Search the Forums
Options
Keywords search:


Search in Forum...

Search within...

Match...

Antiquity...

Player messages...

Star Wars: Edge of the Empire Beta
Lead a band of explorers and help shape the fate of the galaxy!
Moderator: FFG_Sam StewartGeckoynnen Topics: 250 | Posts: 4452
New dice
Published on 29 August 2012 - 19:01:46
Page 2 of 4 (46 messages) « First page... 1 2 3 4 ...Last page »
Reply #16 | Published on 06 September 2012 - 15:49:36

Thanks the info. For some reason I wass thinking that they were just sheets of circles as you get when with the Avery pricing labels.

When did you order your dice from Paizo? I ordered mine from them on Aug. 26th and the order is still pending for all sets. I wonder if there was a recent flood of orders and they're waiting for more stock to come in.

Matk

Without Signature

Reply #17 | Published on 06 September 2012 - 16:36:19

Not sure. Mine said Pending on all of the dice yesterday. Today, the d12 and d8 both say "Shipping." The d6s still say Pending.

Kind of annoying since they clearly stated they were in stock when I ordered them.

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #18 | Published on 08 September 2012 - 20:00:36

My d8s and 12s came today, work this weekend though, not sure when I will get more done.

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #19 | Published on 10 September 2012 - 20:23:49

How's it coming? I'd like to try my hand at this, but I want to make sure I can print the dice onto the right sticker sheet.

Without Signature
Reply #20 | Published on 10 September 2012 - 21:40:57

Glacialis said:

How's it coming? I'd like to try my hand at this, but I want to make sure I can print the dice onto the right sticker sheet.

I would recommend against this method to everyone at this point.

The dots I bought are SLIGHTLY too large. Right now I am trying to decide if I should just make them anyway… or recreate the sticker sheet on one size smaller and order a whole new set.

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #21 | Published on 10 September 2012 - 22:00:53

Here's a method I found. The original article's site seems to have up and vanished, but was able to retrieve it from the wayback machine.

www.daemonstorm.com/article/2012/09/10/open-source-dice-making

 

Reply #22 | Published on 11 September 2012 - 03:56:25

Pretty cool… but looks like a colossal pain. 120 times for my 10 d12s? lol

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #23 | Published on 11 September 2012 - 09:16:03

ItsUncertainWho said:

Slightly off topic…

 Has anyone else noticed that the Triumph symbol is Alderan being shot by the Deathstar?

 

Actually, it is Luke's lightsaber from a movie poster.

Reply #24 | Published on 12 September 2012 - 09:42:35

Well, I want more dice than the sticker sheet allows, so worst case I print them on an uncut sticker sheet and cut em by hand. :)

Without Signature
Reply #25 | Published on 12 September 2012 - 15:38:32

Maybe some one has answered this already - if so, I haven't seen the answer: What size sticker sheets are you guys printing this stuff on? I saw the OP was going to use round price stickers, but has anyone tried to print some of the other custom sticker sheets or the sticker sheet in the Support section? I can't figure out what type of sticker they are to be printed on.

Without Signature
Reply #26 | Published on 12 September 2012 - 16:12:28

The PDF is set for Letter (8.5" x 11"). So, measure from there to determine the size of the round circles :) I think most people are using the 25mm dice, so a circle couldn't be much larger than 23-24mm in diameter or it would overrun the edge.

Reply #27 | Published on 12 September 2012 - 16:41:05

The ones I bought were 1/2 inch circle, when ends up being 12.7 mm… which ended up being slightly larger (just barely) than the faces of both the d12 and d8 dice.

I just looked at the site where i got them, this is the smallest they make. Now I am left with the decision, do I A) use them anyway and just see what happens… of B) go with the sticker sheet method. I am not really looking forward to manually cutting over 100 stickers, so most likely i will just print these bad boys and make some "getto dice". LOL.

 

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #28 | Published on 16 September 2012 - 18:57:34

Well so much for this method. They turned out somewhere between acceptable and shabby. I have already went through a lengthy soak in soapy water process to remove all these.

The problem was not the d12s as expected, but the d8s. They would not stay stuck down on the edges…

I am now looking at coming up with a simplified symbol set and using permanent marker.

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Reply #29 | Published on 16 September 2012 - 20:12:45
0
0

 I hate to sound snippy about this, but if FFG would make some proper dice for us, none of the O.P.'s Herculean efforts would be needed in the first place.  Seems to me if they really want us to test this game at 30 bob a pop they could at least make some proper dice available - it's not like they wouldn't sell.

Not to mention that they could write a Dice Rolling App for Windows while they were at it - instead of just the small number of people who own Smartphones.

Just sayin.  Helluva effort though man…I just think you really REALLy shouldn't have to.

Without Signature

Reply #30 | Published on 16 September 2012 - 23:35:13

Yeah, I hear ya. There is quite a bit more cost into making a small run dice set VS just printing books.

My new plan will be talked about in another thread. I am going to use 2 colors for the positive and negative dice, and simplified symbols.

BLACK INK: Success (Asterisk), Advantage (Plus), Triumlph (Asterisk surrounded in Circle)

RED INK: Failure (Circle), Threat (Minus), Despair (Minus surrounded in a Circle).

For the Force Dice I will just use normal dice. They are pretty easy to remember.

 

BrashFink - Writer, musician, artist, network ninja, gamemaster.

Page 2 of 4 (46 messages) « First page... 1 2 3 4 ...Last page »

© 2013 Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc. Fantasy Flight Games and the FFG logo are ® of Fantasy Flight Publishing, Inc.  All rights reserved.
Privacy Policy | Terms of Use | Contact | User Support | Rules Questions | Help | RSS