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I'm trying to organize a "High Rollers" game for a fundraiser and I'm a gigantic anus for accuracy. How big were the dice?
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[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 10:11 AM\']I'm trying to organize a "High Rollers" game for a fundraiser and I'm a gigantic anus for accuracy. How big were the dice?
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The sad thing is, the isn't the most anal thing I've ever seen with regard to a homemade game show production.
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Not having a micrometer handy, I can't completely set your gigantic...um...concerns to rest.
Still, these would seem about right:
http://www.mileskimball.com/jump.jsp?itemT...iProductID=3187 (http://\"http://www.mileskimball.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=3187\")
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 02:32 PM\']Not having a micrometer handy, I can't completely set your gigantic...um...concerns to rest.
Still, these would seem about right:
http://www.mileskimball.com/jump.jsp?itemT...iProductID=3187 (http://\"http://www.mileskimball.com/jump.jsp?itemType=PRODUCT&iProductID=3187\")
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Those are a tad too big and noisy as hell. But, since you're probably on a budget, those will do.
--Mike
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Here is a company that sells large foam rubber dice. I vouch for the company's quality.
Koplow Games (http://\"http://www.koplowgames.com/\")
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 03:36 PM\']Those are a tad too big and noisy as hell. But, since you're probably on a budget, those will do.[/quote]
You sure those are the same ones you're thinking of? I know the plastic, clanky ones, and these look the same, but the webpage for these clearly says "foam dice".
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 03:05 PM\'][quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 03:36 PM\']Those are a tad too big and noisy as hell. But, since you're probably on a budget, those will do.[/quote]
You sure those are the same ones you're thinking of? I know the plastic, clanky ones, and these look the same, but the webpage for these clearly says "foam dice".
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I don't doubt what the web site says, but they sure don't look like foam.
--Mike
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I actually have a version of the "lawn dice" game, and while it's not a very good game to play as is, the dice are about the right size for HR.
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How about these:
http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html (http://\"http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html\")
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[quote name=\'jmangin\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 02:05 PM\']How about these:
http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html (http://\"http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html\")
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At 2 inches square? Not even close. If you really wanna simulate High Rollers dice, you're talking about 4, I think.
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The lawn dice are 3.5" to a side. 4" would be the size of the average male's hand. Of pictures I've seen, either look OK.
--Mike
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[quote name=\'mmb5\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 02:59 PM\']The lawn dice are 3.5" to a side. 4" would be the size of the average male's hand. Of pictures I've seen, either look OK.
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The only thing I wouldn't like about the lawn dice is that the pips on the two-face follow the Chinese design of running parallel to the vertices of the die, rather than on the diagonal like we're used to. And if I was interested in authenticity, that would be a dealbreaker. (That said, I'm a dice nerd, so that kind of detail is more important to me than some other ones.)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 06:12 PM\'][quote name=\'jmangin\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 02:05 PM\']How about these:
http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html (http://\"http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice2.html\")[/quote]
At 2 inches square? Not even close. If you really wanna simulate High Rollers dice, you're talking about 4, I think.[/quote]
Those are also made of heavy bakelite, which means if you use them High Rollers-style, prepare to have some dents in your dice tray. At $33 a pair, they're also pricey.
The Koplow product does look pretty cool, the price is right ($10 or so a pair), and if you've got the budget you could pick up some 16" ones as set decoration. Still, I don't see that they come in white.
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[quote name=\'Matt Ottinger\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 03:29 PM\']The Koplow product does look pretty cool, the price is right ($10 or so a pair), and if you've got the budget you could pick up some 16" ones as set decoration. Still, I don't see that they come in white.
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It's also a shame that the 4" ones don't have the nice beveled sides that the larger ones do, although I bet a careful hand with an Xacto knife or a good Dremel tool could take care of that.
I almost think I would make do with yellow ones in the name of using those, tho.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 03:40 PM\']It's also a shame that the 4" ones don't have the nice beveled sides that the larger ones do, although I bet a careful hand with an Xacto knife or a good Dremel tool could take care of that.[/quote]
Or, if you're willing to go a pricier route...
http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice4.html (http://\"http://www.greatbigstuff.com/dice4.html\")
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Mr. Lemon...you're scaring me. I mean we all have things in which we're nerdy about but...in your words...wow. (Runs away to the Joker 90 room.)
