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<blockquote data-quote="Snarf Zagyg" data-source="post: 9731777" data-attributes="member: 7023840">I actually had a series on the physical properties (dice mechanics, etc.) of TTRPGs that I never completed, so I have thought about this a bit.I'd say the following-A. As a general rule, I'd say that TTRPGs have adopted a &quot;standard set&quot; of the D&amp;D dice. The d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. B. Personally, and this is just me (and a very small subset of people like me), I tend to have the view that games that only use d6 (and d6 dicepools) are somehow &quot;not as TTRPG&quot; as games that use more of the standard set. Because I still have the association of d6s with boardgames, Yahtzee, etc., while the standard set is associated with TTRPGs. I've mostly gotten rid of this bias through rules-lite games, but not entirely.C. I don't mind games with alternate mechanics (jenga tower - Dread, diceless - Amber, candles - Ten Candles, etc.) that eschew dice. Even games that go off the beaten path entirely (Tarot - Everyway).D. That said, I hate games that use alternate funky dice. I just do. While some are just annoying (d30), the ones that are custom reskins .... you know them, the ones that include their own d6s with alternate faces .... I hate them with a burning passion. I view them as a barrier to entry. I know that they will get lost. I know that at some point in the future, either I will not be playing the game (and I will have useless dice), or I will want to play it and have to use standard dice and make a &quot;lookup table,&quot; which is annoying. And I can't remember a single game (unlike C, supra) where the alternate dice really added anything in the gameplay that was necessary are interesting.If the game uses alternate dice, I am less likely to buy it. Because I know how the story ends, and I don't like the ending.</blockquote>

[QUOTE="Snarf Zagyg, post: 9731777, member: 7023840"] I actually had a series on the physical properties (dice mechanics, etc.) of TTRPGs that I never completed, so I have thought about this a bit. I'd say the following- A. As a general rule, I'd say that TTRPGs have adopted a "standard set" of the D&D dice. The d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, and d20. B. Personally, and this is just me (and a very small subset of people like me), I tend to have the view that games that [I]only[/I] use d6 (and d6 dicepools) are somehow "not as TTRPG" as games that use more of the standard set. Because I still have the association of d6s with boardgames, Yahtzee, etc., while the standard set is associated with TTRPGs. I've mostly gotten rid of this bias through rules-lite games, but not entirely. C. I don't mind games with alternate mechanics (jenga tower - Dread, diceless - Amber, candles - Ten Candles, etc.) that eschew dice. Even games that go off the beaten path entirely (Tarot - Everyway). D. That said, [I]I hate games that use alternate funky dice[/I]. I just do. While some are just annoying (d30), the ones that are custom reskins .... you know them, the ones that include their own d6s with alternate faces .... I hate them with a burning passion. I view them as a barrier to entry. I know that they will get lost. I know that at some point in the future, either I will not be playing the game (and I will have useless dice), or I will want to play it and have to use standard dice and make a "lookup table," which is annoying. And I can't remember a single game (unlike C, supra) where the alternate dice really added anything in the gameplay that was necessary are interesting. If the game uses alternate dice, I am less likely to buy it. Because I know how the story ends, and I don't like the ending. [/QUOTE]

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