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Let's face it, after playing a handful of games we all pick up our little idiosyncrasies when it comes to Warhammer - in particular when it comes to rolling dice...

Which are you when you're hoping to roll a 6?

1. You pick up the dice currently showing a 1, because the 'odds' of it rolling a 1 again can't be high...

2. You pick up the dice currently showing a 6, because it's 'hot' and dice will continue to roll well for short periods.

3. You grab the nearest dice without a care and shake the living hell out of it to randomise the result.


Then of course there's rolling etiquette and technique... Do you...

A. Cup the dice in two hands, shake and drop carefully into a small pile

B. Shake in one hand and then roll off your palm like a normal person

C. Shake the dice vigorously in one hand before tossing it upward slightly, often resulting in it bouncing around and leaving the table all together (you know who you are...)


If you couldn't tell - i'm a tad bored today and thought this might be a bit of Monday Funday thread

I myself am one to pick up the 1s when trying to roll 6s. Spoiler alert, they almost always roll 1s again

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Which are you when you're hoping to roll a 6?


I just roll the die normally because I understand probability.

Then of course there's rolling etiquette and technique... Do you...


Toss them into the dice box.

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In terms of hoping for a six, I'm probably nearest 3. I just hope very hard.

In terms of rolling - yeah, much closer to 2 or 3.

I have a friend who does the whole "cup dice in two hands, shake a bit and drop in a small pile" and it induces a small amount of rage each time. Because some of the dice clearly don't roll - they just land there. Since he doesn't spend time carefully lining them (and typically has worse luck than me anyway) its not obviously an advantage - but it does always feel kind of suspect when he gets a good roll.

Then again he probably feels the same about me hurling dice across the length of the table, so they inevitably end up under every terrain piece.
   
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If I absolutely need to make a crucial roll, I take a wide stance, shake the dice in my hands, and blow into my hands whilst doing it. Particularly tense rolls will elicit a an involuntary "oh mama". Then I shoot my opponent an evil glare as the dice are released. 60% of the time, it works every time.
   
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60% of the time, it works every time.


Actually cracked up a bit at this

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Pick the '1', and use both hands.
Despite knowing how probability works, and the likelyhood of getting another '1' (most of the time), it looks nicer to clear out the small numbers off the table for a little bit.
As for the hands, you get to roll it between your palms before shaking all of the 'lowness' off it.

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Which Dice Roller Are YOU?

I'm the one who defeats probability

hit on 3+, re-roll 1s
my roll:
Spoiler:


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 Crafter91 wrote:
Let's face it, after playing a handful of games we all pick up our little idiosyncrasies when it comes to Warhammer - in particular when it comes to rolling dice...

Which are you when you're hoping to roll a 6?

I keep using the same dice until it/they disappoint me (streak of bad rolls, fail and important or easy roll) then I toss them back into the pile, pick new ones of a different color if possible.
Never pick the yellow ones for TDA or plasma. If you do, they always roll ones. When used for melta, they will always roll exactly the number you need them to roll, not higher.
Green ork dice for shooting and saves. Black ork dice for advances and charges and firing the SAG.
If someone says "it's going to be a one anyways" immediately drop the dice and pick another one.


Then of course there's rolling etiquette and technique... Do you...

B with a bit of C. I got myself a dice tray and always roll into that unless there is a sufficiently shaped unoccupied crater on the board. When I do I make sure all my dice bounce off a side, so sometimes they do go flying.

The only thing I roll near units are advance rolls and charges, so my opponent can track what I rolled after I started moving models.

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3.A. Gotta give them a good shake, really warms the dice up. Something about thermodynamics.

I have a bit of a pet peeve about dice boxes/trays. They often have an inch or two high sides to ensure the dice stays in, thus fulfilling their job, but given my average height, the height of tables, angles, etc, there's often a few dice that are hidden from sight. I very much doubt people are using them to cheat, but it's just a bit of a bother. And given some bad experiences with a few cheaters who always rolled behind walled ruins terrain pieces, maybe it's just stuck in my head.

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Any dice and in a tray, any out of tray don't count.

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2. You pick up the dice currently showing a 6, because it's 'hot' and dice will continue to roll well for short periods.

Sort of? During down time throughout the game I tend to turn my dice to showing 6s. So the 1st handful or so I grab are generally 6s.

My pseudo-science reason for doing this differs from yours though. See, by setting the dice 6's up? The molecules settle towards the bottom, making the 1's facing heavier & naturally weighting my dice.
Of course I've been told this isn't how this works. But no opponent has ever been able to prove it to me. And there's plenty of cursing/groaning/muttering as I roll plenty of 6s.....
My RL reason for doing this is killing time while watching my foe do their psychic/magic phase, movement etc



3. You grab the nearest dice without a care and shake the living hell out of it to randomise the result.

Sort of? During down time throughout the game I tend to turn my dice to showing 6s. So the 1st handful or so I grab are generally 6s.
As for the shaking & randomizing? Not really. I just roll them into the dice tray & hope my pseudo-science skews the result.

