6D, 8D, 10D, and 12D dice systems.

@lincolnhawk Chessex makes custom dice about $1 each, call them, before that make the template for 1,2,3 results. with a transport ship icon, etc. Their is a minimum # of dice that you need to buy, but you can resell those. They also sell the Axis and Allies dice sets, just ask, these are the premium ones with flags for 1 result

@pyrix137 Is anyone here playing Conquest of Nerath?
It is VERY Gamemaster Series-like so I guess a sizeable part of Axis and Allies players might like it.

I just bought this game…

@djensen said in Bluetooth Connected Physical Dice on Hackaday:

https://hackaday.io/project/28377-electronic-dice

Nice find djensen! I do have a background in EE and programming microcontrollers and such. If only I had enough time available…

So here are Grasshopper’s Battle Dice available now at Historical Board Gaming…
http://www.historicalboardgaming.com/Grasshoppers-Battle-Dice-40Set_p_2970.html

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NPt1jF5Y4qY&t=9s

Does anyone have their own Custom Dice pictures to share, or any ideas for different dice?

@Mr_Tricorder:

Have tried them out yet? If so, how big of a difference do they make?

Yes.
It’s definitely faster.
And it removes irritating conversations like:
“3! Hit!”
“Wait! Didn’t you announce rolling for your destroyer?”
“Nope. I wanted the cruiser.”
“Hmm”

@SS:

Siredblood has a you tube video of drilling colored dice

I got my inspiration from that one and added the extra holes for 2,3 and 4.

AKA: Hit Dice… there are already many options like this out there, including different colored dice for which are 1-hit, 2-hit, 3-hit, etc… both IWNGU and Young Grasshopper offer Hit Dice as an alternative to the national battle dice.

thanks IWNGU :)

@Gargantua:

Has anyone thought making the board from Acrylic??

Or is it too prone to breakage?

I had considered etching the country and seazone borders into the bottom of the acrylic topper on our topograhical board.  Would have been very cool, but too difficult at the time (skill level required was beyond me at the time).

I don’t think it would have been particularly prone to breakage.  Acrylic sheets are pretty resiliant.  SCRATCHING on the other hand would be a major issue to deal with.