How do you like your dice color?

KillingMachine · October 15, 2007, 01:19:07 PM

When it comes to "sets" of dice, how do you prefer yours? Do you like all of the dice in the set you are using to match as far as color goes or do you prefer a random assortment of colors? Feel free to post details as far as if you have a favorite style (opaque, transparent, speckled) or like to mix and match different styles of dice as well.

As for me, I like a random color assortment of opaque dice the best. Yeah, they are probably the most plain dice you can get and some might prefer matching colors, but I guess I just got used to this sort of thing from the old D&D boxed sets that came with a random assortment of opaque dice. That's how I got my first set of dice and for some reason it just feels right to me.

jrients · October 15, 2007, 01:25:53 PM

I prefer my dice functional rather than pretty. Give me dark opaques with a bright color for the numbers or light colors with dark numbers. I don't like crystal dice and most speckled dice don't do much for me. I have a few speckled where the color for the numbers contrasts all the various speckling colors. Those work.

As a player, I like all my dice to be the same color, except for a few extra dice in case I need to know "this die is the Wild Die" or something like that. As a DM, I keep quantities (1o or more) of all needed dice at hand, grouped together by type.

flyingmice · October 15, 2007, 01:31:50 PM

There is no option for "I couldn't care less."

-clash

John Morrow · October 15, 2007, 01:33:39 PM

Quote from: KillingMachineWhen it comes to "sets" of dice, how do you prefer yours?

My primary preference most of the time is for dice that are easy to read quickly. In practice, that tends to mean opaque dice that are fairly dark or light, so that the number inking can contrast sharply, and patterns (if any) that are subtle and not distracting. I was never a big fan of transparent crystal dice, but have used black dice with harder to read red inking for GMing Warhammer FRP. I prefer all my dice to be the same color unless there is a reason for the contrast (e.g., tens die in a percentile pair). For our current Champions game, I'm using a bunch of old little GDW dice, white with black pips and one red die with black pips to use for a half-die during rolls.

Basically I agree with jrients.

beeber · October 15, 2007, 01:37:18 PM

i put "matching" although "complementary" would've been a better choice. blues/blacks/purples/dark greens, etc. whatever it is, i almost never grab random dice from the dice bag; i almost always choose individual ones for whatever reason.

ancientgamer · October 15, 2007, 01:49:22 PM

I mostly go with matching colors but I have a few die so I can do percentage or have wild dice or bad dice.

Pierce Inverarity · October 15, 2007, 01:59:34 PM

Random Gamescience colors, as per the blurb:

QuoteThis set has been molded in assorted unique UGLY COLORS, which may include: Vana White, Murphy Brown, Vida Blue, Lorne Green, Karen Black, Zane Gray, Road-Kill Red, Excessive Violet, Organized Grime, Chocolate Sludge and Statutory Grape.

James McMurray · October 15, 2007, 02:03:16 PM

Easily readable. All else is gravy.

obryn · October 15, 2007, 02:33:52 PM

I generally grab a matched set right before the game. Of course, it's my only set of Gamescience dice, so take that for what it's worth.

Otherwise, in play, I just grab handfuls of dice, color-coding when necessary (the blue ones are claws, red is bite; or red is full, yellow is -5, blue is -10.)

-O

Mcrow · October 15, 2007, 02:35:39 PM

I like most styles and colors, but I prefer to have atleast 3 matching sets.

Zachary The First · October 15, 2007, 03:00:27 PM

In my dice bag, there's a lot of unique single dice, but I also have 3 complete matching sets, and a couple more matching percentiles. I like to mix it up.

stu2000 · October 15, 2007, 06:33:21 PM

Quote from: Pierce InverarityRandom Gamescience colors, as per the blurb:

I like the cut of your jib!

Gamescience is the only way I roll, baby. If it ain't got the G, it ain't for me.

Serious Paul · October 15, 2007, 11:28:55 PM

To cut down on confusion I issue each player with a set of matching dice, and each player gets a different color. Each set includes 2D20 (Each a different color), D12, 2D10, D8, 3D6 to 20D6 (Depending on levels, and spells and such.), and a D4.

I have a fishbowl filled with dice, and I have somewhere around 12 complete sets, and many more loose dice. By keeping each player color coded I can easily differentiate between who's rolling what and why.

Silverlion · October 15, 2007, 11:45:06 PM

I like transparent clear ones..but I picked up some Crystal Caste "Steel" ones that I adore. I like their heft...

Ronin · October 16, 2007, 07:06:04 AM

I used to use a matched set. But I have gone to a set of mixed colors. As I like the way those dice roll.