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I was suprised when i found out some of the superstitions a my lgs
so i want to know some of yours
EX: one guy believe if a model is finished(modeling wise) on the same day as the game it will perform better
the closer to the game the better
what are yours

always use my own dice
i always roll better when i use my own .....don't know why it just seems that way everyone i know wont use my dice they say they don't like anyone but me i always get a fair run of luck but if anyone else uses them the rolls always suck ......weird or what

guess all those years of voodoo are paying off at last

lol

I'm in a Blood Bowl league and one thing I know to be true is that painted miniatures always do better than unpainted ones. That's always been true, regardless of the game.

Last season, my minis were unpainted and I ended up at W3-T0-L3 (and I was bloody lucky to break even). Between seasons, I painted the team. This season, so far, I'm at W4-T0-L1. Much better (and against some tougher teams too).

The first time you field the freshly-painted unit, it will be destroyed in a humiliating fashion.


You can jinx your opponent by saying "Anything but a one!" just as they roll the dice.


Your dice get tired. You should swap them out when they start to roll poorly.

Threatening your dice does not help.

Always buy ugly dice. Pretty dice think it's enough that they look good; ugly dice put out.

My own dice always prefer me. Wanna roll off for something, lend the opponent 1 of my dice and I will win.

There's a saying at my LGS, "Touching another man's dice is like touching his balls."

There are so many superstitions in gaming and I would wager that 90% involve dice. I've seen people mid-game walk up to the counter and spend $30 on new dice because they thought their old ones were rolling poorly.

Personally, I don't buy into superstition stuff. Not seriously, anyway.


Ghidorah

Hrm I'm not really a superstitious man myself, but i normall seem to get really bad roles when i desperatly need good roles.

I wouldn't go to the extent of buying new dice because of crap roles, I just shake them more

If you paint your minis with your own blood, they'll do more damage.

If you're play O&G, saw off a goblin's head with a craft knife as a sacrifice to Mork before the game to get better rolls.

Masturbate over your Slaaneshi daemons to make them stronger.

You can make your penis bigger by winning a tournament.

If you kill someone with a chainsaw before the game, all your models wielding chain-weapons are stronger.

- Call them "rocket launchers" not "missile launchers" because they'll hit more often if "miss" isn't in the name. This way they'll hit about 1/5 times instead of 1/8 times.

- You never touch another man's dice. If you roll said dice, start praying.

- Chessex dice roll more 1's than any other dice.

- The more you like that IC leading your army and the more effort you put into modeling/painting him, the more pathetic his death will be.

Vehicles always roll a 6 for explosion range.

If you refuse to let me roll your dice, or you choose your "lucky" dice for certain rolls, I prefer that you put your dice away and play with my dice on the table.

I never say "Anything but a 1" on a roll for fear of jinxing it. I always say instead "On a two up."

I shake all my dice two handed before throwing them. But this is more of a etiquette thing, so I get a proper randomized roll.

There's a guy at our club who is so unlucky with dice that if another member is having a bad day you will hear the shout or, "Steve did you look at my dice!?" I swear the the only fix for them, if he's touched then or been close to them, is to get a priest in to throw some holy water about

Brother SRM wrote:- Call them "rocket launchers" not "missile launchers" because they'll hit more often if "miss" isn't in the name. This way they'll hit about 1/5 times instead of 1/8 times.

However, rocket launchers will always shake the enemy vehicle.

Truth.

Getting someone else to roll for you in what could be the roll that turns the game is a habit my friends and I never shook.

Then again I am not sure it was superstition, or just being able to blame someone else if you lost due to it

In fantasy a unit is equipped with shields, however if the champion is modeled without one he will pass more saves in a challenge.

I never use missle launchers in any of my lists, as all the years I have played I have never managed to hit a single thing with them.

I have lucky die that I set aside during the course of the game for important rolls.

I use giant dice for my Baneblade, just cause.

Dice that roll bad get set aside as unlucky that game and aren't used.

Touch my minis without asking and you liable to be stabbed with a hobby knife or get a broken hand, I'm always afraid the moment so one picks up without asking their going to drop it on the ground.

I talk to my die during the game.

