The debate about using a dice tower versus rolling by hand got heated at my last game night

A guy in my group said my dice tower was cheating because it "randomizes too perfectly" and takes the fun out of natural rolls. I switched to hand rolling for a few games and my luck got way worse but everyone seemed happier. Do you think dice towers kill the spirit of the game or is that just superstitious nonsense?

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3 Comments

veraj5319d ago

Ha! Right? My group was the same way until I started using a tower too.

nancythomas19d ago

Oh man, people really get weird about dice towers don't they. I think it's hilarious that your group was happier when your luck got worse, that kinda proves it's all in their heads. A dice tower is just a tool to make sure the dice actually tumble instead of sliding off your hand weird. If anything it's more fair than hand rolling because there's no chance you're accidentally influencing the roll. But honestly, is it that serious? Like are we here to play the game or to argue about physics and superstition? Next time someone complains tell them to just pick a different method and move on, nobody's winning a championship at game night anyway.

robinson.hannah18d ago

Nah, I gotta push back a little on one thing. Saying there's no chance you're accidentally influencing the roll isn't quite right. Even with hand rolling, if you're dropping the dice from the same height every time with the same grip, that's still a controlled movement. Dice towers can actually introduce their own bias if they're not built perfectly level or if the dice hit the same pegs every time. But you're right that most people freak out about it way too much. Honestly as long as everyone at the table agrees on one method and sticks with it, the actual randomness difference is tiny. The real problem is when someone blames the tower for a bad roll instead of just accepting that dice are dice.