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Post by tonsha on Mar 19, 2018 4:25:58 GMT -9
Here's one I've been meaning to make available for a few years... A friend of mine bought me some dicecards as a gift. These things were amazing & innovative (IMO) and I really love them. They look like this: And you can buy them from DriveThruCards here: www.drivethrucards.com/product/152577/Dicecards(I highly recommend them) ...however, my autistic son really struggled spotting which dice/randomiser he was meant to be looking at when he drew a card, because the position of each item is different on every card! So, I attempted to produce a more simplistic version for him, keeping each dice in exactly the same position on each card. Behold! "PolyDice Cards":(If you're wondering why the d2 looks like a bean, check out BEAN!) The files are available here: PolyDice Cards This is an 8 page pdf. The last page (#8) only has 2 valid cards on it - the rightmost 2 cards showing all dice faces as blank. This will allow you to print a 30 card deck which effectively comprises 1xd30, 1xd20, 2xd12, 3xd10, 3xd8, 4xdScatter, 5xd6, 5xd3, 5xdAv, 5xdFudge, 7xd4 and 15xd2. Not bad, eh? If you draw a card hoping for a d4 result (say) and the d4 face is blank - just draw another card. If you were attempting to draw 2d30, you'd need to draw from the whole deck twice (and shuffle inbetween each draw). ENJOY!DaveA
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 19, 2018 4:32:55 GMT -9
Great idea!
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Post by tonsha on Mar 19, 2018 13:15:59 GMT -9
I've forgotten how to upload freebie files to PaperMakeIT! I'll try and host them via Google Drive. Here's the link: PolyDice CardsI'll also amend the first post to show the link and a better description of what the cards are. DaveA
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Post by tonsha on Mar 20, 2018 1:51:13 GMT -9
Added a link to a Google Drive copy of the PDF.
Link is in the first post.
DaveA
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Post by wyvern on Mar 20, 2018 13:17:51 GMT -9
tonsha: Nice looking cards! Not sure about the DTCards version owing to the complete lack of any previewed cards there (isn't that rather an oversight? Like I'll risk buying a product the publisher won't let me see in advance!). They're certainly not that innovative, given when I started playing and running D&D back in 1975-76 there was NOWHERE I could buy polyhedral dice, so I just made up sets of cards for each of the dice I didn't have (everything except the D6). Didn't think of putting options for all the dice on one set, certainly, so that is a good addition to the concept though. Just wondering if maybe your free cards might be something that could be added to one of the Forum Hoards for a more permanent home, if you were willing? I know they're not minis or models in a strict sense, but as gamers, we'd be pretty well lost without our random number generators! Plus I particularly like having a "real" D30 now
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Post by jeffgeorge on Mar 20, 2018 17:38:30 GMT -9
tonsha, I'm with your son...the deck for sale on DTRPG is way to visually noisy to do anything but slow down a tabletop game, compared to dice. Your version, on the other hand, with simple, graphic, and most importantly, consistent layout, could be a really useful alternative to dice. Thanks for sharing!
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Post by tonsha on Mar 20, 2018 23:51:54 GMT -9
Hi Guys Thanks for the feedback. I'm sorry it took me so long to get the darn things uploaded! I must have made them well over 5 years ago. wyvern : I'm more than happy for them to be added to a Forum Hoard - even if it's an Easter/Summer/Christmas 'special' just for the cards. Use 'em and distribute 'em as you like. And I'm glad you like the d30! jeffgeorge : The two advantages for the original dicecards (from my perspective) are: - the fact that they are professionally produced cards and therefore have a uniform look & feel, and
- there are a whole lot more options! They have far more randomiser elements on them than mine, and are actually a regular set of cards too!
