What are the best dice in the world ever????????????????

[Rapture]

Which type of dice are used is really unimportant. What matters is the both players have the same chances. That is what makes the game fair.

There is no reason to buy the more expensive casino dice other than to buy an advantage. There is a clear standard for dice that wargamers use. Anyone using casino dice and not offering them to their opponent might as well be using weighted dice as the outcome is the same - having better odds than the person they are playing against.

Casino dice aren't gaining an advantage, they are simply dice that are designed to match the probabilities as possible.

Compared to standard dice, they have a higher chance of producing a, generally, favorable result. That is an advantage.

[Animus Silvanna]

I have had the same Grey swirled Gold pipped chessex dice for like going on 11 years now and they seem like they roll pretty average if not more average on 3+ or better. Ive always wanted custom dice but laziness takes a hold of me and i dont thing i could ever not use my grey dice. I do however have 4 larger dice similar to the ones GW puts out every so often in those tin cans. All of which i refer to as my "Bone Dice" 2 of which actually look like they are made of bone (very cool) and they are bleach bone colored. I like to use them for my important rolls or leadership test, psychic test etc. The most annoying dice i can think of is this guy that used to come to our game store has these really heavy sound like they are made of metal dice and it seems like he never ever fail utterly at anything he does. Very annoying

[Psychosplodge]

I'd probably expect most dice to roll 3+ about 2/3 the time, or there abouts...

[Denzark]

Which type of dice are used is really unimportant. What matters is the both players have the same chances. That is what makes the game fair.

There is no reason to buy the more expensive casino dice other than to buy an advantage. There is a clear standard for dice that wargamers use. Anyone using casino dice and not offering them to their opponent might as well be using weighted dice as the outcome is the same - having better odds than the person they are playing against.


Compared to standard dice, they have a higher chance of producing a, generally, favorable result. That is an advantage.

Hang on Rapture. The game is designed on the D6 - not knackered old D6s that roll 1's a disporportionate amount of times. The designers have factored in any 1 score on a d6 being what, 16.66666666667%? Now if your dice a flawed in any way beyond that, it is not fair - regardless of what it falls on. A dice that continually rolls 4s is probably of more use than 6s, what with morale and toughness tests. These dice statistically are more likely THAN KNACKERED OLD ROUND CORNERED DICE to roll high - but not statistically more likely to roll beyond 1/6 or 16.6666666667% - as intended by the games designers. So how is that cheating?

[Denzark]

I'd probably expect most dice to roll 3+ about 2/3 the time, or there abouts...

Yeah roger that - and I would expect my dice to roll 1s about 1/6 of the time - not the 1/5+ being talked about in this study...

[Psychosplodge]

Yeah roger that - and I would expect my dice to roll 1s about 1/6 of the time - not the 1/5+ being talked about in this study...

Sorry Denzark was referencing this

I have had the same Grey swirled Gold pipped chessex dice for like going on 11 years now and they seem like they roll pretty average if not more average on 3+ or better

[Deadlift]

Metal dice are great for rolling at your opponents models when their bending the rules and measurements in their own turn and turn into rules dictators in yours. Watch their faces turn from smug to horror when your d6 decapitates their warlord. Opps sorry mate

[Psychosplodge]

Metal dice are great for rolling at your opponents models when their bending the rules and measurements in their own turn and turn into rules dictators in yours. Watch their faces turn from smug to horror when your d6 decapitates their warlord. Opps sorry mate

[Denzark]

Sorry Denzark was referencing this

No sorry, didn't mean to sound snippy. I am coming to 2 conclusions:

1. Whether it is a placebo effect or not, I think I will invest in casino/razor edged, flush dot dice - as I believe they are most truly random and equal in what they roll.

2. To stop any shenanigans, particularly where there is a prize, TOs should consider issuing dice to be used, all of the same type - for the utmost fairness.

[Uncle Nutsy]

Compared to standard dice, they have a higher chance of producing a, generally, favorable result. That is an advantage.

Ridiculous. Casino dice are designed to give an equal chance of results. Otherwise they would not even be considered for game use.