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Lance Hawvermale
United States
Ranger
Texas
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The rating of dice on Geekdo is 7.603? Huh? Granted, not all RPGs use dice, so that might suggest that there is a better way of doing things, but aren't dice as near to universally beloved as anything in our hobby? Who is not in love with them? Who does own far too many of them?
I don't get it.
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Old & Chaotic Evil Bob
United States
North Attleboro
Massachusetts
do you want to be my new host
I am EVIL, do not try to change my alignment
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some users just don't like Dice
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Phil Alberg
United States
Cumberland
Rhode Island
You lost the game!
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Dice hate me.
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Jeremiah
United States
Madison
Wisconsin
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found here.
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Eric M. Aldrich I
United States
California
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I'd argue they should be the control item since they are almost ubiquitous. Thus they should rate a 5.5 here.
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William Hostman
United States
Eagle River
Alaska
Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.
Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.
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jackypaper wrote: The rating of dice on Geekdo is 7.603? Huh? Granted, not all RPGs use dice, so that might suggest that there is a better way of doing things, but aren't dice as near to universally beloved as anything in our hobby? Who is not in love with them? Who does own far too many of them?
I don't get it.
As both GM and player, I prefer card based. My players disagree.
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Shanya Almafeta
United States
Kansas City
Missouri
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ealdrich wrote: I'd argue they should be the control item since they are almost ubiquitous. Thus they should rate a 5.5 here.
So approximately half of all items on RPGgeek should be actively worse than just going out and buying the equivalent amount of d6s? 
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Eric M. Aldrich I
United States
California
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Almafeta wrote: ealdrich wrote: I'd argue they should be the control item since they are almost ubiquitous. Thus they should rate a 5.5 here. So approximately half of all items on RPGgeek should be actively worse than just going out and buying the equivalent amount of d6s?
That's better than all of them if we rated dice a "10".
Actually, we both know that 5.5 won't be the median nor the average -- ratings will be skewed towards the higher end.
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Barad The Dwarf
Belgium
De Haan
Got some sanity left?
Come over to the RPGG Tavern, I buy you a drink.
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aramis wrote:
As both GM and player, I prefer card based. My players disagree.
Roll a dice on it.
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William Hostman
United States
Eagle River
Alaska
Gaming in Greater Anchorage area, Alaska since 1978. Looking for Indy-willing RPG players in Eagle River (or willing to drive to Eagle River). Geekmail me if interested.
Yes, this really is what I looked like when I uploaded that avatar. Not that it's quite current anymore.
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Barad_the_dwarf wrote: aramis wrote:
As both GM and player, I prefer card based. My players disagree.
Roll a dice on it.
And another of my pet peeves gets punched...
dice is plural; the singular is die. You can't roll "a dice" as that's a contradiction.
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Steve Donohue
United States
Allen Park
Michigan
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aramis wrote: dice is plural; the singular is die. You can't roll "a dice" as that's a contradiction.
Belgians are often so fluent that it's easy to forget English isn't their first language.
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Dave Bernazzani (@rpggeek)
United States
Plainville
Massachusetts
I wish to provide legendary service to the RPG community to help grow our hobby and enrich the lives of gamers everywhere.
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jackypaper wrote: The rating of dice on Geekdo is 7.603? Huh? Granted, not all RPGs use dice, so that might suggest that there is a better way of doing things, but aren't dice as near to universally beloved as anything in our hobby? Who is not in love with them? Who does own far too many of them?
I don't get it.
I rated them a 10! You'll also notice that dice do not appear in our RPG Item rankings (Browse->RPG Items) - they were specifically pulled out. I think it's fair not to have fairly generic items listed on our rankings lists.
-Dave
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Steffan O'Sullivan
United States
Plymouth
NH
A black cat crossing your path signifies that the animal is going somewhere. -- Groucho Marx
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aramis wrote: And another of my pet peeves gets punched...
dice is plural; the singular is die. You can't roll "a dice" as that's a contradiction.
Actually, in the UK, "dice" is both singular and plural through many years of common usage (which controls the development of language). And Belgium is much closer to the UK than the US...
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Korvettenkapitän Jasper Aurelius van der Meer
United States
Atlanta
Georgia
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There are many different kinds of dice.
This rating averages our sentiments for all of them. It seems about right, at least for me.
I hate the Fudge die.
I hate specialty dice for WFRP 3.o.
I love the old school polyhedral dice, but think the relatively new % tens placeholder die is as overly busy aesthetically as it is undeniably useful.
Some novelty dice are amazingly awesome:
http://lovelypackage.com/400-costumes-to-die-for/
Others, awkwardly obnoxious:
http://xkcd.com/708/
Shouldn't this be a thread of odes to dice?
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Dave Bernazzani (@rpggeek)
United States
Plainville
Massachusetts
I wish to provide legendary service to the RPG community to help grow our hobby and enrich the lives of gamers everywhere.
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jaspermeer wrote: I hate the Fudge die.
Posted directly underneath the guy who invented them... I love RPG Geek!!
-Dave
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Korvettenkapitän Jasper Aurelius van der Meer
United States
Atlanta
Georgia
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Awwww. Crap...
Er, I mean Fudge?
It's probably fine.
Steffan seems to abound in overall awesomeness on RPG geek. Comments from some random internet punk roll right off his distribution curve, I'll bet.
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Barad_the_dwarf wrote: Roll a dice on it.
That's just the sort of thing a jaded GW designer would say for a FAQ when really he just couldn't be bothered to proof read or test his own rules, hehe.
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Lance Hawvermale
United States
Ranger
Texas
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sos1 wrote: aramis wrote: And another of my pet peeves gets punched...
dice is plural; the singular is die. You can't roll "a dice" as that's a contradiction. Actually, in the UK, "dice" is both singular and plural through many years of common usage (which controls the development of language). And Belgium is much closer to the UK than the US...
Yes, common usage indicates that "dice" is now acceptable when referring to a single die. Another instance where common usage and common sense are prevailing involves the split infinitive. Traditionally it is incorrect when we say, "To boldly go where no man has gone before!" The old English teacher in our minds will swat our knuckles for inserting that adverb between "to" and "go." But because 99% of us choose to ignore this rule because doing so simply sounds better, the rule itself is fading . . .
/highjack
Anyway, I still think dice should be a 10. Where would we be without them?
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Korvettenkapitän Jasper Aurelius van der Meer
United States
Atlanta
Georgia
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jackypaper wrote: Anyway, I still think dice should be a 10. Where would we be without them?
Upon further reflection on this question, there's an answer that combines dice and a dice tower. This is worthy of a 10 rating:
I'll give ya that it's not very portable, so maybe it scores a 9.5 rating...
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