and plenty functional. I have many sets of them and in terms of functionality they're just as good as any of those companies you named. They look nice too.

You can get a pearlized set for $1.28, or a crystal set (or whatever you call those) for $1.47.

I have handfuls of the later, and they're just as good as the Chessex and Crystal Caste I have.

 

[darjr]

[MENTION=2525]Mistwell[/MENTION] you don't find those dice from ebay very light almost as if they are hollow?

Just curios. I may buy some otherwise. The WizDice sets were cool but the ones I've used are very light weight, as if they were hollow. Not saying they were, just describing how they felt.

 

[guachi]

GameScience for life!!

Turns out that the first dice I purchased back in 1984 were GameScience dice, though at the time I had no idea.

They were just cool hard-edged dice that I got to color in! Just like I could with my Basic/Expert sets of dice! Pre-colored dice with boring rounded edges? No, thank you! For me, the "precision" part has nothing to do with why I like Game Science dice.

And it's great to see Game Science is still around and their dice are still worth buying. I think I have way too many sets of them, but I still keep buying them. They just seem so "old school" to me. Nostalgia, ftw, I say!

 

[Mistwell]

[MENTION=2525]Mistwell[/MENTION] you don't find those dice from ebay very light almost as if they are hollow?

Just curios. I may buy some otherwise. The WizDice sets were cool but the ones I've used are very light weight, as if they were hollow. Not saying they were, just describing how they felt.

Nope. They're not hollow. You can see into them and see they're solid. They are very likely the identical dice to what you buy from some American companies - they're just importing them from that company.

 

[darjr]

Nope. They're not hollow. You can see into them and see they're solid. They are very likely the identical dice to what you buy from some American companies - they're just importing them from that company.

The WizDice don't look hollow either, but they sure do feel like they are.

I might have to give these a try.

I owned a set of the classic GameScience dice when Mr Zocchi owned the company. The glow in the dark ones, uninked. Overall I did like them, but I never could really get them inked i a way that would stick and the sprue wound always bugged me. Though I have to add that eventually they all got lost or stolen (probably by accident), and folks really thought they were nifty.

 

[darjr]

Here are those wiz dice.

https://www.amazon.com/Wiz-Dice-Bag...?srs=6165401011&ie=UTF8&qid=1492973958&sr=8-1

 

[darjr]

Hey! Lou has a more recent video about his dice vs his competition.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MRzg_M8pQms

and maybe I haven't been inking my dice quite right. I'll watch this.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=zaDzqYZufIQ

 

[Jester David]

When GMing I have some nice gamescience dice I got at GenCon (black with gold numbers) that are slick. But I also have quite a few Chessex sets. Plus, the boxes they come with are useful for eveation markers when the PCs start flying.

I have a red set of gamescience I use when I play, but I have a couple Chessex sets and a couple sets I have no idea of the manufacturer, as I purchased them when I first started gaming. And I have various other dice sets picked up individually.

I have a fondness of the edges of gamescience. They're nice. And I enjoy how they don't roll as far, so they don't scatter across the table. But Chessex aren't terrible: I have quite a few from D&D mini sets that are very poorly balanced.