This guy is really serious about his dice

This is oddly entrancing to watch, at least for me. This guy explains dice manufacture and how it creates flows that impact randomness and why you should buy his dice.



(via Gnome Stew.)

There's a second part, click the video itself to go to the YouTube page if you want even more.

Comments

[whiskey]

"Fresh oats cost more than used oats even though the used oats have only passed through the horse one time."

Think I will use this little gem at my next proposal meeting.

[whiskey]

The entire presentation from the Dice Expert is that his manufacturing process allows for a better dice, but never presented any statistical analysis of use studies for these products. Would not a simple 8th grade science fair project involving a thousand dice rolls better explain his products advantages over his competitors offerings?

[Timothy Sanders]

Yeah, he also didn't explain what he did differently, other than the fact that he leaves the "blemish" where the sprue connected on. I think there's something to the fact that the statistical analysis would be useful data but boring. His black & white photos of stacks of dice are more amusing, and combine with his whole "crotchety old man ranting" schtick. Admit it, would you have watched a video of him presenting the data from a statistical analysis?

I'll probably try to pick up some Game Science dice this weekend while I'm at PAX and give 'em a look-see. Truthfully the idea that they have sharp edges so they don't roll so far is the big draw for me - dice that don't take half the table to roll would be pretty cool. And the vast majority of my D&D is online these days (and uses programs with built in die-rollers), so I don't even use dice all that often ....