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Message: <blockquote data-quote="dm4hire" data-source="post: 5207417" data-attributes="member: 14848">Except that some game stores actually carry the variant dice, if only as a novelty item.  I think if a game system was properly introduced that used variant dice you'd see that change also since the majority don't carry them due to their not being used within our hobby or niche.  Perhaps the key would be to introduce the mechanics in a way as to make the non-platonic dice optional to start with.  So going back to my reference to Cortex, if they had an optional rule that changed the dice pool to exclude the d2 and continued progression on up to d14 or even d16, if not d20, later on when they moved to a later edition it could become the core rule.I just find it interesting that with everyone trying to change up the dice systems to be different that this avenue hasn't been thought of.  I agree though that relying solely on variant dice might handicap if not completely alienate the system, turning potential customers away.  Then again we should never underestimate the average gamer's desire to have more dice.</blockquote>