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Hi!

I got my hands on x30 of these limited edition dice and want to buy and build a new army that would work with them thematically.

I've been pointed towards anything magic heavy and even had the idea of coating them in a dye floated, Im a bit apprehensive about that though as they are very high value.

What faction do you guys n gals think would fit the design best?
And do you think coating therm in a dye is worth consideration?

I have to say this is the first time I heard that somebody wanted to start an army due to their accessory...

But back to your question... They do look rather archaic. Maybe a necromancer themed army?

Definitely Undead or otherwise magic heavy.

But, given the facings? Might want to check with your opponent if they're OK with those dice. Might be a bit hard to read in the heat of battle!

All I can say is good luck - dice like that "look" neat but often become a massive PITA to use during a game. The more artistic dice become, the harder they are to use. Really bad, most of them.

Word Bearers. The pentagram on the 5 just reminds me of daemon summoning.

I actually got a set of ten of those and planned on using them for skirmish-y games like Hinterlands.

I lasted about a turn and a half before I had to start borrowing my opponent's dice because they were just too annoying to read. And that was just rolling 3-4 at a time.

 Robert Facepalmer wrote:
I actually got a set of ten of those and planned on using them for skirmish-y games like Hinterlands.

I lasted about a turn and a half before I had to start borrowing my opponent's dice because they were just too annoying to read. And that was just rolling 3-4 at a time.

Yeah I personally hate custom dice, even if it is just a 6/1 symbol. I like normal dice, probably because I can pretty much glance at 50+ of them and my brain just picks out all of the 4+ or whatever if they have standard pips. Must be all of the blob Guard games I have played, it is second nature now.

You just count the corners . You know a square has 4 its a 4

 Mad Doc Grotsnik wrote:
Definitely Undead or otherwise magic heavy.

But, given the facings? Might want to check with your opponent if they're OK with those dice. Might be a bit hard to read in the heat of battle!

actually very easy to read.

one ring = 1
double ring = 2
triangle = 3 (3 sides)
square = 4 (4 sides)
5 pointed star
6 pointed star

The symbols match the numerals.

That is not "very easy to read", at all.

 CURNOW wrote:
You just count the corners . You know a square has 4 its a 4

That'll work good for the "I"and "II" die!

They're very busy, not something I'd want to look at when determining how many 3+ results I have out of 20 dice.

Fancy dice look nice, but gaming with them isn't fun. Dots, solid colour and nice contrast are what I want.

At least they don't have a special symbol for the 1 or 6, those are the worst.