Our Friendly Local Gaming Store was having a 20% off sale this weekend, so I picked up a couple boxes of minis and the Chessex Pound-O-Dice.
I’ve always looked at the Pound-O-Dice and wondered if it would be worth buying. Seeing as I have a huge new dice bag (thanks to the Gnomes for tipping me off to that one!), I thought it would be the perfect time to pick up some more dice.
In my Pound-O-Dice, I got:
- 1 complete set (you always get one in the yellow envelope, mine was cream colored with orange speckles – very creamsicle-esque)
PLUS…
- Sixteen d20s
- Four d12s
- Thirty-eight d10s
Um, yeah, seriously. This includes 3 blank d10s, a shame because they are such pretty colors. - Seven d8s
…including one that looked like someone took a bite out of it. - Twenty-one d6s, normal size
…including one blank one - One d6, big mini size
- Twenty-four d6, mini size
- One d6, super mini size
- Seven d4s
There are some really pretty ones and some pretty ugly ones. There are a few with numbers that have worn off. On the whole though, the dice are functional.
Breaking them up into sets (mismatched sets, but still sets), I get 5 full sets including the guaranteed one. A set of decent-quality dice runs about $5 (bit more, bit less depending), so five full sets would run you about $25. The Pound-O-Dice runs anywhere from $15-30. Considering I got five full sets plus a considerable amount of extras, I’d say the Pound-O-Dice is a pretty good deal.
Now… does anyone want a bunch of extra d10s? I certainly don’t need 38 of them.
About e
Always happy to accept extra dice…
None of my current players have any…and I’m running a 10 man game…
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@ Mike – they are slackers!! I’m willing to part with about 30 of my extra d10s.
The other ones I’m keeping. Today’s strategy was to “fire” any dice rolling below 50% of max value. Back in the bag with ‘em. Worked pretty well.
I hear White Wolf uses lots of d10s…
White Wolf does use handfuls of d10s.
HERO uses bucketfuls of d6s, so you’re pretty set there too.
Only four d12s? That die gets no respect.
@ Scott – I’m not even sure I know what uses a d12. Have never rolled one, myself.
Krusk use d12…d12 Krusk’s best friend…d12 take standard action to aid Krusk every day…d12 help Krusk fend off pronouns…
*toothy grin*
My players aren’t so much slackers as they are new to the game…ran our first game yesterday, and more dice would definitely help…
Feel free to send me any d10s you don’t like…my dice bag is the colonial America of dice bags…something about sending sick and weary and some such…I’m bad with quotes…
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@ Mike – Email me (e@geeksdreamgirl.com) with your snail mail address and I’ll toss some in the mail next time I go mail stuff.
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I purchased this product when D&D 3.0 came out. I had more d6′s and d10′s than any thing else. I think there were only four or five d4′s. It’s a good way to cheaply stock up on dice for loaning to new players wanting to try out a system.
Hey! I got my pound ‘o dice about 4 months ago, and it was really cool, but I got 30 d20′s and about 20 d12′s. I didn’t get any blanks, but I did get some funky colored ones, but some really pretty sparkly ones too. I think they must be seconds and overstocks. But whatever, I sold some of the extras on ebay. I sold 6 of the d20′s for about $3 plus shipping. Not too bad. I helped a fellow gamer and got a smidge of my money back from the pound ‘o dice.
@ Kat – I wonder if anybody does that for a living. They buy the Pound-O-Dice, divide them into sets, and ebay the sets… hmmm…
If you want to send me any D10s you don’t like, feel free to send them my way
I think the super secret D&D clan onboard will appreciate…
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@ Sharky – email me your snail mail address and I’ll toss some in the mail.
Most of the dice in my set were very good quality and helped out immensely during a magic game in which I had a multi-colored minions deck.
*cough* time for someone to try Legend of the Five Rings; that’ll use up those d10s.