Here are some more dice of my collection. This section is structured in themes as follows:
My favourites: as
the title says
Noteworthy: Dice
I consider unique, special or noteworthy in some way or another
Spinners
Vintage dice sets:
The Armory, TSR, etc
Pips: Dice with
special pips
Not Numbered: Dice
representing numbers with neither pips nor Arabic numbers, e.g. roman numerals,
hexadecimal, Japanese, symbols, or words
Symbols: One of
the faces of a pipped or numbered die is replaced by a symbol
Math: Dice
with mathematical symbols or words
Electronic: Dice
using a battery
Astro: Dice with
astro symbols (zodiac, planets)
Letters: Dice
with letters instead of numbers
Poker: Dice with
poker symbols
Miscellaneous: Dice
in my collection that do not fit in any other theme
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Acrylic Glass Designed by my daughter |
Beads Made by my son |
Dice Maniacs Club great art work |
Art Deco, beautiful design |
Wooden spherical D6 handicraft |
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Amber |
D32, glass, made in Czechoslovakia |
D26 All prime numbers below 100 (1 is on top, © at bottom) Designed by my daughter |
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D10, pipped |
2D6, double roller |
3D6, triple roller |
Dice I consider unique, special or noteworthy in some way or other
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Zocchihedron, D100 100-sided die, invented by Lou Zocchi |
D-Total “Seventeen Dice in One” D24 Deltoidal Icositetrahedron A.Simkin / GameScience Details can be found here |
D12, unique shape: Rhombic Dodecahedron AskAstro |
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D10, unique shape: Flattened octahedron Japanese “Trinity” die numbered 0..9 |
Russian die “6” is diagonal Opposite faces do not sum to 7: 6 and 1 are adjacent |
Chessex, Arrows of Chaos Configuration and pips are n-sided polygons where n is the number of pips on that face. ( “1” consists of 8 arrows) |
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D6 with both pips and numbers 1-3 numbered 1-3 pipped |
D10, odd numbers are upside-down (compared to all other D10s in my collection) |
Italic font Backgammon doubling die |
Diagonal numbers Backgammon doubling die |
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D6, binary die |
D8, binary die Exile Game Studio (Ubiquity Dice) |
D16, Hexadecimal F,E,D,C,B,A,9,..,1,0 Hexi Die Design by Kevin Cook |
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Sicherman Dice Numbered 4,3,3,2,2,1 and 8,6,5,4,3,1 Same probability distribution as a pair of normal dice |
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Non-transitive dice: Each die beats the one in clockwise direction with probability >0.5 (similar to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors) |
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Hollow, made of six plastic squares |
Phenolic resin (bakelite) 1930’s |
Stone |
Metal, hollow |
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Minute bone dice, beginning of 20th century These were packed in a hollow cork and came as gift together with a bottle of European liquor. Details can be found in Leo van der Heijdt’s book “Face to face with DICE” on p.77. |
Cork dice (cork missing In my collection). Picture by L. van der Heijdt [Ref] |
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The “1” face of the left die is convex (cheater?) |
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KODT dice: 3/4", six-sided dice with the five characters from Knights of the Dinner Table on five sides, and "Hoody Hoo" on the sixth. Dice are in full color, and the art is sublimated into the surface of the die, not painted onto the outside |
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“2” vertical, “1” large red, “4” red, “5” center dot red, Bhutanese?
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The largest (58mm) and smallest (5mm) dice in my collection. I do prefer regular sized dice (16mm), though. |
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D4, numbered |
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D6, pipped |
D6, pipped |
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D6, pipped 10cm long! |
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D10, pipped Instead of the “10” there is a figure (joker?) |
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2D6, double spinner The two halves move (more or less) independently, thereby generating the same numbers a s two D6. |
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2D6, double roller, “Mulpa Roller” The two halves move (more or less) independently, thereby generating the same numbers a s two D6. |
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3D6, triple roller The three parts move (more or less) independently, thereby generating the same numbers a s three D6. |
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Brass Nimm alles, Alle geben, Gib zwei, Gib eins, Nimm eins, Nimm zwei (German for: take all, put all, put one, put two, take one, take two) |
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Nimm alles, Alle geben, Gib 2, Gib 1, Nimm 1, Nimm 2 (German for: take all, put all, put 1, put 2, take 1, take 2) |
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Nimm alles, Alle geben, Gib 2, Gib 1, Nimm 1, Nimm 2 (German for: take all, all put, put 1, put 2, take 1, take 2) |
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Nimm alles, Alle geben, Gib 2, Gib 1, Nimm 1, Nimm 2 (German for: take all, put all, put 1, put 2, take 1, take 2) Wood, 60mm |
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Nimm alles, Alle geben, Gib 2, Gib 1, Nimm 1, Nimm 2 (German for: take all, all put, put 1, put 2, take 1, take 2) |
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Toma todo, todos ponen, pon 1, pon 2, toma 1, toma 2 (Spanish for: take all, put all, put 1, put 2, take 1, take 2) |
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Je t’aime, un peu, beaucoup, passionnément, à la folie, pas du tout (French for: I love you, a little bit, passionately, (I’m) crazy about you, not at all) |
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“1” on D4 and D8 replaced by “A”. D20 is 2 x 0..9. Note that there is no D10.
Mint. Year unknown, but leaflet says “free replacement if our dice wear out before 1 Jan 1982”
Pictures of the individual dice are not to scale.

