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what do you do when your dice go bad?or good?haha.

I always blow on them before I throw them and hop on one foot while tossing them.

i've used the same tin of black and white dice for 5 years now, sometimes their bad sometimes their good, i don't work one superstitions though, i tend to work things out through averages and (say i roll 6 armor saves for marines so statistically 2 should die, etc), but sometimes i swap dice around if they have rolled amazingly well or bad to try and even things up a tad.

Leave them to one side, they're inteligent atention seekers and don't like being left out so they start behaving themselves again.

I'll "stink-eye" my opponent's armor & cover saves.

Threaten to melt them down to slag.

You also must make an example of one of them, so carry a slag melted die with them to politely remind them of the price of failure.

I don't really do anything. My superstition is to act without a belief in dice superstition.

I always use my dark green and bronze dice. Rarely let me down. Plus I have those metal Warhammer 25th dice that I use only for important/potentially dangerous rolls, like my nobs+boss's leadership test, and of course the SAG.

I find proclaiming 'Gertcha!' (for appropriate pronounciation, see here...http://uk.youtube.com/watch?v=JwvnkPRgo_E) when it's time to really wallop someone/something in HTH with the Boyz.

And it works 9 times out of 10!

Belphegor wrote:I'll "stink-eye" my opponent's armor & cover saves.

I always do that to while telling his dice to roll ones.

I fire dice from being part of the game. Also make sure you proclaim it loudly so all his dice friends hear as well so they will stay in line.

Plus i dont let anyone im playing touch my dice.

Ever.....

malfred wrote:I don't really do anything. My superstition is to act without a belief in dice superstition.

I'd like to second the 'dice atheism' approach.

I do not believe in superstitions any longer.. but, for some reason, I can't seem to drop my "dice superstitions" that I've had for over 25 years.

1) NOBODY touches my dice without asking (and receiving) permission first. If they do, I follow IMMEDIATELY with a, "GAH! Don't touch my dice!" I then have to rub the entire set with my hand, so that MY MOJO was the last one to touch them.
Mild violence is REQUIRED if it happens again. LOL

2) When rolling anything needing a high #, I pick up all the 6's, then 5's, then 4's, etc until I have enough dice. If I need low #'s, I grab dice that are on 1's, then 2's, etc.

3) Any dice rolling S**TTY in a "clincher" situation (like, double 1's on a 2+ Obliterator save) are put back into my dice bag, where they WILL remain for the rest of the game.

4) I often think "ONE! ONE! ONE! ONE!" AT my opponents dice when I need/want him to roll low.

5) When I "need" a 6, I hold the die between 2 fingers, with the "6' facing up and spin it in the air when "rolling" it. It works about 1/6 of the time. LOL


Eric

Go Commisar on anyone who tries to touch. Also accuse my opponent of cheating if they use the 25th dice (Porven fact- they are rigged)

None. It consistently surprises me how many people actually do.

Superstitions are genuinely weird things. Not just dice superstitions, but all of them. My wife keeps coming up with new ones I've never heard of and I can't help but laugh!

I could tell you, but that would break the magic in them

But shouting out: "Eins!" (one) while my opponent roles works surprisingly often

By "often" do you mean about 1/6 of the time?

This is not to say that I don't believe in number skews, but I see that as a flaw
of the dice themselves and not the universe out to get to me (or help me).

Dice make literally no difference to me. I honestly couldn't care either way if my dice rolls are good or not. I only have one truly terrible example of when I over-reacted as a result of a bad dice roll, and it ended up very badly. So, especially now, I don't blame my failures on bad dice rolls or anything like that.

Wins and losses are no big deal to me (possibly because I'm not a tournament competitor). I've looked at basically everything this way, and I don't think wargaming should be any different. I'm mainly in the game for the painting and modelling aspects of it, and to have fun with the game even when I lose.

Well, I've got a couple of really solid metal ones. Most of my superstitions involved rolling those dice as hard as possible at my opponents best painted miniatures. For some reason I keep getting opponents that "wimp out" and just allow me to declare the toss a pass, whatever it is. I also seem to keep getting low sportsmanship scores at tourneys....

Ever since getting some casino dice, I only have time to marvel at their consistency. If 3 Retributors fire 9 heavy bolter shots, 6 will hit, nearly every time. It is very comforting.

On the other hand I know people who have Chessex dice that match their armies, and those things generally are hateful to them.

I have also known people who are wierd about people touching their dice, which is on par with healing crystals for wierd...

I use the Chessex dice and they require MOJO to work properly, or sexual favors to the dice gods.

I usually roll around 1-2 bricks at a time so I have a flat tub to roll them in and alway rub them in my hands if possible.

Yelling "BIG NUMBERS" when the opponents are rolling drift dice and "ONE!!" as they roll are also common place in our group.

Alright here are my superstitions....as crazy as it sounds they work. Ask anyone who plays against me and they will all agree I get the right rolls when I need them.

1) No one else touches my dice. I don't care if they've fallen on the floor next to you...don't touch them. It truly makes me angry. If someone else touches them I won't use that dice for a certain period of time
2) Every army has different dice. They are not mixed. Separate dice...for separate armies
3) All of my dice, when not rolled, always get turned to 5's and 6's. Always....
4) After rolling all my dice before we begin, 2 dice(the ones that rolled the lowest)are placed back into there container. They are than used for crucial rolls

I say whatever I've rolled is what I want it to be before I look at it.

this tends to confuse people who accept what I say as being the number I rolled, but I don't cheat with it.

I also always tell my opponent to "roll to miss"

I prefer to put my trust more in logic and probability, I'll roll my dice until I get a 6 then I'll roll the 6 dice three or four more times so the next rolls are more likely to be 6s.

InyokaMadoda wrote:

malfred wrote:I don't really do anything. My superstition is to act without a belief in dice superstition.

I'd like to second the 'dice atheism' approach.

I'm in on that too. My dice are a mix of every type I've ever bought.

Crazy_Carnifex wrote:Go Commisar on anyone who tries to touch. Also accuse my opponent of cheating if they use the 25th dice (Porven fact- they are rigged)

are they really? its the only dice i use because they're bigger than chessex dice.

I am really bad with this sort of stuff, if i roll a 6 on a die, i have to change the dice i used next throw. I always try to leave me dice with 1 or 5 facing up.

I only have one: If I don't want my lascannons to miss, I have to say "One shot from/ I'm shooting my 'Super-mega-ultra-flashlight of doom'!" If I forget and call it a lascannon: instant miss every time. Without fail.

I will only use green dice,I started doing this with my first Ork army and have kept the "tradition" alive with my current one.
Death Guard use a yellowish green.