DICE!

[Ghul]

6,000 dice arrived today. These will fill our first 1,000 AS&SH sets. They are pointy little buggers, regular caltrops!

[kesher]

That picture would only have been better if you had arranged them into a skull...

[Deleted]

Beautiful. I know it would be unrealistic but I wish it were possible to pick the colour - I'd go for the smokey grey or perhaps the clear.

[Ghul]

Feb 14, 2012 16:20:51 GMT -6 kesher said:

That picture would only have been better if you had arranged them into a skull...

...carved into the face of a mountain!

[Ghul]

Feb 14, 2012 16:26:18 GMT -6 @austrodavicus said:

Beautiful. I know it would be unrealistic but I wish it were possible to pick the colour - I'd go for the smokey grey or perhaps the clear.

I'll see what I can do. I just got them today, and now I see it is only half the shipment! Another box (if the tracking # is to be believed) is scheduled to be here tomorrow. Put it to you this way: I am happy to accommodate, David, if possible. You see, there is not an even distribution of each color. Feel free to remind me when I start to post about being close to shipping. Cheers!

[mgtremaine]

I'd prefer you rolled them all at least 20 times and found the best rollers for me...

-Mike

[Ghul]

Feb 14, 2012 18:05:54 GMT -6 mgtremaine said:

I'd prefer you rolled them all at least 20 times and found the best rollers for me...

-Mike

;D

[Finarvyn]

Feb 14, 2012 18:05:54 GMT -6 mgtremaine said:

I'd prefer you rolled them all at least 20 times and found the best rollers for me...

Mike, your probability analysis is all wrong. You want him to roll a bunch and then take the ones that rolled worst, not best. Remember that dice on the average should roll all possible numbers with equal probability, so the ones with the best rolls have already used up a bunch of their high rolls.

[Ghul]

Feb 14, 2012 20:04:37 GMT -6 Finarvyn said:

Feb 14, 2012 18:05:54 GMT -6 mgtremaine said:

I'd prefer you rolled them all at least 20 times and found the best rollers for me...

Mike, your probability analysis is all wrong. You want him to roll a bunch and then take the ones that rolled worst, not best. Remember that dice on the average should roll all possible numbers with equal probability, so the ones with the best rolls have already used up a bunch of their high rolls.

Now that is superior logic at work! Take note, people!

[waysoftheearth]

Sounds like a case of The gambler's Fallacy to me

[mgtremaine]

Ohnoos you are using up their magic.

I have several players who do that and must "rest" their dice. Never been one of my issues but I tend to roll lucky. I did volunteer to retire one 20 sider, from the original gamma world box set, that was so warn is was obviously out of round and tended to come up "0" a little much. That and my sword of sharpness my the DM sad. Never make the DM sad, that's my motto.

-Mike

[Deleted]

Feb 14, 2012 17:42:01 GMT -6 Ghul said:

I am happy to accommodate, David, if possible...Feel free to remind me when I start to post about being close to shipping.

Thanks Jeff but I was only joking. Hmm, still if you're offering...

[Ghul]

Feb 14, 2012 20:39:07 GMT -6 mgtremaine said:

Ohnoos you are using up their magic.

I have several players who do that and must "rest" their dice. Never been one of my issues but I tend to roll lucky. I did volunteer to retire one 20 sider, from the original gamma world box set, that was so warn is was obviously out of round and tended to come up "0" a little much. That and my sword of sharpness my the DM sad. Never make the DM sad, that's my motto.

-Mike

I have a player who has this maddening ritual: He must arrange all his dice (and he has a lot of dice) so that they are all set to 1. He believes that he is appeasing the gods of karma in some odd fashion.

But then again, I have my own DM's pre-game ritual. I have one of those massive 20-siders. I use it to make one ominous roll before the game begins. If I roll a 1, it means the players will have a lucky night with the dice. If I roll a 20, someone is doomed to hand me their character sheet by night's end.

What is wrong with us?

[Deleted]

I have no dice rituals whatsoever, but it's a fact that I generally roll low as a player but high when I DM. I have no idea why and accept it with complete fatalism.

[Haldo Bramwise]

Fantastic, Jeff!

Let me know when you are going to stuff the boxes and I'll bring the boys and myself over to help. We have some experience

[Ghul]

Feb 15, 2012 15:34:43 GMT -6 Haldo Bramwise said:

Fantastic, Jeff!

Let me know when you are going to stuff the boxes and I'll bring the boys and myself over to help. We have some experience

Road trip from Illinois to New Hampshire?

[mythos]

Seeing that collection of dice takes me back.
I remember when buying a new game meant you bought a boxed set that included included a set of dice. Usually after reading through the rules and setting I would take the dice and start inking them. Never a process that was to be taken lightly.
I cannot tell you how much I look forward to reliving that experience when I prepare to run AS&SoH.

[Ghul]

Feb 16, 2012 9:36:09 GMT -6 mythos said:

Seeing that collection of dice takes me back.
I remember when buying a new game meant you bought a boxed set that included included a set of dice. Usually after reading through the rules and setting I would take the dice and start inking them. Never a process that was to be taken lightly.
I cannot tell you how much I look forward to reliving that experience when I prepare to run AS&SoH.

That's great! That's exactly the sort of feeling we are hoping to inspire. Thanks for posting that. Cheers, --Jeff T.

[grodog]

The dice are looking good, Jeff: can't wait to check out the boxed set And if you have them for GaryCon, you can always send mine home with Jon, too: saves you a little postage, and me a few more days of waiting

[Ghul]

Feb 16, 2012 22:17:33 GMT -6 grodog said:

The dice are looking good, Jeff: can't wait to check out the boxed set And if you have them for GaryCon, you can always send mine home with Jon, too: saves you a little postage, and me a few more days of waiting

Thanks Allan. Unfortunately, the chances for a Gary Con release grow slimmer by the day. Honestly it was wishful thinking, and a nice goal to aim for, but my box printer's lead time for production has increased, and I'm still working with Jim Kramer on the actual box layout. But I do appreciate the thought!

[Chainsaw]

Feb 17, 2012 9:16:17 GMT -6 Ghul said:

Unfortunately, the chances for a Gary Con release grow slimmer by the day.

Lay off the booze and dope, man.

So, would this mean no booth for you and more gaming during the day?

[Ghul]

Feb 18, 2012 6:20:46 GMT -6 Chainsaw said:

Feb 17, 2012 9:16:17 GMT -6 Ghul said:

Unfortunately, the chances for a Gary Con release grow slimmer by the day.

Lay off the booze and dope, man.

So, would this mean no booth for you and more gaming during the day?

No and yes! Booth will still be there, for selling t-shirts, prints, adventures, etc. Also, our friends from Autarch may throw a few hardbacks of Adventurer, Conqueror, King on the table. However, since I likely won't have AS&SH there, and since I am sharing space with these other fellows, this opens more time for gaming. Maybe this year I will actually PLAY a bit more, as usually I am the constant DM.

[Chainsaw]

Feb 18, 2012 6:52:57 GMT -6 Ghul said:

However, since I likely won't have AS&SH there, and since I am sharing space with these other fellows, this opens more time for gaming. Maybe this year I will actually PLAY a bit more, as usually I am the constant DM.

Sounds good.