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First-Ever Traditional Games Late-Winter Dice Exchange! The Crowdfunding Megathread just had a pretty interesting brainwave; What if we had another TG gift exchange, this one just for dice! Well, I have decided to take it upon myself to make such a thing happen. If you participated in the TG Secret Santa, you'll know the routine. For newcomers, here's how it'll work: You'll have until Friday, February 8th to sign up for the dice exchange. No later than Sunday, February 10th, you'll receive the address of your dice exchange buddy. You then have until Friday, February 22nd to seek out, purchase, and ship some dice or dice-related accessories to your exchange buddy. (If you have cool stuff in your personal collection you'd like to send out, that's fine too.) Let's say that the dollar-amount target to hit is the $5-$15 range. That covers most "regular" dice sets I've seen, and gives some leeway for buying funny colored single dice or something. This won't be nearly as extravagant as the Secret Santa exchange, this is just a fun little diversion and a way to see what your fellow goons will come up with. To sign up, follow these two steps: 1) Make a post in this thread stating interest and giving a brief list of stuff you'd like. (i.e. do you want standard gaming dice, funny colored 6-siders, a dice cup or fancy dice bag, etc) Fair warning, if you fail to make a declaration of interest in some manner of product, some nefarious goon may in fact send you a die emblazoned with various phallic forms. 2) Send an e-mail containing your Name, Forum Name, Mailing Address and  Your Willingness (or lack thereof) to ship internationally to TGDiceExchange@gmail.com. I'll do what I can to match people up based on their country of origin, but if you're the only dice-happy goon in Zimbabwe, you may have to ship internationally.Since this gift exchange is going to be for smaller ticket items than the full-on gift-travaganza that was the Secret Santa exchange, I won't be nearly as anal about getting shipping notifications from participants. We're on the honor system here, but I think we've all learned not to grinch each other. Let's get this party started! I'm headed to work here pretty quick, but I'll try to be on hand in the next few days to answer any questions that may come up. jivjov fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 19:56 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 23:23 |
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Hell yeah dice! I am cool with all sorts of dice and could also use a nice sack for them as an encouragement to stop keeping them in the original boxes. Penis dice welcome!
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| # ? Jan 23, 2013 20:12 |
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I wish to provide the people of this community with dice and dice accessories. Also I wouldn't mind receiving dice and dice accessories. I'm not really picky as to what. The more interesting the better! e: wasn't sure what to put in the subject of the email so I just said something about this dike sexchange or whatever it is we're doing I don't even know Bad Munki fucked around with this message at Jan 23, 2013 around 20:30 |
| # ? Jan 23, 2013 20:27 |
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I'm in! Sorry, I'm a lame USPS only dude. Dice preference: I've got a 6m old at home, so to keep the wife happy, I'm especially interested in 55mm or larger dice... but green dice (esp. green fudge dice) are my favorite. In other news, doing some quick research on dice sources, I found that Koplow's site is awful, Chessex hasn't updated anything past the front page since 2011 some time, ChessexEurope used to be hosted on a geocities page (and is now gone), and dice suppliers in general seem to have carcinogenic websites.
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| # ? Jan 23, 2013 20:35 |
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I Love Dice. I'll take any kind of dice you'd like to send me, though I use d10s the most. As for what I'll send: I've got a couple of cool sets...
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| # ? Jan 23, 2013 21:33 |
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Sound Ninja, I don't have an email from you yet, the other 3 of you, you're good to go.
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| # ? Jan 23, 2013 23:35 |
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Email is sent. I'll look for dice starting tomorrow.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 01:36 |
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Dice are amazing. I have a giant ugly bag of dice and too many dice bags. I do a lot of tabletop wargaming so cool D6s would be awesome but cool dice in general would be great.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 01:42 |
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I would like to do this thing! I'd be happy with any sort of dice, bag, or accoutrement.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 01:46 |
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Alright, everyone who has posted is good to go. Man, didn't expect this much interest this quickly!
