Quote from: Warthur;635905(Also, is it just me or are the second set of Koplow dice measured in the OP actually vastly more consistent than the two brands of Gamescience dice shown?)

(It isn't just you, but we don't want to offend the people who have already fallen for an advertising gimmick involving dice.)

I just don't like the feel of GS dice (I got them for DCC), as said I am not that worried if the rolls are a little skewed.

That and I did not enjoy clearing the bumps on the GS.

I really like the Chessex frosted dice. So much that I own five different sets.  I have, of course, cherry picked the dice from each set that rolled higher numbers than average. There is something to 'skewed' dice. I mean admit it, every gamer you know has their favourites for that very reason.

Point of fact, I recently borrowed a green, speckled d20 for a couple of sessions of Pathfinder. My rolls were very consistent to say the least -- out of twenty-two rolls made during the second session, I had seven natural 20's and alot of 8's. And I was tossing that dice like it was a craps game, too.  Oddly enough I don't remember ever seeing my friend use that die in the past. Its just been sitting in his dice stash all this time, waiting to be exploited.

Anyway, I thought for the next campaign I'd do something different. I bought six sets of inked Gamescience dice, plus alot of duplicates (d4s through d10s). Everyone will be ditching their dice, including my above-average-success-GM dice. We'll have our first 'fair dice' game, replete with higher than normal fails, I'm sure.

I agree GS dice are on the ugly side, but they must have improved quality control, because of the 80 or so dice that I have, I'm not seeing any of the excessive nibs or flashing that people have complained about.  Maybe it's because they are inked.  Yes you can see the break points, some more so than others, but some are so faint you really have to search to find them. I haven't seen the need to file down or cut away on any of them.

Other than the colours, my only disappointment lies with shape of the d4. The apexes are all blunted. I wanted the caltrops reminiscent of the blood prickers found the early TSR box sets.

Quote from: K Peterson;635895The Kickstarter advertises them as being "machined from solid raw materials to exact tolerances down to .001 of an inch". By comparison:

• Casino dice "must be exact to a tolerance of .0005".
• Gamescience dice have been measured with a side to side variation of .002" to .006"

I don't know what the tolerance of Chessex dice (or any other manufacturer's smooth-sided dice) are. A Google search mentioned .0625, or worse. Probably worse.

My real point is that unless you're betting $200 on each "to-hit" roll, precision doesn't actually matter beyond a certain basic minimum.

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Pretty much it, and I'll add that in my opinion people who carefully select unbalanced dice to get higher rolls in their elfgames need to get a life. It's their call (just as baking dice in the oven is), but I don't associate it with traits I want from people I play with.