Still: I'm glad that you like them, and hope you enjoy using them! everyone: How did you find accessing them via google drive? Do you think this is a viable way of distributing these things in the future? I've got other things I'd like to upload if I get the chance. My gaming has strayed away from miniature skirmishing/wargaming for quite a while (which is why my presence here has been spotty), but I've been doing other things that I can make available to the community here. I'll see what I can do. DaveA
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Post by wyvern on Mar 21, 2018 12:44:07 GMT -9
I'm more than happy for them to be added to a Forum Hoard - even if it's an Easter/Summer/Christmas 'special' just for the cards. Use 'em and distribute 'em as you like. Vermin King : As you are our resident Deity of the Hoards, should we add these to the current Japanese Hoard, or maybe wait for the 2D Dungeon Props Hoard coming up in May? Or set up an extra "Special" as tonsha suggested? Belated GM's Day gift for this month, maybe, or one for Free RPG Day in June? How did you find accessing them via google drive? Do you think this is a viable way of distributing these things in the future? Part 1: Straightforward and easy, though I am using Chrome, so you might expect that would be the case (or perhaps "hope", not "expect", given our collective experiences with Microsoft down the years...). Part 2: Yes, for me this would be a suitable distribution option. We'd need more comments from folks using different access-routes and browsers to really tell, though.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 21, 2018 15:14:36 GMT -9
My current leanings are towards adding these to the One Monk Guest Downloads. I'm afraid that putting these in any of the hoards would get them lost. Would you think of looking in a Japanese Mythos Hoard for Dice Cards? Or in any of the upcoming hoards. If they were in Guest Downloads, they would be more readily found by those looking for them
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Post by tonsha on Mar 21, 2018 22:18:58 GMT -9
My current leanings are towards adding these to the One Monk Guest Downloads. I'm afraid that putting these in any of the hoards would get them lost. Would you think of looking in a Japanese Mythos Hoard for Dice Cards? Or in any of the upcoming hoards. If they were in Guest Downloads, they would be more readily found by those looking for them Sounds good to me! DaveA
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Post by jeffgeorge on Mar 22, 2018 11:06:55 GMT -9
jeffgeorge : The two advantages for the original dicecards (from my perspective) are: - the fact that they are professionally produced cards and therefore have a uniform look & feel, and
- there are a whole lot more options! They have far more randomiser elements on them than mine, and are actually a regular set of cards too!
Still: I'm glad that you like them, and hope you enjoy using them! 1. Fair enough. Professionally produced cards on heavy, coated stock would be very durable and easy to use. But they also cost more money than print-and-play. 2. Imo, the "pro" cards are so tricky and fancy, and offer so many different elements on each card, that they would be slow to use, hunting for the particular die you need on each card you turn up. This problem is further compounded by the fact that the arrangement of the dice, dominoes, coins, chits, etc. varies from one card to the next. It might be showy to have those professional quality photos on each card, but by rearranging the elements on each card, it would seem to me that they have massively degraded the usability. I'd rather just carry dice, frankly. I think the pro cards are trying too hard to be fancy, and are trying to include too many different ranges on a single card. Yours are much more useful. The Google Drive link worked fine for me. If you have more stuff to share, that method should work fine. (Personally, I use my Dropbox account for the same purpose--it's basically the same sort of service.) I'm looking forward to seeing more!
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Post by wyvern on Mar 22, 2018 12:10:12 GMT -9
My current leanings are towards adding these to the One Monk Guest Downloads. Sounds good; I'd quite forgotten about this option.
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Post by wiesel on Mar 23, 2018 1:44:02 GMT -9
Hi everybody, just in case you need an rpg randomizer, perhaps this card deck is an option: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/125685/The-GameMasters-Apprentice-Base-DeckThere is a short explanation directly on the product page (14 randomizers on one card). I tried it and it is even possible to create impromptu charakters and plots beside the dice randomizers (we played a complete short random scenario only with this cards). Of course this cards have an other focus than yours tonsha. Thank you for sharing your ideas.
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Post by whisper31 on Mar 27, 2018 15:31:44 GMT -9
I'm more than happy for them to be added to a Forum Hoard - even if it's an Easter/Summer/Christmas 'special' just for the cards. Use 'em and distribute 'em as you like. Vermin King : As you are our resident Deity of the Hoards, should we add these to the current Japanese Hoard, or maybe wait for the 2D Dungeon Props Hoard coming up in May? Or set up an extra "Special" as tonsha suggested? Belated GM's Day gift for this month, maybe, or one for Free RPG Day in June? If I may throw in my two pence... I think that a separate horde for Gaming Tools might need to be created and then they can all be put together with other things that make "gaming" (generic term) easier/more fun/additional challenge. In this set we could put the polydice cards, any paper dice, generic range/AoE templates, etc. Anyone up for the idea?
