Re: [DL] dice-o-rama

[Munch Wolf <munchwolf@yahoo.com>]

--- toadpooka@juno.com wrote:
> Major Lou had two points on the subject.
> First, Chessex and Koplow open their plastic molds
> too early, before the
> dice has fully cooled.  This causes the edges to bow
> out, making each
> face slightly round, and not in a uniform fashion. 
> Therefore, their dice
> were bad.  Further, both companies know this, and do
> it
> intentionally...for some reason.
> Second, the dice that came with the first D&D boxed
> set were designed by
> TSR to have flaws that resulted in them rolling
> higher numbers more
> often.  This meant that the games were more
> exciting, and caused people
> to like them more, thereby buying more boxed sets.
> Yes, he said both of these things with a straight
> face.

Well, this looks like the rantings of a conspiracy
theorist (and a bad one at that), except I believe you
mentioned he sells dice for a living, so I guess it's
just business ...

-Munch "Bad mouthing someone else's product does not
make your product more palatable" Wolf

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