Various Dice

 

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

 

My Favourites

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

 

Amber

D32, glass,

made in

Czechoslovakia

D26

All prime numbers below 100

(1 is on top, © at bottom)

Designed by my daughter

 

D10, pipped

2D6, double roller

3D6, triple roller

 

 

Noteworthy

Dice I consider unique, special or noteworthy in some way or other

 

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

 

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)

 

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

 

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

 

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

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sicherman_dice

 

Non-transitive dice: Each die beats the one in clockwise direction with probability >0.5

(similar to the game Rock, Paper, Scissors)

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Nontransitive_dice

 

Hollow, made

of six plastic

squares

Phenolic resin

(bakelite)

1930’s

Stone

Metal,

hollow

 

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]

 

The “1” face of the left die is convex (cheater?)

 

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

Flying Buffalo

 

“2” vertical, “1” large red, “4” red, “5” center dot red, Bhutanese?


The pips seem to be hand made, as they come in different configurations

 

The largest (58mm) and smallest (5mm) dice in my collection.

I do prefer regular sized dice (16mm), though.

 

Spinners

D4, numbered

 

D6, pipped

D6, pipped

 

D6, pipped

10cm long!

 

D10, pipped

Instead of the “10” there is a figure (joker?)

 

2D6, double spinner

The two halves move (more or less) independently, thereby generating the same numbers a s two D6.

 

2D6, double roller, “Mulpa Roller”

The two halves move (more or less) independently,

thereby generating the same numbers a s two D6.

 

3D6, triple roller

The three parts move (more or less) independently,

thereby generating the same numbers a s three D6.

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

 

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

 

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)

 

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)

 

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)

Vintage Dice Sets

The Armory 1st Generation

“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.

The Armory 2nd Generation

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

The Armory Chameleons

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

TSR Basic Dungeons & Dragons (Original Edition)

mint

 

TSR Dragon Dice

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

Diamond Dice

Unknown Vintage Dice

Any hint about the manufacturer is highly appreciated

Pips

Dice with special pips

 

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”

 

Pentagons

Soccer

Koplow

Hearts

Eyes

Skulls

 

Clover

Ribbons

Mickey Mouse

 

Hemp

Gifts

 

Petals

Design by
J. Asperheim

Bird’s eye

Design by
J. Asperheim

 

Not Numbered

Dice representing numbers with neither pips nor Arabic numbers

Non-Arabic Numbers

Roman

D6, Roman

I, II, III, IV, V, VI

D6, Roman

I, II, III, IV, V, VI

 

D6, Roman

I, II, III, IV, V, VI

D6, Roman,

VII,VIII,IX,X,XI,XII

D6, Roman,

V,X,L,C,D,M

 

 

D12, 3x(1-4)

Roman Numerals

 

Hexadecimal

F,E,D,C,B,A,9,..,1,0

Hexi Die

       GameStation      

Design by Kevin Cook

 

Japanese

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

 

Korean

1-6 Korean (Sino)

7-12 Korean (Sino)

 

http://www.scribd.com/doc/947832/Korean-Numbers-Chart

American Sign Language (ASL)

1-6 ASL

7-12 ASL

1-10 ASL

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_manual_alphabet

Strokes and Arcs

Strokes

Bamboo Pentagram

Truant

 

Fingers

Fingers, 5,4,3,2,1,0

Fingers, 5,5,2,2,0,0

Rock-Paper-Scissors

 

Words

12,11,10,9,8,7

English

6,5,4,3,2,1

English

 

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

 

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

 

2,2,2,1,1,1, EVEN, ODD

 

Symbols

One of the faces of a pipped or numbered die is replaced by a symbol

 

D6 Pipped

Lobster

Crab

Cat

Pig

Unicorn

 

Horse

Turtle

Elephant

 

Star

Soccer

Koplow

Dragon meet

2006

 

Map of

Canada

Map of

Switzerland

 

D6 Numbered

 

25,20,15,10,5,misfire

Warhammer Artillery

13,9,8,5,4,face

Rummy Die

10,8,6,4,2,misfire

 

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

 

1 replaced by skull

4,3,2,1,W,W (wildcard)

Phase 10

2,2,1,1,X,X

Toto die

 

1 replaced by engraving

 

D10 Numbered

1 replaced by

a rose

1 replaced by

an Ankh symbol

 0 replaced by a

Yin Yang symbol

Q-Workshop Yin Yang

 

“0” replaced by a symbol (devil?)

