Like most of you out there, I have a lot of dice. (A loooooooot of dice...) Sitting on top of my gaming collection is a big
"dice box" that I keep all of my loose dice in. But those dice are not for playing with. No, instead I have a primary dice bag that I keep my "playin' dice" in. Ta-da...
My primary "bring it to the gaming table dice bag" is this big ol' Crown Royal dice bag. The classic gamer's dice bag since the days gaming began. However, I *hate* having all of my dice jumbled up and randomly tossed in, so I keep my dice sub-divided into even MORE dice bags within...
Inside are five MORE dice bags, each with their own set of sub-divided dice for use depending on the gaming system at hand...
My Dungeon Crawl Classics dice bag has a nice set of Koplow polys with all of the various oddball DCC-necessary polyhedrals. (They're also oversized so I can read them a bit easier.
My "onomatopoeia" dice bag (AKA "comic book sound effects") is filled with d12s, which I use to run games of
Cartoon Action Hour by Spectrum Games.
When the need for d6s arises, I grab my trusty Ghostbusters dice bag. Though these d6s can be used for any d6-oriented game, my preference is, of course, WEG's Ghostbusters RPG. Even have a couple of laser-etched ghost dice on hand.
My radiation dice bag could be considered my "primary" dice bag, as it contains a full set of standard polyhedrals. If I find myself in a game of AD&D, Labyrinth Lord, Mutant Future, and other d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20 systems, this is the bag I use. It also contains my favorite set of percentiles for any games of Cryptworld, Timemaster, or Call of Cthulhu I may find myself in.
Finally, my "dungeon map" dice bag has become a staple at conventions as I use it for any swag and promotional dice I may want to give out at the gaming table. Here you see a small pile of remaining Pacesetter and Savage AfterWorld dice left over from my recent
Gamicon trip.
Admittedly, when filled, the Crown Royal bag gets a bit unwieldy. (You could club a person to death with it.) But it's a great way to keep all of my sub-bags organized and out of the way. Anyone else have subsets of their dice on standby for quick action when needed?
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The OCD part of my brain is drooling.
ReplyDeleteI have my dice subdivided into different dice bags, but I don't have a master dice bag... yet.
ReplyDeleteNot exactly. I have a fishing lure box that goes with me to cons. It has a variety of dice that can meet most needs. There are several sets of Chessex Festive Carousel polyhedrons in a souvenir Zero candy bar container that I use when playing campaigns but the d20's love to roll in single digits--not good for d20 roll over games. Then my Savage Worlds tackle box has some glitter and fluorescent dice that I use for GMing Savage Worlds games.
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