D6 is missing in above set, looks probably similar to the green D6 below

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© 1989, mint. Pictures of the individual dice are not to scale.

mint
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© 1993. Pictures of the individual dice are not to scale.



Any hint about the manufacturer is highly appreciated
Dice with special pips
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Chessex, Arrows of Chaos Configuration and pips are n-sided polygons ( “1” consists of 8 arrows) |
Tactile |
“1” point-circle Thai |
Pips point circle or “bull’s eye” |
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Pentagons Soccer Koplow |
Hearts |
Eyes |
Skulls |
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Clover |
Ribbons |
Mickey Mouse |
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Hemp |
Gifts |
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Petals Design by |
Bird’s eye Design by |
Dice representing numbers with neither pips nor Arabic numbers
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D6, Roman I, II, III, IV, V, VI |
D6, Roman I, II, III, IV, V, VI |
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D6, Roman I, II, III, IV, V, VI |
D6, Roman, VII,VIII,IX,X,XI,XII |
D6, Roman, V,X,L,C,D,M |
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D12, 3x(1-4) Roman Numerals |
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F,E,D,C,B,A,9,..,1,0 Hexi Die GameStation Design by Kevin Cook |
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1-6 Japanese (Kanji) |
7-12 Japanese (Kanji) |
1-10 Japanese (Hiragana) |

Kanji (left column), Hiragana (2nd column from left)
http://web-japan.org/kidsweb/language/numbers/index.html
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1-6 Korean (Sino) |
7-12 Korean (Sino) |

http://www.scribd.com/doc/947832/Korean-Numbers-Chart
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1-6 ASL |
7-12 ASL |
1-10 ASL |

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_manual_alphabet
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Strokes |
Bamboo Pentagram Truant |
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Fingers, 5,4,3,2,1,0 |
Fingers, 5,5,2,2,0,0 Rock-Paper-Scissors |
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12,11,10,9,8,7 English |
6,5,4,3,2,1 English |
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12,11,10,9,8,7 German zwölf, elf, zehn, neun,acht, sieben |
6,5,4,3,2,1 German sechs, fünf, vier, drei, zwei, eins |
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12,11,10,9,8,7 Turkish on iki, on bir, on, dokuz, sekiz, yedi |
6,5,4,3,2,1 Turkish altı, beş, dört, üç, iki, bir |
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2,2,2,1,1,1, EVEN, ODD |
One of the faces of a pipped or numbered die is replaced by a symbol
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Lobster |
Crab |
Cat |
Pig |
Unicorn |
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Horse |
Turtle |
Elephant |
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Star |
Soccer Koplow |
Dragon meet 2006 |
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Map of Canada |
Map of Switzerland |
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25,20,15,10,5,misfire Warhammer Artillery |
13,9,8,5,4,face Rummy Die |
10,8,6,4,2,misfire |
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10,9,6,5,1,face Rummy Die |
10,8,6,4,2,misfire Warhammer Artillery |
Bird 3,2,2,1,1,bird |
Shark fin |
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1 replaced by skull |
4,3,2,1,W,W (wildcard) Phase 10 |
2,2,1,1,X,X Toto die |
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1 replaced by engraving |
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1 replaced by a rose |
1 replaced by an Ankh symbol |
0 replaced by a Yin Yang symbol Q-Workshop Yin Yang |
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“0” replaced by a symbol (devil?) 1,2, and 3 different color “World of Warcraft (WoW)” |
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10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,crown |
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20 replaced by a Lotus symbol (life counter) |
Dice with mathematical expressions, symbols or words
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Math expressions die
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Math +,-,x, ÷,=, ≤ |
Math +,-,x, ÷,=, < |
Math =, ≠,<,>,≤,≥ |
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Math x,x,x,x,x,x |
Math =,=,=,=,=,= |
Math x, ÷,+,+,-,- |
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Math x, x, x, ÷,÷,÷ |
Math +,+,+,-,-,- |
Math +,+,-,-,blank,blank |
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Math +,+,+,-,-,- German |
Math ><,-,÷,=,x,+ German |
Math =,<,≤,≠,≥,> German |
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Shapes in German Hexagon, Square, Trapezoid, Triangle, Rhombus (2x) |
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Electronic Die |
Flashing Die |
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Zodiac Pentagonal |
Zodiac Rhombic AskAstro |

