Bad dice throwers, chop their hands off!!!

[squirecam]

@Craig:

Interesting.

All flash and not much substance. :lol:

It looks like they are using 1/4" thick plywood and then everything is just glued together.  Maybe some small brads or finishing nails.

Also, if you like collapsible towers, fine.  But if you are throwing a lot of dice like you will be in A&A, then I like mine better since they are permanently affixed into the ready position.Â

Plus, mine are 1/2" thick pine board throughout.  I use dowels (with glue) to attached the different pieces to each other so as to retain an all wood appearance.

My are heavier, but I prefer it that way.  If you accidentally knock mine off the table, you will probably do more damage to the floor than you will to the tower.  If you knock their tower off the table, well…you can always use it for kindling.   :-D

To each his own.

Craig

And you deliver them personally.  :)

Squirecam

[balungaloaf]

is that your picture criag?

as a sleepy and often tired person, i’d say you look tired as well.  :lol:

i think thats a healthy tan  :wink:

or maybe i’m just crazy.  but if not, cool.

Come on dont you think thats a bit much?  Craig is a great contributor to AA community.

[Baghdaddy]

@Craig:

@Baghdaddy:

…then rub them back and forth to “heat them up” all the while talking trash about how my five infantry are going to all roll 1’s on this attack.Â

As long as you aren’t specifically rubbing the “1” side only.Â

The term “Blanket Roll” is used to describe a roll in which the dice are vigorously rubbed on a specific side to induce a static charge on that side.  It helps that side of the die to push away from the rolling surface and hopefully end up on the top or showing.

It sounds as if that is not what you are doing.

Maybe you should just back off on the antics and only enjoy your dice dominance occasionally.

Craig

I doubt I could be consistant at just heating up one side of the die.  Even if I could I would probably end up heating the “6” side….

As for backing off the antics, no way!!!  Dice are random but convincing the other player they are rolling in my favor is worth an army or two in any territory he is contemplating attacking.  PSYOPS rule!!!

[General_D.Fox]

All right, so I’m frankly starting to get annoyed with F2F play sometimes, as most recently, I got dice whipped in nearly every battle and Russia got slammed in both opening battles.  My gripe: my opponent and his dice throwing.  I just really really REALLY want to know what the proper etiquette is in telling someone, "hey, you big stinking cheater, learn to throw the dice against the side of the box or I’ll break your damn fingers, you friggin’ cheater!"Â

Where’s C-3PO when I need him for etiquette and protocol? :-D

[jsp4563]

@General_D.Fox:

…"hey, you big stinking cheater, learn to throw the dice against the side of the box or I’ll break your damn fingers, you friggin’ cheater!"Â

That sounds appropriate to me!  :evil:

[frood]

Whoever you’re playing, their momma didn’t raise them right. Throwing dice is not part of the skill of the game, it’s “cheating”.

If you don’t want to offend them, I’d just get a dice tower and insist they use it. You only bought it cuz you think it’s neat (or better yet, it was a gift from your girlfriend or mom or whatever) and you don’t want to have wasted your money.

Once they get a taste of the excitement of not knowing what the dice will be, they may realize the game is more fun that way.

[General_D.Fox]

Good point Dan.  What about getting…does everyone know that game where you roll dice in a cup of some sort and then throw the dice onto the board and you see what you get? I’m thinking of the James Bond movie “Octopussy,” where 007 plays against the baddie with the loaded dice in the casino?  Everyone see that one? Anyway, my point/comment is, what if I used a glass or jar or container of some sort and rolled the dice that way?  Has anybody tried this?  Or would recommend this?  Because, yes, I may have to get a dice tower, but I just wanted to know what people thought of the container/glass idea… :|

Oh yeah, when you use the dice tower, do you use to roll everything you do, including SBRs, AA fire, small battles and the like?

[frood]

I’d say dice tower for everything - small rolls are easier to cheat, and may have a more significant impact in the long run, as there tend to be a lot of them.

I don’t have one but am thinking of building one just for a project. I think I’ll just use a tower with long screws or dowels stuck through it, that should produce really random dice.

I’d also recommend the dice tower over the cup because with that it’s easier to say you don’t want it to go to waste than with just a simple cup.

