To be honest I really like the fact they are easily readable from far away, there are many fancy dice that fail on that part.
Uh, I should have been less niche in my reference. One-time pad is a type of encryption that is very sensitive to the quality of the randomness used. I used it figuratively in the sense that I don't believe they are perfectly balanced, but I found them good enough to not significantly influence the game.
@Triumph If we ever play on a board, you're welcome to check all the dice I'm using. However, I find it rather ridiculous and more than a tad bit annoying, to claim that my own dice are weighted, because the dice you got from the same company, potentially with years of difference, turned out that way.
I find the idea of weighted dice when talking for D20 and specifically Infinity were target numbers are constantly shifting amusing, yes, theoretically the dice may have a bias to a certain direction, if not rolled with sufficient power ectr ectr, but even then for D20 it would e fairly random, the dice would need to be really badly casted to have a significant bias. Though how does all this discussion fit with the discussion about this dice manufacturer?
User is complaining about the design and quality of freshly advertised dice while admitting to using extremely cheap and poor quality dice. It is a mildly amusing situation. Like I said, tested alot of dice. It's a very easy test to do though with items you probably have in your house right now, please, feel free to prove me wrong I've shown you how easy it is to check.
I'm sooooo glad I don't have to play with people that wants me to check every dice in salt and water before the game!!
From all the previous two player boxes the Yu Jing dices are the worst. I tried them several times and they keep rolling to high. Just when you think this is good for arm-rolls, their show their low side and betray you. True. The Kaldstrom ones are a tiny bit better ... but I use generic black ones and they only work bad in one of 6 games or so. Nomads are only some degree better. The crimson stone are definitly better than the old ice storm. I use them constantly and sometimes they are redicilous, sometime they are nice - only mix in the old when B4 or more. Aleph are somewhat okay. Still have the tendency for rolling high, sometime this is favoring Aleph. Most of thime they are good. Hard to tell which one are the newer ones - only white. Pan O are in the same vain as Yu Jing. But the Kaldstroms are good. Still rolling high but this is in favor for Pan O, if you managed good FtF situations. Still have to test some ITS dices ...
According to Google results from the last 24 hours, there seems to be some news for Baron of Dice's Infinitythegame collector dice range. I've got up two images but there seems to be 12 news. https://baronofdice.com/collections...ection-coming-soon?sort_by=created-descending
New releases from Baron of Dice They've announced a new infinitythegame dice set for Military Orders on reddit. Post: https://www.reddit.com/r/InfinityTh...aking_in_the_brand_new_infinity_dice_what_do/
One year on and here's no UK stockists and shipping costs more than the dice. Lovely looking things but irrelevant to me
I am a sucker for cool dice, so I ordered some of these, Pan-O, Yu Jing and Haqq, since those are the factions for which I have the most minis. Quick review. They are packed in tins that have mylar(?) windows. Not sure how durable that will be. The tins are nice. The dice are fitted into dense closed cell foam. This is not the sort of foam one gets in eggshell foam. This is dense stuff. The dice fit secure and snug and won't rattle around. The BoD dice are noticeably bigger and heavier, as evinced by the photos. They have a nice 'hand feel' Larger numbers mean easier reading, especially for older eyes and for people across the table. The inking of the numbers is clean and complete, no paint flaking. They are swirled, but very subtle swirling. Nothing that interferes with the legibility of the dice. They are well-made dice. I would get them again. The Size: They are larger than most d20s you can find. Shown, (center)the BoD die (Haqq) with a variety of d20s, including d20s from Icestorm and Kaldstrom. The other dice, (inner) clockwise from top blue chessex, kaldstrom Yu Jing, Icestorm Nomads, GameScience, wizdice D&D dice, Koplow pearlescent, and outer purple koplow Jumbo, purple GameScience vintage (ie from the late 1970's) and Chessex jumbo. A close up of some of the dice. BoD Haqq and Kaldstrom Yu Jing with a ruler. A few specifications, for the curious. Spoiler Sizes in millimeters, from point to point of the d20s shown Gamescience 23.76mm wizdice 22.57mm chessex 22.27mm koplow 22.31mm Kaldstrom 23.41mm Red Veil 23.03mm BoD 26.31mm, and 23.33 flat to flat There will be some variance from die to die, except the GameScience, because they are tumbled and thus 'smoothed' unevenly. The Weight: This is interesting, because it can reveal air bubbles in the die without cutting it open. If you are really worried aboiut such things, you need transparent dice. There is a reason all casino dice are transparent. And untumbled. Weights are given in grams. A few extra average weights of other dice for comparison. Gamescience 5.07g GameScience Vintage 4.64g wizdice 5.14g chessex 5.0g koplow 4.92g Kaldstrom 5.85g, 5.85g, 6.0g Red Veil 5.4g, 5.4g, 5.4g BoD Haqq 7.87, 8.18, 8.18, 8.00, 8.17, 8.17 That 0.3g of difference is something. Most definitely an air bubble. Maybe I'll do the salt water test next. The Yu Jing and Pan-O BoD dice have similar weight variances.