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[quote name=\'FOXSportsFan\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 06:41 PM\']Mr. Lemon...you're scaring me. I mean we all have things in which we're nerdy about but...in your words...wow. (Runs away to the Joker 90 room.)
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Oh, sir, that doesn't even scratch the SURFACE. Be afraid. Be VERY afraid. :)
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...and you seem to be in a jolly mood; I don't even WANT to know what you're having for dinner tonight.
:-P
ObGS: I miss Ready, Steady, Cook.
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[quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 11:11 PM\']...and you seem to be in a jolly mood; I don't even WANT to know what you're having for dinner tonight.
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Let me guess...gazpacho? :-)
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[quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 08:13 PM\'][quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 11:11 PM\']...and you seem to be in a jolly mood; I don't even WANT to know what you're having for dinner tonight.
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Let me guess...gazpacho? :-)
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It was, actually, a completely delicious casserole of sliced kielbasa, penne pasta, and french-fried onions, from my silly Midwestern cooking magzine. :)
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 11:27 PM\'][quote name=\'GS Warehouse\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 08:13 PM\'][quote name=\'jalman\' date=\'Feb 22 2006, 11:11 PM\']...and you seem to be in a jolly mood; I don't even WANT to know what you're having for dinner tonight.
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Let me guess...gazpacho? :-)
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It was, actually, a completely delicious casserole of sliced kielbasa, penne pasta, and french-fried onions, from my silly Midwestern cooking magzine. :)
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Better than Eggs, Bacon, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Spam, Eggs, and Spam!
Sorry, just got done watching that PBS thing highlighting the best of Eric Idle on Monty Python...brilliant stuff.
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These are what you want, 4" or 100mm dice at...
http://www.mrchips.net/dice.html (http://\"http://www.mrchips.net/dice.html\")
But I've contacted them long time ago, they don't sell small quantities.
John
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I found a pair of what had to be 3-inch or 4-inch square dice at Goodwill once for like 50 cents. I didn't like how they had the number two depicted (not diagonal - just two pips in the middle of the face) so I never really used them.
Plus, they would only ever roll four.
"How would you like to take off the eight?" Ha.
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[quote name=\'jrjgames\' date=\'Feb 23 2006, 03:35 AM\']These are what you want, 4" or 100mm dice at...
http://www.mrchips.net/dice.html (http://\"http://www.mrchips.net/dice.html\")
But I've contacted them long time ago, they don't sell small quantities.[/quote]
"Due to the economies of molding and ocean freight, the smallest order per color of dice is 10,000 pieces."
Well, we could all take up a collection...
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If you have to order ten thousand of them, you might have to go with "The Big Showdown" instead.
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Thanks for everybody's help and suggestions. I settled for the lawn dice that may or may not be foam.
Next issue: Is there a fast, simple way to keep track of when numbers become "bad rolls"?
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[quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Feb 23 2006, 12:27 PM\']Next issue: Is there a fast, simple way to keep track of when numbers become "bad rolls"?
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Yes. Have somebody off-camera whose job it is to keep track of bad rolls. :)
There might be an easier formula, but it seems to me that's the major one. I'm sure someone could whip up a computer program that figured it out based on a given board state, and run it on a laptop in the wings, but it seems like it would just be easier to have someone mentally run through 2-12 during the question and see if they're good or not and update a whiteboard.
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[quote name=\'clemon79\' date=\'Feb 23 2006, 04:01 PM\'][quote name=\'Adam Nedeff\' date=\'Feb 23 2006, 12:27 PM\']Next issue: Is there a fast, simple way to keep track of when numbers become "bad rolls"?
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Yes. Have somebody off-camera whose job it is to keep track of bad rolls. :)
There might be an easier formula, but it seems to me that's the major one. I'm sure someone could whip up a computer program that figured it out based on a given board state, and run it on a laptop in the wings, but it seems like it would just be easier to have someone mentally run through 2-12 during the question and see if they're good or not and update a whiteboard.
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Hey, last year, I had a group of seniors for a computer class construct an Excel file based on IF-THEN formulas that modeled the 78 possible High Rollers combinations. I still have my version of it saved right here on C2 if you want it. Get me on e-mail.