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 03:05 |
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Sign me up. I started playing Dungeons and Dragon back in the early 1980's. My brother had one of the original D&D Basic sets. It had light blue dice in it (I may still own them). My favorite set were the transparent ones. I haven't really played in years, so something new/different might be cool.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 03:45 |
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This is such a weird and wonderful idea for a an exchange thread, I can't help but participate! I like strange dice. Odd colors, materials, symbols (phallic or otherwise), etc. That being said, any die'll do!
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 04:03 |
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Oh man, I'm in on this. The only dice I have is a purple D&D set, so I want any and all kinds of weird or numerous dice you can think of. Or dice misceallanea; the only thing I don't need is dice bags, as I've got a bunch of dice bags. I don't know how I have more dice bags than dice. Whalley fucked around with this message at Jan 24, 2013 around 14:47 |
| # ? Jan 24, 2013 14:44 |
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All three of you, e-mails received, good to go.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 18:04 |
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I'm interested in getting in on this, but I've got to warn that all I've got is 50~ d4-20 dice and like 36 tiny green d6s that I was going to use for warhams before I realized I don't have that kind of money. The poor sap whose name I receive is probably getting a completely random assortment. I like blue dice, any hue thereof stretching from green to purple, any texture, any type, crazy dice welcome. Also my dice-bag's falling apart so if I get a nice one I'd be really happy 
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 22:24 |
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Sent my Email. I like all kinds of dice, and my favorite game system is Shadowrun. Any appropriately cyberpunk-ish dice or dice bags would be pretty sweet. Really interesting color mixes or otherwise weird dice are also awesome, provided they aren't like overly vulgar or anything; I GM for my nieces and nephews occasionally, and I'd like to be able to share this and it's stories with them. EDIT: Also, I really wanted to take part in the Secret Santa this past year, but my new car has broken my bank . I can spare some dice for a like minded goon, even if it means taking from my collection if need be.
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| # ? Jan 24, 2013 22:48 |
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So in on this! I've got a pound (well, short a few sets) of dice, so I can throw a couple extra winners in with my dice set purchase. My FLGS doesn't have dice bags, so I can't find those loving things (I would prefer buying stuff locally) but I can get dice! Full sets of d4-d20 or just sets of d10s and stuff. I would like: a dice bag for my girlfriend. She usually plays eladrin or elf, so something in that vein would be extra awesome. I will send you: whatever you want, save a dice bag, plus a few extra dice to sweeten the deal. I can't tell you what they are though (big surprise). I would prefer domestic (non international) shipping. gently caress yeah TG!
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 01:31 |
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Email sent! Man, this is awesome. I love glow in the dark dice, but not the LICK ELBOW "sexy" kind. Also Chessex red-speckled white dice that look blood-spattered, but they're a pain to find since they only come in those 1lb bags of dice. Or those crazy red & green ones they made for Vampire that never actually made it out of those bags either. These are pie-in-the-sky dreams, and I won't be sad if they're impossible to find. The only thing that will make me sad is sexy dice. I have some good ideas for whoever gets me! This is a great idea, and I'm glad to participate.
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 01:56 |
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Emails received from you four. This is shaping up to be quite the event.
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 02:18 |
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A few quick questions: will there be lighting rounds, a la secret santa? Also, will we be able to contact our giftees (?dicees?) through you (jivjov) to ask questions?
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 04:31 |
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Lord Frisk posted:A few quick questions: will there be lighting rounds, a la secret santa? Not sure about any extra lightning rounds yet, kinda depends on how round one goes. And yeah, if you have a pressing question for your secret dice buddy, I can be a go-between on that.
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| # ? Jan 25, 2013 04:41 |
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Just a heads up, less than a week left to sign up for the Dice Exchange. Matches will be made on Friday the 8th!
