Faithful Old Six-Siders

[Samuel Leming]

I re-inked my old six-sided dice today. All the ink had been worn from the pips. This was the third time I've done this.

I purchased these dice from a little crafts store called Leisure Time Hobbies. I'd played D&D three or four times and decided it was time to buy my own dice. LTH had just received the first edition AD&D Monster Manual. The Players Handbook hadn't come out yet and they didn't know when they'd get it.

I bought a set of standard polyhedrals(this was before ten-siders were common) and a dozen white half-inch six-sided craft dice of the type they used to sell by the tray-load for use in homemade boardgames. I also picked up that Monster Manual

My polyhedrals started to crack a few years later and no longer rolled true. They failed the chi-square test so I replaced them with shiney "high impact" dice. These dice, my dog-eared yellowing Monster Manual and 90% of my gaming stuff was lost in a fire a few years later(late eighties), but I still have five of those old six-sided craft dice. Every D&D character I ever played, except for the first two, were rolled using these faithful old cubes. My current polyhedral dice are a set of clear blue sparklies I received as a gift in 1990. I treasure those also, but in a different way.

Sam

 

[DungeonmasterCal]

Ya know, with the exception of a set or two that I traded for other sets, I still have every die I've ever owned. I have friends who lose dice like crazy and are constantly needing to borrow them at a game. I have about 20 complete sets as well as dozens of random dice I've collected from post game sessions over the years (I try to give them back to the guys who lose them, but they always say "Nah, I bought some more."

I love my dice.

 

[Chimera]

Oldies but goodies.

My primary d20 is an old purple one numbered 0-9/0-9, one set painted red, one blue (I always use red high on that one). Had it since the original stuff back in the mid 70's. Still use it in every session for my attack rolls. Seems to roll 19 much more than usual. Not 20, but 19. Heck, I'll still take it!

Then I have five d6 from the same era, 3 red, 2 green, clear plastic. I busted the corner of one shooting craps in Electronics class back in my junior year ('78-'79) and "fixed" it by building the corner back up with layers of glue.

Sure, I have newer dice. Picked up 2 d20 at Gencon 2001. But they don't roll as well as that old purple one, so I stick with it.

And no one...NO ONE...touches those dice. Not letting some fool lose my 27 year old "lucky" dice. Or get slime on them or what have you.

 

[IronWolf]

Unfortunately the majority of my old school dice seemed to have disappeared during an extended period of non-gaming. I managed to find a couple when I dug the old books out, but nothing particularly memorable.

Alas, I am rebuilding my dice collection and hope to keep these around awhile longer!

 

[Nightchilde-2]

Still have the d6 from my old Basic Set D&D. The corners are so worn now that it's almost a ball.