{"id":16824,"date":"2012-09-08T00:19:24","date_gmt":"2012-09-08T05:19:24","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/?p=16824"},"modified":"2012-11-14T10:55:53","modified_gmt":"2012-11-14T15:55:53","slug":"gamers-are-not-superstitious-all-the-time-about-their-lucky-dice","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/quotulatiousness.ca\/blog\/2012\/09\/08\/gamers-are-not-superstitious-all-the-time-about-their-lucky-dice\/","title":{"rendered":"Gamers are not superstitious (all the time) about their “lucky dice”"},"content":{"rendered":"

Many gamers are highly protective of the “lucky D20” they use for certain die rolls. In some cases, that’s not superstition at all, it’s taking advantage of a manufacturing flaw in polyhedral dice<\/a>:<\/p>\n

One of the biggest manufacturers of RPG dice is a company called Chessex. They make a huge variety of dice, in all kinds of different colors and styles. These dice are put through rock tumblers that give them smooth edges and a shiny finish, so they look great. Like many RPG fans, I own a bunch of them.<\/p>\n

I also own a set of GameScience dice. They\u2019re not polished, painted or smoothed, so they\u2019re supposed to roll better than Chessex dice, producing results closer to true random. I like them, but mostly because they don\u2019t roll too far, and their sharp edges look cool. I couldn\u2019t tell you if they truly produce more random results.<\/p>\n

But the good folks over at the Awesome Dice Blog<\/em> can. They recently completed a massive test between a Chessex d20 and a GameScience d20, rolling each over 10,000 times, by hand, to determine which rolls closer to true.<\/p><\/blockquote>\n

In a video from a few years back, Lou Zocchi explains why his dice are the best quality in the business:<\/p>\n