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Author Topic: Nostalgia dice quest.  (Read 5806 times)

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« Reply #15 on: August 16, 2019, 07:11:18 PM »
IIRC, a hack for the gamescience dice is to use nail polish to ink in the numbers, wiping off the excess.  This is only a hazy memory though.
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« Reply #16 on: August 16, 2019, 10:02:06 PM »
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I ink my own GS dice (it's cheaper), and I've never had a problem. Well, I have re-inked some that I've had for decades, but that hardly matters. They are hardish to read uninked, but as GM I find that to be a bonus.

What do you ink with? I really love my Gamescience dice and would love to ink them in a way that doesn't smear and come off.

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« Reply #17 on: August 16, 2019, 11:29:10 PM »
I been using red sharpies.

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« Reply #18 on: August 17, 2019, 12:14:43 AM »
Zucati dice came in today. I went ahead and crayoned them. They started out with a bit of a matte finish, that buffed off while I was using a paper towel in the crayoning.


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« Reply #19 on: August 17, 2019, 08:30:21 AM »
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Gamescience dice came in today.




Those are beautifully grotesque!

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« Reply #20 on: August 17, 2019, 03:29:13 PM »
the dice I got with my original copy of Basic red box D&D were red and green plastic (some were red others were green) and the numbers had to be filled in with the included white crayon. (the d20 was numbered 1-20)

they started chipping the first time I rolled them.

one of my friends gave me a bunch of old dice, that he got at a con where it was $1 for a handful.  His hands were huge and he ended up getting like 2 pounds of dice by reaching into the bucket and palming them just right.  They are about as good a quality as you can imagine, and many have obvious indentations on the faces of the dice from where the plastic warped during cooling.  Some of them roll pretty well actually.

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« Reply #21 on: August 17, 2019, 07:51:56 PM »
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Those are beautifully grotesque!


:D I can't wait to whip them out at the next game session.
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« Reply #22 on: August 17, 2019, 08:53:40 PM »
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What do you ink with? I really love my Gamescience dice and would love to ink them in a way that doesn't smear and come off.


Paint pens, the ones I use are made by Sharpie. I like the big tip; I just scrape off the excess with my fingernail. White works best for me, even on light colors.

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« Reply #23 on: August 18, 2019, 12:42:41 AM »
I wonder if all gamers have a some kind of dice fetish?

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« Reply #24 on: August 18, 2019, 09:38:00 AM »
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I wonder if all gamers have a some kind of dice fetish?

I am assuming that is just a rhetorical question...:)

...and now I am feeling nostalgic and need to get some of those dice.
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« Reply #25 on: August 18, 2019, 01:55:11 PM »
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I wonder if all gamers have a some kind of dice fetish?

D20 much?

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« Reply #26 on: August 19, 2019, 05:45:36 AM »
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I wonder if all gamers have a some kind of dice fetish?


If you only knew.......

I have a few different gaming setups, which each include multiple sets of dice.  Unless i play DCC, it doesn't matter which setup I grab and use.  DCC doubles the types of dice required, necessitating a different dice bag just for DCC
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« Reply #27 on: August 19, 2019, 10:30:14 PM »
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I wonder if all gamers have a some kind of dice fetish?
You'll get my mottled Torg d20 when you pry it from my cold, dead fingers.  It's been rolling well for me since 1990...

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« Reply #28 on: August 23, 2019, 01:43:44 AM »
Dice quest continues!

I've done quite a bit of research at this point. The best site for old dice info so far is Athenopolis.net.

http://www.athenopolis.net/2016/11/buying-dice.html

It looks like the odds of me getting any Dragon Dice in decent shape is remote. I'm going to keep an eye out for anyone casting replicas.

In a similar situation, any of the Creative Publications dice that came in the Holmes Basic set are likely to be in terrible shape nowadays. And if I found a good set, I wouldn't want to play with them for fear of their soft plastic.

In the meantime, I think I've found a set of dice reminicent of the early 80's Dragon Dice.


https://www.exodusbooks.com/polyhedral-dice-set-of-7/32639/

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« Reply #29 on: August 23, 2019, 12:34:06 PM »
Threshold Dice works looks like a promising lead on getting replica Holmes dice.

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