I also feel that I can sometimes predict the die roll. I have done it a number of times and gotten it right, several times in a row as well.

well , i for one , never ever go into a game were i cant control where the buildong or ruins are , couse .... well becouse :S

Anyways , i also know a guy that always shakes his hands 4 times and then rolls , blowing at the dice while doing it , if he doesnt he asks if he can roll again

So there are two wierd thing ...

If I have to re-roll the dice then I never re-roll the original ones.

I couldn't tell you the amount if times a one comes up twice in a row.

Rolling dice one at a time as opposed to all at once. Sometimes it is beneficial for some reason or another to roll a unit's shots or attacks individually, but i'm always shaking with fear as I do it, because it feels like you are dooming yourself as you fail rolls one after another...

A long time ago in a gaming shop far far away a local gamer made a statue of one of those fat chinese guys sitting in the lotus position with his palms resting on his knees facing up; he placed two small dice with the ones being on top and painted the whole thing gold. This was the Buhda.


So when someone was going to roll we would say Buhda Buhda Buhda to invoke his wrath on the player.


Also, dont touch my dice...

Not really a superstition but I hate people touching my dice.


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Oh and if you get the makers of the game to roll your dice they will intrinsically roll better; I know alot of people have gotten Dave Arneson the maker of D and D to roll their dice and bless them I am not joking. Hell I did it at Coastcon he is more than happy to bless your dice.

I guess the same could be said of the Makers of GW and 40k but this is something I have heard more than one gamer claim to have done.

They say that if you wait at a crossroads at midnight with an unpainted fig, and let a man paint it for you, then your dice will always roll well, but he will have your soul...

I hear that if you burn a box of kittens on the doorstep of a church in the name of Jervis Johnson, your opponent will mysteriously be destroyed.

The dice I paid $6.66 for roll AMAZINGLY!

Also, my Chessex Chaos dice (where the "1" is a ) do great when I play my Chaos army.

Coincidence??? I think not...

Double post

Based on D&D/RPG rather than wargaming, but most still applies:

http://maddwarf.co.uk/Articles/dice.htm

Making the wrong gun-sound will jinx your rolls (Never go "pew pew pew" when firing Shootas! or "dakkadakkadakka" for your lascannons!)

If I keep a couple of "Broken trukk" craters handy, I won't need them until turn 4, but if I leave them on the shelf, I'll be reaching for them on turn 2.

Whenever I play my Khorne Mortal army, I bring this little altar and chop off the head of a model depending on the army I'm facing (I.E. I'll cut off an HE head when playing against HE) and put the terrain piece on the board.

I also feel that I can sometimes predict the die roll. I have done it a number of times and gotten it right, several times in a row as well.

Funny I do that as well, my Sternguard with two combi-meltas were blasting at a predator, as a joke I said 'snake eyes' rolled the d6's and got 2 ones .

Hollismason wrote:Oh and if you get the makers of the game to roll your dice they will intrinsically roll better; I know alot of people have gotten Dave Arneson the maker of D and D to roll their dice and bless them I am not joking. Hell I did it at Coastcon he is more than happy to bless your dice.

I guess the same could be said of the Makers of GW and 40k but this is something I have heard more than one gamer claim to have done.

Getting them Blessed is going to be a little difficult nowadays...

fellblade wrote:
You can jinx your opponent by saying "Anything but a one!" just as they roll the dice.

Always buy ugly dice. Pretty dice think it's enough that they look good; ugly dice put out.

Very true. And very funny

Brother SRM wrote:- Call them "rocket launchers" not "missile launchers" because they'll hit more often if "miss" isn't in the name. This way they'll hit about 1/5 times instead of 1/8 times.

- Chessex dice roll more 1's than any other dice.

- The more you like that IC leading your army and the more effort you put into modeling/painting him, the more pathetic his death will be.

QFT

Two from me:

- When I roll leadership rolls and want low results I gently cast the two dice out of one hand, as opposed to tossing them down out of cupped hands like my usual rolling. While my regular rolls suck, this 'glad handing' does the trick most times.

- Rolling dice while angry ensures failure. Put down the dice, get over all your skaven toys exploding or killy lord fluffing all 6 attaks, take a breath and then think positive thoughts for the next bout of tempting fate.

- Salvage

Never use the Signum on the Devastator Sgt, always rolled ones.

Never take terminators, ones always claim the Emperor's finest before they make it into combat.

Never take a Land Raider (gasp!) just a big pile of steaming plastic before I can move it turn 1.