That’s why casino dice aren’t tumbled: They have sharp edges, totally flat faces, and their pips are filled in with plastic that’s the same density as the plastic of the die itself. Non-tumbled dice are more likely to roll truly random results because, as I understand it, tumbling is never as even as you’d think. (GS does make a few non-precision dice, notably the d7 and d100.) Significantly, GameScience dice are by default not inked and not tumbled tumbling is the process that allows other dice manufacturers (like Chessex, to cite my favorite) to ink the numbers and smooth the edges of their dice.

The license to produce these dice currently resides with, and they make and carry the full line in all sorts of colors. Here’s the short version: GameScience is most famous for making precision-edge dice - razor-sharp, very lightweight, and with flat faces. Lou Zocchi, or why these dice are different from the dice you’re probably used to, these two GenCon 2008 video sales pitches by the colonel himself are a good place to start: part 1, part 2. If you’re not familiar with GameScience, Col. In preparation for the release of the upcoming DCC RPG from Goodman Games, I recently acquired a set of GameScience dice.

Common gaming dice