Gamescience Dice?

[Philotomy Jurament]

What I really want is a set of Gamescience precision edge dice with a d6 that has pips instead of numbers. Actually, I want a set and about another 2 dozen d6 with pips. Is that even possible, or am I going to have to find casino dice for that?

I asked Lou this question (i.e. Gamescience d6s with pips) when I went to his booth at Owl Con 2009; he replied that he didn't have any like that.

 

[sjmiller]

I asked Lou this question (i.e. Gamescience d6s with pips) when I went to his booth at Owl Con 2009; he replied that he didn't have any like that.

That's a real shame. I would buy a bunch of those if I could get them. Looks like I will be hitting those gambling supply shops and then getting the rest to match.

Funny, I prefer my d6 to have pips, but the rest of the dice to have numbers.

 

[Anthraxus]

I just got my dice late last week- great shipping speed and awesome dice. Ordered a bunch of singles for [w] attacks, a few different(matching) colors. Awesome. Now I have to give a bunch of dice away to anybody that wants 'em at my local games.

 

[Obryn]

My second order came in, and everything looks right! Once again, fast shipping and great service.

Yeah, my fire garnet dice look more pink than orange, too, but as I mentioned I lurve fugly dice colors. So transparent hot pink is just awesome, as far as I'm concerned!

-O

 

[Silverblade The Ench]

I really want a Peridot inked set, but, alas:
a) Amazon only has them in singles
b) living in the UK it adds up the shipping costs for each of 'em which puts it waaaay too high
sigh

hope you have full 12 piece peridot sets in again soon, they look gorgeous!
(Peridot and aquamarine are my fave gemstones and I bought large synthetic faceted gems, amazing what you can get form Ebay, lol)

 

[Filcher]

Just finished "inking" my dice with a white crayon. Hands down the most enjoyable RPG-related experience in a while. I was planning on sanding off the moldings, but...

I did some dorky "test" rolls with the d20 and "20" comes up a lot.

Now I realize humans are lousy at recognizing randomness (or not, as the case might be), but is there any anecdotal info on how un-sanded Game Science dice roll? That chip on the "7" face seems pretty fortunate.

 

[ExploderWizard]

Just finished "inking" my dice with a white crayon. Hands down the most enjoyable RPG-related experience in a while. I was planning on sanding off the moldings, but...

I did some dorky "test" rolls with the d20 and "20" comes up a lot.

Now I realize humans are lousy at recognizing randomness (or not, as the case might be), but is there any anecdotal info on how un-sanded Game Science dice roll? That chip on the "7" face seems pretty fortunate.

I have fun "inking" dice too. I have had better luck shaving off molding bits with a hobby knife rather than sanding. Sanding seems to scratch the surface and spoil the color a bit when I tried it. I don't know how these would roll without trimming, I like my dice smooth.

 

[Obryn]

Just finished "inking" my dice with a white crayon. Hands down the most enjoyable RPG-related experience in a while. I was planning on sanding off the moldings, but...

I did some dorky "test" rolls with the d20 and "20" comes up a lot.

Now I realize humans are lousy at recognizing randomness (or not, as the case might be), but is there any anecdotal info on how un-sanded Game Science dice roll? That chip on the "7" face seems pretty fortunate.

My players swear up and down that my Gamescience dice roll waaay too many 20's.

I critted the party's Fighter 3 times last session in a single combat...

-O

 

[gamestationnet]

Hidden back stock of game science dice?!?!

I am especially interested in the 20 siders marked 0-9 twice. I think those were game science gem dice.

Would those go up on the Amazon store? Would there be a way to reserve any possible finds? Please?

Lou told us he has scuds of opaques, so yes, once we get them in our hands, they will go on our site (what you see on Amazon is a mirror of gamestation.net).

We actually have the d20+ in stock now in 28 colors or so. They are numbered 0-9 twice, but one of the 0-9 ranges is followed by a plus sign. They are listed already (easiest way: on gamestation.net, go to dice > individual & bulk > d20 > precision).

I can't reserve anything until I know what's there - I may just put a list of finds up in advance of launching up on gamescience.com so you all can drool a while before purchasing.

To answer some other questions in this thread:

Use the finest grade sandpaper, available at hobby stores or hardware stores. Even if you are careful, it could scratch the surface a bit.

I haven't heard many stories of how the mold-points affect the rolling - but chunks out of the dice I'm sure affects it more. We have the problem with the lime green d20's right now - bad batch - but they still are very good.

Inking: crayons do work. We use Sharpies - the ink last longer and its less messy.

D6 with pips: Lou doesn't make these, and it would require a new mold to be made. Perhaps this is something we can look into doing next year, along with some new colors or styles.

We do carry casino dice in several colors, also on gamestation.net. We do NOT manufacture these, only retail.

International orders: Yes, shipping is prohibitive for small orders, in my opinion, but we've found that cheaper methods result in too slow delivery, if the package ever arrives at all. So gather the gang and place it all at once! In a month's time, we should have everything in stock at the same time so it can be done online.

Inventory levels: we now have Diamond and Moonstone individuals, 7 and 12 pc sets in stock. We have Peridot sets, but only in 7s. Inking them as quickly as we can, so just check back if the sets you want are only available in uninked.

Glad to hear you are all having positive experiences with us!
-Laura-

 

[guedo79]

I've placed, at least, two orders from gamestation and they both went very well. I love me some gamescience dice.