Maybe I need to recall Rommel from Africa and have him and the 7th Armoured division come back and hide in plain sight in Berlin. Maybe scare off the Allies for a while! :lol:
Bad dice throwers, chop their hands off!!!
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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
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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?
If I’m rolling for three Infantry to hit in an attack against 1 Infantry, I’ll roll 'em one at a time.
If I miss the first one, I know I’ll have to try harder to roll a 1 on the second one.
If I miss THAT one too, I’ll know that I have to buckle down and stop messing around with the third.
~Josh
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@froodster:
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?
The point of throwing many die at the same time is to increase the chaos as each die bounces off other die, which cause them to crash into other die and so on.
When you get down to it, rolling a die is not truly random. It’s a result of several Physics equations. Gravity pulls the die down, friction slows the die down, imperfect collisions bounce and rotate the die. If you could perfectly replicate the same motions, force, and die orientation you can produce the same results. As Humans, we cannot easily calculate that in our head, at least not consciously. People who try to “cheat” are simply trying to reduce or remove the total amount of chaos to their favor. In effect, simplify the equations so it is possible for them to control the forces at work and make it easier to control the outcome. (that raises an interesting question: If you practice enough, can you call your shot with a single die? Even with a Tower?) [Edit: Just ran across this on Digg - [url]http://www.break.com/index/how_to_cheat_at_dice.html
A Dice Tower or the throwing rules for a Craps Table are really about enforcing a standard amount of chaos in the throw and trying to remove as much Human control of the outcome as possible while still letting them “roll”.
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@Craig:
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
I am making a special one just for you! :-o
This both excites and scares me at the same time. Perhaps its set to explode or something…. :roll:
Squirecam
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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?
Can’t picture the scene, but are you thinking of Yahtzee?
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The game is Backgammon just in case he wasn’t just kidding about not knowing what it was.
It is a great scene in that they are making such a big deal of the double six. I suppose it sounded better than, “You can only win with a double 3.” Bond has to roll the double six in order to keep the Fabrege egg they are wagering on and uses “player privilege” to steal the bad guy’s (Louis Jordan) loaded dice and roll the double.
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I, ah, couldn’t remember what it was called, although I do know it wasn’t Yatzhee! :oops: :| Playing yatzhee in a James Bond movie? Preposterous!
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I thought they were playing “Sorry!” :-D
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Well, in one of the shots where they need the double 6 if you look at the board there aren’t any men on the six point. And I think that the board isn’t the same in each shot they come back to it. I think one of the shots has like 6 men in the inner board but he can “only win with the double six.” Although when Bond rolls the double and is staring down Khan he does pick up four men.
I’ve watched that movie more than once. :roll:
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Although when Bond rolls the double and is staring down Khan he does pick up four men.
I’ve watched that movie more than once. :roll:
KKKKKKKKKKKKHHHHHHHHHHHHHHAAAAAAAAAAAAAANNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNNN!!!
oops, wrong movie…
Squirecam
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