d3, d5, d7, d9, d11, d13, d15

[Vrecknidj]

I already have several d5 and d7. The d7 are basically pentagonal prisms with side areas and bevels such that there's a roughly 1-in-7 chance of either a pentagon or a rectangle landing face up. The d5 are basically triangular prisms with side areas and bevels such that there's a roughly 20% chance of either a triangle or a rectangle landing face up.

I don't use them for much, they're interesting conversation pieces during a game.

I have several d3s, which, of course, are just d6s labeled 1,1,2,2,3,3. I like your d3 though.

I like the idea of trying to get closer to a Platonic solid (like most of the dice in the game) than going with a cylinder with facets--but, I'm too lazy to invent anything myself, so my hat goes off to you.

Dave

 

[Zander]

Actually they [the large ones] look much nicer now I know they aren't masive, but I still think the larger ones are too thick for the length.

In fairness to Jason Huff who made and co-invented these dice, it would be difficult to reduce the thickness without making the numbers very small and therefore difficult to read. While I appreciate your point, the original Crystal Caste 'crystal'-shaped d20's were pretty chunky and they sold very well.

 

[Zander]

I already have several d5 and d7. The d7 are basically pentagonal prisms with side areas and bevels such that there's a roughly 1-in-7 chance of either a pentagon or a rectangle landing face up. The d5 are basically triangular prisms with side areas and bevels such that there's a roughly 20% chance of either a triangle or a rectangle landing face up.

I have some of those too. The d7's aren't fair. The d5's are fair. The difference in fairness between these dice is not obvious from looking or handling them, or even rolling them a small number of times. However, the dice that Jason Huff and I invented are both fair and seen to be fair.

Incidentally, long dice are not a recent development. They have been around since at least the Ancient Greeks. To this day, they are quite common in places like India. However, the method of having an odd number of faces such that a face is uppermost when the die is at rest on a flat, level surface is new.