At the time, that must have seemed like the coolest thing - like a bag of little magic gems (instead of that forlorn little white die you got in many wargames of that era).
Nice photos, good side-by-side shot too! Interesting that the percentile set appear to be pink and ivory, not pink and white. Can't remember having a set of the frangible multicolored polys but they must have been around; they're weirdly iconic years later.
Eric Lawson just the colours or would you want the cheap crumbly plastic too? I'd go for the real crumble but I get health and safety regs would stop it!
Wow, that takes me back! My twelve sider lasted the longest... I wonder why?
ReplyDeleteI still have my 12 sider. The d20 or rather 1-10 twice went first.
ReplyDeleteMark Hunt Did you every stand/kneel on the d4? Yikes!
ReplyDeleteThe d4 is a caltrop for D&D players
ReplyDeleteZach H mind you, I think I'd prefer the d4 to one of these I snapped in a local museum...
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Still have these two sealed packs that were in a Holmes set I got a few years back
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At the time, that must have seemed like the coolest thing - like a bag of little magic gems (instead of that forlorn little white die you got in many wargames of that era).
ReplyDeleteNice photos, good side-by-side shot too! Interesting that the percentile set appear to be pink and ivory, not pink and white. Can't remember having a set of the frangible multicolored polys but they must have been around; they're weirdly iconic years later.
ReplyDeleteJon Salway Heck yeah, those buggers are brutal.
ReplyDeletewish someone would do a kickstarter and make them again
ReplyDeleteEric Lawson just the colours or would you want the cheap crumbly plastic too? I'd go for the real crumble but I get health and safety regs would stop it!
ReplyDeletecheap crumbly plastic and all
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