Zodiac Symbols
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Planetary Pentagonal |
Planetary Rhombic AskAstro |

Planetary Symbols
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/all_symbols.jpg
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D20 Uppercase Letters |
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D30 Uppercase Letters Type 1 |
D30 Uppercase Letters Type 2 |
D30 Lowercase Letters |
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AH,KC,8D,10S Peg Poker |
AS,QD,4C,5H Peg Poker |
AC,9D,JS,2H Peg Poker |
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KH,QC,7D,9S Peg Poker |
KS,JD,3C,4H Peg Poker |
KD,5C,6H,2S Peg Poker |
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QH,JC,6D,8S Peg Poker |
QS,10D,2C,3H Peg Poker |
JH,10C,5D,7S Peg Poker |
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10H,9C,4D,6S Peg Poker |
9H,8C,3D,5S Peg Poker |
8H,7C,2D,4S Peg Poker |
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Peg Poker, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5134 |
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Poker, 9,10,J,Q,K,A Wood Koplow |
Poker Ace of Club Type 1 |
Poker Ace of Club Type 2 |
Poker Ace of Spaces |
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Poker Ace of Spaces Transparent Koplow |
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AS,KH,QD,JC,9S,8H,7D,6C Koplow |
AH,KD,QC,10S,9H,8D,7C,5S Koplow |
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AD,KC,JS,10H,9D,8C,6S,5H Koplow |
AC,QS,JH,10D,9C,7S,6H,5D Koplow |
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KS,QH,JD,10C,8S,7H,6D,5C Koplow |
D14 dice, shaped like a cuboctahedron with rounded vertices and edges.

Each die contains 13 card symbols (2..10,J,Q,K,A) plus an Arsenal Club Crest. Other editions feature Everton, Leeds United, Liverpool, Manchester City, Manchester United, Sheffield Wednesday, and West Ham. For a complete collection see here.
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AS,KD,QS,JH,10C,9D, 8S,7C,6H,5S,4D,3C,2H, Arsenal Club Crest Card Dice |
AH,KS,QH,JC,10D,9S, 8H,7D,6C,5H,4S,3D,2C, Arsenal Club Crest Card Dice |
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AC,KH,QC,JD,10S ,9H, 8C,7S,6D,5C,4H,3S,2D, Arsenal Club Crest Card Dice |
AD,KC,QD,JS,10H,9C, 8D,7H,6S,5D,4C,3H,2S, Arsenal Club Crest Card Dice |

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D6 Double dice |
D10 Double dice |
D12 Double dice |
D20 Double dice |
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D6 3 in 1 |
Dice in my collection that do not fit in any other theme
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Animals |
Dinos |
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Transport |
Trains |
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Superman |
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Slot Machine |
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Warhammer Scatter |
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Money |
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D6 43mm! Caotina is a Swiss chocolate drink |
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Ich, du, wir (I, you, we) wooden, 30mm |
Lieben, baden, essen, schlafen, feiern, trinken (To love, to bath, to eat, to sleep, to celebrate, to drink) wooden, 30mm |
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D8 TV Scene It |