Recent content by Tarodin

Here's something interesting. It's the original press release the D5's inventor, Louis Zocchi, sent out for the D5! "Gamescience News Release - July 2003 New 5 Sided Die Used For Alzheimers Research Louis Zocchi, President of Gamescience Inc., invented a true 5 sided die, which rolls each of...

For anyone still looking for an opaque D16, there are Black and Red ones available now at http://www.advancinghordes.com/index.php/cPath/2_61_13

Regarding those dice wand thingys... We have a couple of ancient ones around the house. So klunky looking they seem quite archaic in a nostalgic kind of way. One looks uncannily like a toilet roll spindle ! No one uses them at the games, but they are fun to play with. One type of electronic...

At advancinghordes.com they have D3's D5's D7's D16's D24's D30's D100's, in addition to the usual suspects. These are not "barrel" or "crystal" shaped dice, and have all been tested for randomness. Here is a direct link to the dice (singles and pairs)page: <A...

Here is some info which might help you find some players: The Duelists Of Alberta (D.O.A.) Contact: Sean W Peterson 13012 69 street Edmonton, AB T5C 0H4 403-476-1752 E-mail: swp@telusplanet.net ----------- University of Alberta Gamers Club Contact: Box 46 Student Union Building University of...

Pewter is reasonably maleable, true. However, the compact shape of dice would reduce any distortion caused by rolling. Even pewter character figures can take quite a bit of falling over before they show signs of distortion (bent swords, scraped noses), and they are much thinner metal and less...

RAFM makes a set of 7 dice from pewter, which are the standard sizes (around 16mm across the face of a d6). That sells for $17.95 US right now at www.advancinghordes.com (direct link: http://www.advancinghordes.com/product_info.php/manufacturers_id/7/products_id/126). It's on sale until mid...