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I scoop the dice up and let them come up as they please. I only worry about hitting models or terrian if there isn't a tray. I do have a Chalice of Tears I use for rolling dice in.

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CadianSgtBob wrote:
Which are you when you're hoping to roll a 6?


I just roll the die normally because I understand probability.

Then of course there's rolling etiquette and technique... Do you...


Toss them into the dice box.


I bet you're fun at parties.


 
   
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I spend time on my off turn grouping my dice into 10s to make collecting handfuls easier, and also site them all so the 6 is showing uppermost, so they get used to sitting like that and return to that position when i roll them.

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I bet you're fun at parties.


I bet the casinos love you.

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It depends on what I'm playing. I usually just roll in a tray I built because it prevents lost dice an annoying angles and the like. And aside from that, I do sort them by colour and keep them in even groupings so I can easily gather the dice I need for the next roll. I never really got all the talk about little rituals and the like, but then again, I'm the boring kind of person that has spent far too much time on statistics and probability.

   
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A divorced (from the result ) one.

"Let's perform this mechanical, tedious task of generating the necessary random numbers as fast as possible so that we can get back to the actual gameplay as soon as we can"
   
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I obviously get my casino dice and then slide them across the table (not bouncing off wall as they were designed to do) with the result I want uppermost.

If being more sporting and needing a 1, I would obviously use the small GW dice. Though not that sporting considering the chances of it rolling said 1.
   
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i use a dice tray and remove the failures. pick up successes and hold in 2 hands to give a good shake before releasing into the tray again.

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 Crafter91 wrote:

Which are you when you're hoping to roll a 6?

1. You pick up the dice currently showing a 1, because the 'odds' of it rolling a 1 again can't be high...

2. You pick up the dice currently showing a 6, because it's 'hot' and dice will continue to roll well for short periods.

3. You grab the nearest dice without a care and shake the living hell out of it to randomise the result.


When using properly machined casino dice, option 3.
When using any other dice, option 2.
Behold; the result of not using option 2..
Spoiler:


 Crafter91 wrote:
Then of course there's rolling etiquette and technique... Do you...

A. Cup the dice in two hands, shake and drop carefully into a small pile

B. Shake in one hand and then roll off your palm like a normal person

C. Shake the dice vigorously in one hand before tossing it upward slightly, often resulting in it bouncing around and leaving the table all together (you know who you are...)


C. but with both hands.
How else do you know it's a truly random result?

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As for me, I must confess that I'm guilty of picking up the dice showing a 6 because I believe it's "hot," although I know deep down that it's just superstition. When it comes to rolling technique, I usually go with option B - shake in one hand and then roll off my palm. However, I have to admit that option C sounds like a lot of fun, although I'm not brave enough to try it myself!
   
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 gabriellewhite wrote:
As for me, I must confess that I'm guilty of picking up the dice showing a 6 because I believe it's "hot," although I know deep down that it's just superstition. When it comes to rolling technique, I usually go with option B - shake in one hand and then roll off my palm. However, I have to admit that option C sounds like a lot of fun, although I'm not brave enough to try it myself!


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Random dice shake with both hands adding +1 dice if the roll is a single dice. To me that is a proper etiquette. Or a cup of your a Yahtzee type person which I'm not but whatever that's fine too.

Either way I've seen too many players with good dice roll technique that allows very high probability of rolling the face they want. To me dice rolling technique is cheating.
   
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To elaborate, I don't care how I throw the dice, as long as they land on the table. If I am looking for specific results (like rolling high), I use "blessed dice" (I have 3 different sets of BA Chapter dice, the golden ones are obviously the most blessed ones).

In general, I consider faction specific dice more "blessed" than generic dice, which means I try to get faction specific dice for every important faction/team I play. I'm not superstitious, but its just a bit o cheeky fun innit


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Hmm...3C. I generally roll in a general area of the board, but sometimes dice get away.

I love seeing the dice bounce around, haha.

 
   
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If I have to roll a handful of dice, I just scoop up, and dump down. But on a critical roll, like Armor Save or a To Wound on my Chatacte, I tend to toss those up. Not to gain any advantage, but because I feel like a big time baller at a Vegas Casino roulette table.
   
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 gabriellewhite wrote:
As for me, I must confess that I'm guilty of picking up the dice showing a 6 because I believe it's "hot," although I know deep down that it's just superstition. When it comes to rolling technique, I usually go with option B - shake in one hand and then roll off my palm. However, I have to admit that option C sounds like a lot of fun, although I'm not brave enough to try it myself!

I find it the most efficient and easy to control. Either use similar resources https://flipsimu.com. they do not seem convenient, but you better check everything yourself. However, I have to admit that option C sounds like a lot of fun, although I'm not brave enough to try it myself!
   
 
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