Is it possible though that you are just noticing the bad results more? Or are you making risky attacks where you are more vulnerable to bad dice than your opponent?

[Guest]

Shake the freakin dice, and THROW them in to the box lid so they bounce and roll, and perhaps even a few bounce out.

THAT is rolling dice.

[General_D.Fox]

Dan, trust me, in this last game, I hardly ever had risky moves.  When I attacked, I attacked in full force…and still managed to roll no offensive numbers that would kill.  Even my 2 fighters couldn’t do squat for me.  And the one guy, he pancake throws the dice.  In his palm, all 6’s up, then sort of…snaps his hand forward and lets the dice go, and all those nice 6s turn into ugly 1s and I die!!! :x

Switch, that’s definitely how I play.  I always attempt to hit the back of the box and get them to roll…hopefully in favour of me.  :-D  But anyway, yeah, I’ll go find a dice tower somewhere.  Or buy one off the net.

[frood]

I wouldn’t play more than two rounds of combat against a guy who pancake-throws the dice. I’d be, like, WTF?!?

Of course, it has nothing to do with the bad dice you roll yourself.

Alternately, you could play with a computer to roll the dice, instead of a dice tower.

But if he’s cheating that blatantly, he doesn’t deserve to have his feelings spared. Do this loser a favour and let him know that you know what he’s doing.

[axis_roll]

@Imperious:

One thing that should be followed:

All the dice should be rolled together… rolling 2 dice has a much different result than rolling one at a time.Â

That’s the most absurd thing I’ve read in this whole thread.

[frimmel]

When you roll 2 dice together there are 36 possible outcomes. 24 of those outcomes do not contain a one. When you roll one die there are 6 possbile outcomes 5 of which do not contain a 1. I do not know the math for 3 or more but I think you get the idea.

[axis_roll]

@frimmel:

When you roll 2 dice together there are 36 possible outcomes. 24 of those outcomes do not contain a one. When you roll one die there are 6 possbile outcomes 5 of which do not contain a 1. I do not know the math for 3 or more but I think you get the idea.

That’s all fine in games where the outcome is based on more than 1 single 6-sided die (like craps)

This is not the case in A&A.

Again, there is no statisical difference from rolling 1 die twice or 2 dice at the same time if I were rolling for 2 defending infantry.

[frimmel]

I was wrong in my first post there are 25 outcomes that do not have a one. 25 of 36 is a 69% chance to not get a one. 5 of 6 is an 83% chance to not get a one. On 2’s there are 16 outcomes that do not have a two. 44% chance to miss with 2 dice. 4 outcomes do not have a two for a 66% chance to miss on one die.

[frood]

@frimmel:

I was wrong in my first post there are 25 outcomes that do not have a one. 25 of 36 is a 69% chance to not get a one. 5 of 6 is an 83% chance to not get a one. On 2’s there are 16 outcomes that do not have a two. 44% chance to miss with 2 dice. 4 outcomes do not have a two for a 66% chance to miss on one die.

But that outcome of those two dice is the same whether they are thrown simultaneously or one after the other - what’s your point exactly?

[frood]

What’s your price for a dice tower? And how long does it take you to make one?

[frimmel]

@froodster:

@frimmel:

I was wrong in my first post there are 25 outcomes that do not have a one. 25 of 36 is a 69% chance to not get a one. 5 of 6 is an 83% chance to not get a one. On 2’s there are 16 outcomes that do not have a two. 44% chance to miss with 2 dice. 4 outcomes do not have a two for a 66% chance to miss on one die.

But that outcome of those two dice is the same whether they are thrown simultaneously or one after the other - what’s your point exactly?

Probably that I don’t really know what I’m talking about.  :-)

[General_D.Fox]

@froodster:

What’s your price for a dice tower? And how long does it take you to make one?

I second that set of questions.

[squirecam]

Your DT are nice…

But PLEASE extend the bases (like in these pics)…

http://www.io.com/~beckerdo/games/articles/DiceTower/RalphHendrix640.jpg

http://www.geocities.com/crosstowngames/photogallery.html

In small towers, the dice tend to roll back under, and there is limited room for many dice.

Squirecam