//www.gamestation.net is currently the official seller of gamescience dice.  They redid their site, it looks like a casino supply site now and is harder to search, but they have all the translucent and opaque colors (which is a damn LOT).

I hate GameScience.

Because that goddamn video of him pitching is awesome.  I swear, you can think he's crazy, but he is one of the best salespeople I've seen in tabletop gaming.

That, and because I secretly want to buy like a pound of the things, but then I'd feel obligated to toss my "inferior" dice because I'd probably never use them again.  Well, except for the d6's and fudge dice, cause six-siders don't suffer quite as badly as d20s when it comes to the "weird odds" thing.

*grumble grumble*

Seriously, though, some AD&D books, some hexmaps, a pile of Gamescience dice...

Quote from: Peregrin;427804That, and because I secretly want to buy like a pound of the things, but then I'd feel obligated to toss my "inferior" dice because I'd probably never use them again.

As you may already be aware, gamescience offers the option of buying the dice by the pound.

Quote from: Insufficient Metal;427779Where did you get 'em? Because now I want some.

I got them from Amazon of all places (I painted the numbers myself using Staedler pens).

Look right here!

Quote from: Cole;427809As you may already be aware, gamescience offers the option of buying the dice by the pound.

That's what I was referencing.

I have so many dice already, though.  A lot of them are very poor quality (lots of random ones I picked up that are below Chessex quality), but I just feel like I'd be buying something I already own, just better.  But then I have twice as many dice sitting on my shelf!  :/

Not to mention, nearly everything I own other than D&D uses a significant amount of d6s.

The Gamescience dice are nice but I've never owned any... I never much cared about the dice I used for RPGs... or rather, I cared more about how they looked/felt than whether they rolled truly random. My dice collection is MUCH smaller than most gamers I know.

I am a bit pickier about the dice I use in wargames... unlucky dice there get put out to pasture.

Quote from: Benoist;427810I got them from Amazon of all places (I painted the numbers myself using Staedler pens).

Look right here!

Thanks, Benoist. I might order up a set for Christmas.

You can get good deals on amazon, but gamestation has the best selection, including some rare tiger's eye gamescience dice that they're unloading.

Quote from: Peregrin;427804That, and because I secretly want to buy like a pound of the things, but then I'd feel obligated to toss my "inferior" dice because I'd probably never use them again.

I haven't used my other dice since I bought my Gamescience sets. Consider this a warning. :cool:

Zocchi is an obnoxious old fart and comparing GameScience/GameStation dice to casino dice is rather disingenuous.

The GS dice are cast just like the rest of the competition.  Sure, they're not tumbled and painted, but they're NOT machined like Casino dice to ensure their precision, and they're not machined to remove those ugly-ass clip marks.

Edit:  Not to mention the numbers - while such a minute difference, aren't casino dice dyed/painted with the pips, rather than having them engraved/indented like the numbers on the GS dice?  Even as minute as it is, there's probably some micro-difference in the weight of one side vs. another due to the material carved out for a physically larger number.

As other's pointed out, there really isn't a significantly higher level of randomization from the GS dice.

I've got a bunch of GS dice.  I like them a lot, but they're nothing special over my Chessex, Koplow or Crystal Caste dice.

What a weird question, the OP. I would think that with this anti-philosophy in particular, such a thing wouldn't matter in the least.  It is irrelevant. Things like dice don't really matter in Cheetoism because its not really a gaming ideology, its a retarded way of trying to show you're a hipster and much more "in" than those other hipsters who go around doing Theory.

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Quote from: Insufficient Metal;427820Thanks, Benoist. I might order up a set for Christmas.

You're welcome, mate.

Finally got mine in the mail and got them inked. I made a few mistakes along the way, so they're not as immaculate as yours, Benoist, but I'm still happy with them.



Looking forward to trying them out at game this weekend.

Sorry for the crappy photo.

Quote from: Insufficient Metal;427519The blog post in the OP really sends up my "control freak" flag. If any GM "forbid" me from using a particular brand of dice in his game, I'd quietly leave the game and never come back.

I'm 100% with you on this. Despite having a whole bag full of GS dice because I am a notoriously bad roller, if any GM tried to make me use any particular set of dice, I would find myself a new game, or make my own group. That's a bit too far IMO.

Quote from: Insufficient Metal;430260Finally got mine in the mail and got them inked. I made a few mistakes along the way, so they're not as immaculate as yours, Benoist, but I'm still happy with them.



Looking forward to trying them out at game this weekend.

Sorry for the crappy photo.

Dude, these are awesome! The lime green ones are totally cool! I need some of those nao.