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<blockquote data-quote="Blue" data-source="post: 9432062" data-attributes="member: 20564">So, I've been gaming since the early 80s, and the quality of dice has greatly improved.&nbsp; I mention this because I started with the Moldvay Red Box, and the dice in that.&nbsp; You can't buy dice that ... boring anymore.&nbsp; As a matter of fact, I can get multiple sets at a time off Amazon for $2-$2.50 a set that would have been $20+ dice sets in the 90s.&nbsp; But now we have even more wonderous luxury dice, from metal and other exotic materials to fluid filled with things floating, LED lights, and all sorts of goodness.I mention all of that in that my whole gaming life, there has always been nicer dice than I have available.&nbsp; It was a thing to collect them.&nbsp; I completely emphasize with [USER=7035894]@Clint_L[/USER] 's point you quoted.If I'm at an in-person game without dice, I'll borrow from someone else rather than use my phone.&nbsp; Not revultion, but it literally wouldn't even cross my mind.As an aside, I play a lot of boardgames. Several friends have this nifty little app where everyone puts a finger on the screen, and then it picks who is going first.&nbsp; I have no problems using it.&nbsp; But in my physical-touch-the-pieces boardgame space, I don't want it myself.On the other hand, when I play boardgames on <a href="https://boardgamearena.com/welcome" target="_blank">BGA</a>, I've got no problems letting it do it.&nbsp; And that translates directly back to my online experience with RPGs - not only want to roll my dice but figure all the correct modifiers and total everything up for me?&nbsp; Go right ahead.With one online GM whom per-pandemic I used to play in-person, he doesn't mind if people roll their own dice and just tells him the result.&nbsp; I've done that some, but if the &quot;figure it all out for me&quot; is one click away in the interface I'm using, I still usually go for that instead.&nbsp; Plus it keeps everyone from fudging.But none of that translates back to in-person.&nbsp; Some other people use DnDBeyond or some other App for their character and rolls, but I want to feel those dice in my hand and epically cast them onto the battlemap.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Blue, post: 9432062, member: 20564"] So, I've been gaming since the early 80s, and the quality of dice has greatly improved. I mention this because I started with the Moldvay Red Box, and the dice in that. You can't buy dice that ... boring anymore. As a matter of fact, I can get multiple sets at a time off Amazon for $2-$2.50 a set that would have been $20+ dice sets in the 90s. But now we have even more wonderous luxury dice, from metal and other exotic materials to fluid filled with things floating, LED lights, and all sorts of goodness. I mention all of that in that my whole gaming life, there has always been nicer dice than I have available. It was a [I]thing[/I] to collect them. I completely emphasize with [USER=7035894]@Clint_L[/USER] 's point you quoted. If I'm at an in-person game without dice, I'll borrow from someone else rather than use my phone. Not revultion, but it literally wouldn't even cross my mind. As an aside, I play a lot of boardgames. Several friends have this nifty little app where everyone puts a finger on the screen, and then it picks who is going first. I have no problems using it. But in my physical-touch-the-pieces boardgame space, I don't want it myself. On the other hand, when I play boardgames on [URL='https://boardgamearena.com/welcome']BGA[/URL], I've got no problems letting it do it. And that translates directly back to my online experience with RPGs - not only want to roll my dice but figure all the correct modifiers and total everything up for me? Go right ahead. With one online GM whom per-pandemic I used to play in-person, he doesn't mind if people roll their own dice and just tells him the result. I've done that some, but if the "figure it all out for me" is one click away in the interface I'm using, I still usually go for that instead. Plus it keeps everyone from fudging. But none of that translates back to in-person. Some other people use DnDBeyond or some other App for their character and rolls, but I want to feel those dice in my hand and epically cast them onto the battlemap. [/QUOTE]

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