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Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 7:55 am
by Sjeng
I want one.



Has anyone got any cool building designs for dice towers? preferably in plywood or cardboard, that can be taken apart again and stored perhaps? And customizable with a nice dungeon design?

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 8:22 am
by knightkrawler
Have you seen the Gameplay Selector ("The Rattle") yet?

http://www.hq-cooperation.de/forum/viewtopic.php?f=1&t=48

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 8:38 am
by bruenor
http://www.worldworksgames.com/store/

Worldworks games do some. I've used the chaos on and it was great.

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 11:48 am
by Sjeng
Yup, I've seen that Rattle, very nice work!

And I actually have that worldworks battle arena thing, but never made it.

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 1:36 pm
by Sjeng
I definitely like these type of towers the best:

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I'm thinking of making one myself. The wood can be carved a bit on the outside to resemble stonework, then painted so it lokks like an actual tower. Then I'd use plexiglass as the cover, and make a wooden bottom to catch the dice in and to put the tower in for storage.

info here: http://weber.fi.eu.org/blog/2007/09/30
and here http://weber.fi.eu.org/blog/Bricolage/d ... ml?lang=en

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 1:47 pm
by Goblin-King
May I suggest padding the whole thing with felt?

The noise... THE NOISE!!!
Won't SOMEONE think of the CHILDREN!

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 29th, 2013, 9:03 pm
by LordZeke
I just made one out of 3/16 plywood, its a little loud.... but i haven't used it for a game yet so not sure how annoying it will be.

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 30th, 2013, 4:16 am
by knightkrawler
Goblin-King wrote:May I suggest padding the whole thing with felt?


How do you build felt with Lego?

Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 30th, 2013, 7:55 am
by tasoe
I like the feel of rolling dice from your own hand. I think a dice tower would slow things way down on a heavy HQ combat.
I use these two trays I made out of cardboard and cheap felt. Lowers the noise a lot as well.
They are 20x25 cm. They are a little short which could be a problem if dice are thrown fiercely (they might bounce of the tray) but it encourages players to throw the dice gently and be civil.
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Re: Dice Towers (post pics!)

PostPosted: January 30th, 2013, 3:06 pm
by Banemorth
Some of us are rather rough with our dice. For example we have one wizard in our group whom refers to his staff as "The Boomstick" and must throw the dice viciously on the table while yelling "BOOM" every time he tries a melee attack.

Good times are had by all.