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| # ? Feb 3, 2013 23:38 |
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Less than 6 hours to go to sign up! Signups are closed at Midnight central standard, matchups will be sent out during the afternoon/evening tomorrow.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 00:32 |
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If you'll accept a newbie, I'd love to participate. Edit: give my acceptance into this, to whomever may end up getting my name from the metaphorical hat: I like weird dice and am currently short on Fudge dice. Hope that helps. Yalborap fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 08:05 |
| # ? Feb 9, 2013 01:37 |
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Yalborap posted:If you'll accept a newbie, I'd love to participate. Newbies always welcome. Got your email, so you're all signed up and ready.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 01:43 |
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Well it's still early evening Friday the 8th in Hawaii, but I'm not 100% on my world clock. Are signups still on? e: drat, think I just missed the boat by like 30 min, but I guess you never know.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 05:28 |
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Sign me up! I'm down for anything as long as it's cool, unique, or odd. Please don't get me boring, ho-hum dice. Precision and uninked dice welcome, if that's your thing. A quality dice bag would also be a pretty cool gift; I've been using some sort of Sony drawstring bag and it's starting to fall apart. Also I think we're ok as far as time is concerned, White Dragon.
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| # ? Feb 9, 2013 05:37 |
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I'll send a PM to see if I can still get in -What's up with all these newfangled fancy indie games using heaps of d6? I could use some more- ack fucked around with this message at Feb 10, 2013 around 09:41 |
| # ? Feb 9, 2013 07:56 |
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Just woke up, signups are now officially closed, but anyone who posted before now is good to go. Just make sure you sent the email to tgdiceexchange@gmail.com and you're in. Matchups will be sent out this afternoon when I get off work. Edit: got an email from White Dragon and Flex. Ack, send me your signup email and you're in; I don't have PMs. jivjov fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 12:24 |
| # ? Feb 9, 2013 12:22 |
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Alright, all You've all got til Friday, February 22nd to send out your gifts. Happy gifting everyone! Email me at tgdiceexchange@gmail.com with any questions. jivjov fucked around with this message at Feb 9, 2013 around 21:23 |
| # ? Feb 9, 2013 21:15 |
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Got my dice all set, dropping them in the mail tomorrow. May take a couple of days to get there.
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| # ? Feb 12, 2013 23:23 |
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I do believe my dice have arrived! A set of ancient stone styled fudge dice. Very nice aesthetic to them, and a happy addition to my collection. Thank you, whoever was the fellow or lady to send these!
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| # ? Feb 14, 2013 06:42 |
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Just want to tell my santee that I'm not a deadbeat, it's just that the post office is hosed for the holiday weekend so your stuff will go in the mail first thing Tuesday morning!
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| # ? Feb 16, 2013 17:22 |
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I just realized my gift is actually being mailed to my address instead of my off-season-Santee's because of a dumb mistake I made checking out. But it'll be arriving (and re-mailed) between Tuesday, Feb. 26 and Tuesday, Mar. 5 according to the vendor! (I'll put in something extra to make up for the delay. Oops.)
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| # ? Feb 16, 2013 17:35 |
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I won't be at my mailing address until the 24th, so I may not post confirmation until after then. On the other hand, my giftee should be receiving something in a day or two. Hope all is well.
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| # ? Feb 16, 2013 17:56 |
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Been swamped with new job this past week, I should be able to squeeze in a trip to the game store for dice this week though.
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| # ? Feb 16, 2013 23:13 |
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I am mailing my stuff out Friday, the last possible minute, I know.
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| # ? Feb 17, 2013 21:13 |
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I mailed my stuff out really early last week, pretty much the day I got my dice-ee. They haven't said they got it yet even though Amazon said it was delivered 
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 22:46 |
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Dominion posted:Just want to tell my santee that I'm not a deadbeat, it's just that the post office is hosed for the holiday weekend so your stuff will go in the mail first thing Tuesday morning! Someone's dice have apparently arrived for me but the post office doesn't want to put the package in our postbox, so I'll send mine out when I go to pick it up.
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| # ? Feb 18, 2013 23:47 |
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| # ? May 23, 2013 23:23 |
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Didn't really think of the holiday weekend when planning this thing out. My workplace doesn't observe federal/bank holidays, so Christmas is the only one I regularly remember. Sorry for any shipping inconvenience caused!
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| # ? Feb 19, 2013 00:11 |
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