The tragedy of dice collecting
darjr
I crit!
What do you do for that?
I'm a dice addict as well. I've started to consciously avoid dice shopping and try to focus on just two sets of decent dice... with an extra d20 thrown in... but I still haul a ton of dice around in a big bag. Those dice I try to stick to are in a smaller bag in the bigger.
pawsplay
Hero
Well, they give you very precise instructions for doing so.
I'm like the opposite of a diceaholic. I want to buy dice, I just have difficulty justifying it.
pawsplay
Hero
True confession: I bought a series of Chessex transclucents in blue, red, white, clear, and orange for a d20 Star Wars game. I used the blue for Rebels, orange for Dark Side users, and white for non-aligned characters. I broke out the clear ones as an extra set, and I used the red ones for a few encounters with Imperial agents and Darth Vader.
delericho
Legend
I have a box of dice, but no real collection. I have set aside a 'favourite' subset of dice for use with d20 games.
I'm a great believer in the notion that dice shouldn't be in matched sets - each size of dice should be a unique colour for ease of recognition. I sometimes get quite frustrated when a fellow player has to stop and wonder "is this a d10 or a d12" every freaking round!
Oh, and whoever decided illegible dice was a good idea should be shot! If I had my way, those would be banned at any table I sit at.
I'm a great believer in the notion that dice shouldn't be in matched sets - each size of dice should be a unique colour for ease of recognition. I sometimes get quite frustrated when a fellow player has to stop and wonder "is this a d10 or a d12" every freaking round!
Oh, and whoever decided illegible dice was a good idea should be shot! If I had my way, those would be banned at any table I sit at.
TarionzCousin
Second Most Angelic Devil Ever
What? Illegible dice are great when you need them. I have a dark purple swirled d20 with black numbers. You can't read it from more than 2 inches away even in bright light.
When the players gripe about my rolling behind the DM screen, I roll this die out in the open. They can't read it, and neither can I. So I pick it up to read it and it never misses!
Then they stop complaining about my rolling behind the screen for a while.
I don't have many dice sets. I can specifically remember when and where I obtain all my sets.
I have a cheap multiple colored set from the D&D boxed set (1991), a red marblized set from Koplow (my first real set!), translucent amber dice from Chessex, and Speckled blue dice from Chessex. I have many pip d6s, which I like using for character generation. Lastly, I have a d20 that generates 1-10 (0-9 listed twice).
Although I don't have many dice, I do have odd dice habits. I always keep dice with their set. I can have more one set in my bag, but I generally only use one set at a time.
When pulling dice out of my dice bag for a game I lay the dice of a particular set in a line in order (d4, d6, d8, d10s, d12, and d20) .
I have never been diagnosed with ADD or OCD, but I wonder sometimes
Dice belong with their sets. It's like your separating your dice from their proper family, darn it!
My name is ssampier and I'm a dice segregationist.
I have a cheap multiple colored set from the D&D boxed set (1991), a red marblized set from Koplow (my first real set!), translucent amber dice from Chessex, and Speckled blue dice from Chessex. I have many pip d6s, which I like using for character generation. Lastly, I have a d20 that generates 1-10 (0-9 listed twice).
Although I don't have many dice, I do have odd dice habits. I always keep dice with their set. I can have more one set in my bag, but I generally only use one set at a time.
When pulling dice out of my dice bag for a game I lay the dice of a particular set in a line in order (d4, d6, d8, d10s, d12, and d20) .
I have never been diagnosed with ADD or OCD, but I wonder sometimes
Dice belong with their sets. It's like your separating your dice from their proper family, darn it!
My name is ssampier and I'm a dice segregationist.
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