Chessex Dice: Polyhedral 7-Die Translucent Dice Set - Purple!

by Chessex

Product Features

• All dice read from the top for easy comprehension
• Uses underscoring to differentiate 6 and 9
• Sharp edges for easy shape recognition
• Numbers are as large as possible on each face

Product Details

• Product Dimensions: 3 x 1 x 1 inches ; 3 ounces
• Shipping Weight: 4 ounces (View shipping rates and policies)
• ASIN: B0015IPGD2
• Manufacturer recommended age: 13 years and up
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #3,744 in Toys & Games (See Top 100 in Toys & Games)
  • #19 in Toys & Games > Games > Game Accessories
• Average Customer Review: 4.9 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (14 customer reviews)

Product Description

Translucent dice are in clear and bold colors, giving them a gemlike quality. They are an excellent addition to any dice collection. This set contains one d20, one d12, two d10 (00-90 and 0-9), one d8, one d6, and one d4.

Customer Reviews

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14 of 14 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Excellent die, excellent value. beware the player who wants purple, April 6, 2010

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Bachelier ""1004"" (Ile de France) - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chessex Dice: Polyhedral 7-Die Translucent Dice Set - Purple! (Toy)

The following review will be the same for all the differing colors of ChesseX Polyhedral 7-Die Translucent Dice Set.

ChesseX offers eleven (11) different colors of 7-die Polyhedral sets, one of the best selections of gamer dice offered and excellent for each player to have their own distinctive set. I prefer the green, but have a blue set as well. But with so many choices it is easy to pick your favorite or an easy compromise.

I prefer the translucent to solid color die mainly because there is something bout the slightly luminous background of the translucent plastic that sets off the black numbers better, making them easier to read and providing a more pleasant gaming experience.

Accuracy on random number generation is important. I got my undergraduate statistics students to test the ChesseX die with 1,000 throws, and the quality report came back: EXCELLENT. These are die that throw random numbers from their possibility set.

The slightly rounded edges make for clean throws and firm resting stops, although the inherent composition of the plastic makes them bounce pretty easily off a Formica table. These die work better on cloth surfaces.

2 of 2 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great Gamer Dice - Highly Recommended!, July 1, 2010

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C. F. Hill "CFH" (Blue Ridge Summit, PA USA) - See all my reviews
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= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:4.0 out of 5 stars 

This review is from: Chessex Dice: Polyhedral 7-Die Translucent Dice Set - Purple! (Toy)

Chessex makes great dice sets and this purple set is no exception. We have several of these sets in different colors since each player wants their own for those "life and death" rolls. The set includes:

- One 4 sided (1d4), usually for rolling damage caused by small weapons or minor magic attacks
- One 6 sided (1d6), this is a "normal" die, usually for rolling damage caused by normal weapons
- One 8 sided (1d8), usually for rolling damage cased by larger weapons and more powerful magics
- Two 10 sided (1d10 + "Percentile"), the 1d10 is used like the other dice by itself, but when used with the one marked in "10s" they become "percentile" dice capable of rolling numbers from 01 to 100 (000)
- One 12 sided (1d12), usually used for rolling damaged caused by major attacks
- One 20 sided (1d20), typically the "attack" die used to roll the base number for offensive action

These are good quality and seem to produce random results. For those that need "bulk dice", consider Chessex Dice: Pound of Dice (Pound-O-Dice) Approximately 100 Die.

Highly Recommended!

CFH

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Great set of dice, May 2, 2011

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Luís Piteira - See all my reviews

= Durability:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Fun:5.0 out of 5 stars  = Educational:5.0 out of 5 stars 

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This review is from: Chessex Dice: Polyhedral 7-Die Translucent Dice Set - Purple! (Toy)

They do what they are mean to: they roll numbers for DnD games and other RPG's.

There are some doubts regarding Chessex's quality but I will say this: unless you're rolling the dice just to see if they are truly random you won't notice it and if you are doing that then you're not playing RPG's and that's just wrong.

Yes, I bought them for their looks and they look great, the color is truly magnificent while still being easy to read. Much better than some solid dice or crappy graphics that will just fade away but that's a personal opinion but it does help make them for great stand-ins for plot items and treasure and that's something you should think about, especially if you're a DM that likes props but doesn't like carrying too much stuff around.