Re: Care and Feeding of Dice (was Re: GZG East Coast Con Report)

In a message dated 98-03-05 09:51:42 EST, you write:

> 
>  I had a friend once get so mad at his lousey rolling that he threw a
six 
> sider at the
>  table as hard as he could, which broke the die clean in half (both
haves
fit 
> back together
>  really well), the funny part is that after that we all rolled really
well 
> for the rest of
>  the evening, like he scarded the rest of the dice into behaving or
something 
> :)

I have a friend who uses the same technique with golf clubs.  He has a
vast
collection of crappy old clubs and whenever he misses several shots in a
row,
he breaks a club over his knee and leaves it in a crossbones
configuration
next to the trash can :)  Doesn't seem to intimidate the rest of his
clubs
much though :)

As for dice, the most abusive we get is to toss the little buggers
across the
living room, which also subjects them to being cat toys for a while.
Settler's of Catan is the worst game for generating dice-hate.

Later

Brian