Forum adverts like this one are shown to any user who is not logged in. Join us by filling out a tiny 3 field form and you will get your own, free, dakka user account which gives a good range of benefits to you: No adverts like this in the forums anymore. Times and dates in your local timezone. Full tracking of what you have read so you can skip to your first unread post, easily see what has changed since you last logged in, and easily see what is new at a glance. Email notifications for threads you want to watch closely. Being a part of the oldest wargaming community on the net. If you are already a member then feel free to login now.

ok so tomorrow I have the second day of my tourney and today I have been using my space hulk dice, which have been very good to me as well then my friend said that my dice were loaded and IIRC it didn't say on the box if they were loaded so anyone know if they are? please I need to know by tomorrow so I can leave them behind if they are when I go tomorrow.

Cheers to all comments.

Roll them for an hour and note down the results?

Personally I've never noticed anything wrong about the dice that come with the game.

happygolucky wrote:ok so tomorrow I have the second day of my tourney and today I have been using my space hulk dice, which have been very good to me as well then my friend said that my dice were loaded and IIRC it didn't say on the box if they were loaded so anyone know if they are? please I need to know by tomorrow so I can leave them behind if they are when I go tomorrow.

Cheers to all comments.

I have several dead Terminators who would beg to differ.

I'd expect any GW dice to roll more 1s, really.

Just check to see if every corner and edge is exactly the same and if all sides are exactly the same.

Try rolling the dice and noting down what numbers you get. If they roll very, very high amounts of a certain number they might be loaded.

Finally, try the standard tests:
Quoted from a site on crooked dice:
"To test for loaded dice simply repeatedly drop the die in a glass of water. It should sink and if a particular number always faces up the die is loaded.

The pivot test is one where you hold the die between your thumb and finger by diagonally opposite corners. If the die is loaded it will tend to turn downward as you lightly hold it. "

GW don't sell loaded dice. If they have a bias, it's not designed that way.

Your friend sounds like a bad loser.

It's OK, happygolucky. My friends get drunk and text me stuff, too.

Try dropping the dice in a bucket of water. if they come up the same number each time then they are loaded.

Bucket test?

GW does not sell loaded dice.

They just sell the same bargain-basement dice made by chessex also used by many other games companies.

I keep mine for LD tests. Having 1s come up more often than not can be useful
But, that's cheating and not good form, don'tyouknow.

Keep in mind that the tests suggested may require hundreds or thousands of rolls to help minimize coincidence.

Balance wrote:Keep in mind that the tests suggested may require hundreds or thousands of rolls to help minimize coincidence.

Of course, if his friend doesn't wish to stay for the aforementioned thousands of test rolls, he could always accept that he's just a bad loser and get on with it

Avatar 720 wrote:

Balance wrote:Keep in mind that the tests suggested may require hundreds or thousands of rolls to help minimize coincidence.

Of course, if his friend doesn't wish to stay for the aforementioned thousands of test rolls, he could always accept that he's just a bad loser and get on with it

Well, yeah. But where's the fun in that?

It's easier to blame the dice than to admit you suck at a game. That's why so many of us gamers complain about dice.

I loved my Space Hulk dice when I first got them because the seemed to be rolling super well. But as always the law of averages kicked in and proved that they were no different than any other dice.

The best way to test if dice are loaded:

Step 1: Pick up die and place in palm of your hand.
Step 2: Close fist tightly around the die.
Step 3: Make a motion like you're about to roll the die.
Step 4: Say a quick prayer to Tyche, the Greek godess of chance.
Step 5: Suddenly punch whoever accused the die of being loaded in the gut.
Step 6: If the die is fair, the person will be doubled over in pain. If the die is loaded, there will be a return punch approaching your face now...

Loaded implies intention.

The dice are just poorly made out of laziness, not malice.

Laziness and poor manufacturing techniques that gamers have come to accept.

I recommend the following two videos.








Interesting guy. I've talked to him a few times at GenCon.

Ah ok Cheers to all comments and no I didn't play him in the tourney, but he did hear that I was rolling well...

My Game Science d20 has a chipped corner from an ineptly clipped vent that completely skews the results. Oh, the irony.

All that needs to be said!

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwXPHbHuf04