Average Customer Review:
Write an online review and share your thoughts with other customers.
0 of 2 found the following review helpful:
Good idea, cheap execution.Mar 11, 2010 I went ahead and purchased the dice with the numbers filled in, thinking maybe they'd be like other dice. Not at all. Someone very imprecisely just ran over the numbers with a ball-point pen - leaving them faint, and the ink began to rub off during the first gaming session I used them in.
The dice themselves aren't bad, but they are very light and feel of very, very cheap plastic - I had been hoping for something a bit more solid. $10 for a set of dice like this is expensive, especially considering that they aren't even finished - I had to smooth out some plastic "flash," or burrs remaining from the molds, myself. Not to mentioning painting the numbers in with actual paint.
While I haven't rolled the dice enough to do a statistically accurate analysis of their randomness, my gaming group agrees that they don't seem particularly lucky nor unlucky.
A side benefit I didn't expect is that the sharp edges keep the dice from rolling endlessly. This is especially useful with the d20, and to date I haven't had it roll off the table.
Overall, while the product does seem to do what it claims (roll truly randomly), the high price point for the low-quality construction forces me to give no more than two stars.
1 of 1 found the following review helpful:
The BestMar 18, 2009 Gamescience dice really are the best. I have a few that have been in use for over ten years and the edges are still fine. Buy the un-inked if you want to save four bucks, but either way these are still a bargain considering how long they will last. Great colour, too -- almost theftproof.