tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post8897903690169103149..comments2024-03-27T15:59:11.066+00:00Comments on Prometheus in Aspic: Easily PleasedMSFoyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comBlogger13125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-32702760936915452512015-07-30T08:36:44.589+01:002015-07-30T08:36:44.589+01:00The 12-sided D4's are exciting - I like that. ...The 12-sided D4's are exciting - I like that. Surprised they didn't just replace the dumb caltrop-style D4.<br /><br />The fudge dice casualty system is nifty - you could start with a fixed table, like the old Arthur Taylor rules (without dice), and adjust. For low hit rates (because of low probability) the +/- 2 range gives a high proportional variance, which is not unreasonable. Good - I'll have to order some now - I'll have to pick a colour and style - hmmm.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-58229849497607511942015-07-30T01:36:03.669+01:002015-07-30T01:36:03.669+01:00Completely agree with your D(x) >= 10 concept. ...Completely agree with your D(x) >= 10 concept. D12s I can cope with but D20s..forget about it! D6, D8, D10; those are the sweet spots for me. Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-20064689858641558882015-07-29T14:33:38.064+01:002015-07-29T14:33:38.064+01:00Edwin - thanks for another interesting link. 40K -...Edwin - thanks for another interesting link. 40K - I'm worried now - is that OK? I mean, not just for me - for the 40K people. I am the man who can spend an hour in a GW store without any of the staff seeing me (wrong kind of light).<br /><br />Steve - Owzatt is still available? - wow - can you still buy Ovaltine tablets? I could have a back-to-school weekend. <br /><br />I feel I ought to mention this, just as a penance - I have a friend who has a bookshop in Haddington, and he sells lots of good stuff apart from books - classy cards, old fashioned stationery, and high-quality kids games and garden sports stuff. He sells magnificent dice - wooden, white lacquer, rounded edges, 16mm, perfect - a joy to behold. One day, on impulse, though I already own a large proportion of the dice in Scotland, I bought 16 of the beggars and took them home in a paper bag. On the way home, I stopped and looked at them twice.<br /><br />I.... didn't....... need................. them.....................<br /><br />There - I feel better now. Cleansed.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-88359724540619135112015-07-29T14:22:52.312+01:002015-07-29T14:22:52.312+01:00Oooh - did you see the green Fudge Dice with the E...Oooh - did you see the green Fudge Dice with the Elvish writing? Ossum.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-75321132844498128142015-07-29T14:19:36.633+01:002015-07-29T14:19:36.633+01:00That's right - worse still, they slide after t...That's right - worse still, they slide after they've plopped. Even in my classy, baize-lined dice tray they still slide.<br /><br />There is some optimal shape for dice. Too many acute angles and we have the plopping thing; too many obtuse angles and they roll right across the table and on to the floor [D(x), where x >= 10], or - even worse - they bounce off the bayonets of the 86e Ligne on the way.<br /><br />I have, I confess, two types of caltrop-style D4 - on one you have to read the number off the point at the top, on the other the important number is against the bottom edge on each of the 3 faces. That's agreeably quirky, but I still don't like them.MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-22042998186477916012015-07-29T12:06:32.309+01:002015-07-29T12:06:32.309+01:00I bought "Owzatt" for a colleague in las...I bought "Owzatt" for a colleague in last years secret Santa.. :o) My regular opponent DG is also a sucker for a dice... despite having what must be thousands by now he rarely comes back from a show without another few.... :o)) The DiceShop by the way usually attend Salute - always worth a browse, but they haven't yet started producing micro D10's..Steve-the-Wargamerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07077311120172727690noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-20340344283240500412015-07-29T10:52:51.279+01:002015-07-29T10:52:51.279+01:00Thanks for the link Monsewer. I had to close the s...Thanks for the link Monsewer. I had to close the site sharpish as I was getting a bit ... sweaty. The 2D4 die is a brilliant solution to one of the most intractable problems plaguing person-kind. I also liked the fudge dice and the average dice and ... everything. The big problem now bugging me is what's on the last face of the D6 rock-paper-scissors-lizard-Spock die?<br />As always, lots of new ways to think about randomising in one's home-baked rules.Steve Curryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06440638652987274722noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-73367812328976004202015-07-29T02:34:58.578+01:002015-07-29T02:34:58.578+01:00That is a much superior solution to the D4 problem...That is a much superior solution to the D4 problem. For me, the traditional D4s never really rolled. They simply plopped.Jonathan Freitaghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07862373894196924886noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-75924940625473552822015-07-28T22:32:08.816+01:002015-07-28T22:32:08.816+01:00Fudge Dice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudge_(...Fudge Dice - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fudge_(role-playing_game_system)<br /><br />Scatter die are a 40K thing.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-20322808725577145492015-07-28T20:43:58.478+01:002015-07-28T20:43:58.478+01:00Stoppit, stoppit about the Dice Problem - I'm ...Stoppit, stoppit about the Dice Problem - I'm not listening - lalalalalala...<br /><br />I was having a look at nice things like Fudge Dice and Scatter Dice and all sorts - ooooh - I might have to write some Major Tweaks to Commands & Colors to work these dice in, but it seems essential. I wonder what they're for? Who cares? - where's that order form? MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-19388088676155467332015-07-28T18:35:27.401+01:002015-07-28T18:35:27.401+01:00Ah Owzat! Played that game for hour - all illegal,...Ah Owzat! Played that game for hour - all illegal, usually during Maths or English Lit. Can't abide cricket though 😕 <br />The Dice Shop is. Great place, but very dangerous. Binned a lot of dice a few weeks ago only to acquire four more sets not long after. No sense or reason in it; I'm just a dice slut! 😋GaryAhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06963552380378929829noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-70593752510364869982015-07-28T17:36:30.797+01:002015-07-28T17:36:30.797+01:00Haven't seen those before - interesting - than...Haven't seen those before - interesting - thanks for that. I have to watch this, since i am definitely a bit freaky about dice. There was a time when I used to hang around specialist education shops and buy secondhand custom dice from old, long-forgotten games. I had a shoe-box which eventually worried even me. I had a major chuck-out when I split with my first wife, and gave a pile of stuff away - I wouldn't like to say how much.<br /><br />You know what? - I really miss that box of dice and gadgets. Just love dice - I had some terrific dice that came from an old boardgame for the FA Cup or similar - they were different colours, so the Guards fired with navy blue dice in my games, veterans with red, raw troops with yellow - sorry - I was getting a bit emotional there...<br /><br />Those barrel dice are fun - they make me think of an old cricket game called "Owzatt!" that was sold in a tin about an inch and a half square - anyone remember that? There was once a bad moment in my youth when Gary Shieldhouse dropped one of the Owzatt barrel dice during Algebra, and it rolled right out to Mr Dawson's feet. Worst thing was I had a bowler on a hat-trick at that moment... MSFoyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14470241067504971068noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7111053985478999734.post-50704493183785473522015-07-28T17:24:16.348+01:002015-07-28T17:24:16.348+01:00Have you tried barrel dies? There less trouble th...Have you tried barrel dies? There less trouble than the pyramids.Diplomatisthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04154642903216207181noreply@blogger.com