1,2, and 3 different color

“World of Warcraft (WoW)”

 

D12 Numbered

 

10,9,8,7,6,5,4,3,2,1,0,crown

D20 Numbered

 

20 replaced by a Lotus symbol (life counter)

 

Math

Dice with mathematical expressions, symbols or words

 

Math expressions die

          

          

 

 

Math

+,-,x, ÷,=,

Math

+,-,x, ÷,=, <

Math

=, ≠,<,>,≤,

 

Math

x,x,x,x,x,x

Math

=,=,=,=,=,=

Math

x, ÷,+,+,-,-

 

Math

x, x, x, ÷,÷,÷

Math

+,+,+,-,-,-

Math

+,+,-,-,blank,blank

 

Math

+,+,+,-,-,-

German

Math

><,-,÷,=,x,+

German

Math

=,<,≤,≠,≥,>

German

 

Shapes in German

Hexagon, Square, Trapezoid, Triangle, Rhombus (2x)

 

Electronic

Electronic Die

Flashing Die

 

Astro

 

Zodiac

Pentagonal

Zodiac

Rhombic

AskAstro

 

Zodiac Symbols

http://www.wpclipart.com/imgpage.html?http://www.wpclipart.com/signs_symbol/zodiac/zodiac_symbols.png

 

Planetary

Pentagonal

Planetary

Rhombic

AskAstro

 

 

Planetary Symbols

http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/multimedia/gallery/all_symbols.jpg

 

Letters

D20 Uppercase Letters

 

D30 Uppercase Letters

Type 1

D30 Uppercase Letters

Type 2

D30 Lowercase Letters

 

Poker & Card Dice

D4 Poker

AH,KC,8D,10S

Peg Poker

AS,QD,4C,5H

Peg Poker

AC,9D,JS,2H

Peg Poker

 

KH,QC,7D,9S

Peg Poker

KS,JD,3C,4H

Peg Poker

KD,5C,6H,2S

Peg Poker

 

QH,JC,6D,8S

Peg Poker

QS,10D,2C,3H

Peg Poker

JH,10C,5D,7S

Peg Poker

 

10H,9C,4D,6S

Peg Poker

9H,8C,3D,5S

Peg Poker

8H,7C,2D,4S

Peg Poker

 

Peg Poker, http://www.boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/5134

 

D6 Poker

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

 

Poker

Ace of Spaces

Transparent

Koplow

 

D8 Poker

AS,KH,QD,JC,9S,8H,7D,6C

Koplow

AH,KD,QC,10S,9H,8D,7C,5S

Koplow

 

AD,KC,JS,10H,9D,8C,6S,5H

Koplow

AC,QS,JH,10D,9C,7S,6H,5D

Koplow

 

KS,QH,JD,10C,8S,7H,6D,5C

Koplow

 

D14 Card Dice

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.

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

 

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

 

 

Double Dice / 3 in 1

D6

Double dice

D10

Double dice

D12

Double dice

D20

Double dice

 

D6

3 in 1

Miscellaneous

Dice in my collection that do not fit in any other theme

 

Animals

Dinos

 

Transport

Trains

 

Superman

 

Slot Machine

 

Warhammer Scatter

 

Money

 

D6 43mm!

Caotina is a Swiss chocolate drink

http://www.caotina.ch

 

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

 

D8

TV Scene It