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 27, 2018 16:26:47 GMT -9
If we do that, we will need to do a major push for ideas. I believe it has been tried a couple times, and we ended up adding the one or two submissions to the next Hoard.
I'd think it would be logical to do, but we don't have the best ex[erience doing things like that
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Post by cowboyleland on Mar 28, 2018 5:08:01 GMT -9
Just my two cents: "we" do and have always happily accepted off-topic hoard submissions. It has always been hard to find what you are looking for in the Hoards (there was an exceptional time when the Lexicon was new and up to date, but that has again passed.) Unless you plan a new policy of rejecting off-topic submissions they are always going to have good stuff "hidden" in them. Maybe that is a glitch, maybe that is a feature. The cards are a cool idea, but I don't know that they represent a unique problem requiring a special solution. If they would make the Hoard file to big, that is another issue and "Guest downloads" (though Tonsha is a member) seems a good solution.
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Post by Vermin King on Mar 28, 2018 6:45:59 GMT -9
We do have the Hoards open, and these can be included in the Hoard. I just thought that these would be useful enough to warrant splitting them out.
Since the Hoard will be large enough to split up, these could be a stand-alone feature of the current Hoard, but that would give it its own promo shot making it easier to find for those who are interested.
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Post by whisper31 on Apr 4, 2018 9:35:48 GMT -9
We do have the Hoards open, and these can be included in the Hoard. I just thought that these would be useful enough to warrant splitting them out. Since the Hoard will be large enough to split up, these could be a stand-alone feature of the current Hoard, but that would give it its own promo shot making it easier to find for those who are interested. Okay then. Maybe try this on for size: Maybe a "This Month's Highlight is ..." type of thing. We do one a month for a few months and see what happens with that. If we get enough responses, it could go into its own spin off horde file. If not, we get to see some "inventive" goodies that someone thought would be a good idea, or a solution to a problem that they had and decided to share with everyone. IDK. Sounds like a good idea to me.
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Post by squirmydad on Apr 11, 2018 10:05:54 GMT -9
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Post by tonsha on Apr 15, 2018 2:24:38 GMT -9
Whoa! I've only just seen this. That looks incredibly cool! Many thanks Squirmy!!
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Post by squirmydad on Apr 15, 2018 8:26:24 GMT -9
I just uploaded them, the photographs, tuckbox, and cutfiles were courtesy of Mproteau.
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Post by whisper31 on Apr 24, 2018 16:04:56 GMT -9
Nicely done on everyone's part. This looks to be a useful item to me.
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Post by tonsha on Sept 6, 2018 4:01:04 GMT -9
Hi everybody, just in case you need an rpg randomizer, perhaps this card deck is an option: www.drivethrurpg.com/product/125685/The-GameMasters-Apprentice-Base-DeckThere is a short explanation directly on the product page (14 randomizers on one card). I tried it and it is even possible to create impromptu charakters and plots beside the dice randomizers (we played a complete short random scenario only with this cards). Of course this cards have an other focus than yours tonsha . Thank you for sharing your ideas. I've just been looking at these, and I really do like them - especially the "dice wheel" which effectively delivers the polyhedrals. Do you think there is any mileage in me upgrading the PolyDice cards to include additional randomizers? ...I'd be happy to have a go if we can come up with some useful ones. I wouldn't want to step on The GameMasters Apprentice's toes though - I'd rather steer clear of the kind of randomizers they use on their cards. I'm also fairly keen on the existing 30 card limit (though it's not a hard & fast rule - I'd be willing to up it slightly if needed). Anyone fancy joining a working party develop this? DaveA
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Post by Parduz on Sept 20, 2018 1:41:48 GMT -9
What would you add?
About just the dice, i don't know why you want to stick to 30 cards, as the Least Common Multiple of 4, 6, 8 ,10, 12 and 20 is 120, so if you want an equal distribution of the dice results you HAVE to have 120 cards.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 20, 2018 7:22:06 GMT -9
I think I would go with 40 and have 4 cards with no value for D6. If you come up blank, draw again.
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Post by Parduz on Sept 20, 2018 12:45:03 GMT -9
I think I would go with 40 and have 4 cards with no value for D6. And the d12. And 10 blanks for the d30 (tonska have it on his cards, so i guess he need it). Anyway, this is a solution, and better than only 30 cards, 'cause with 40 cards you'll have only 18 blanks instead of 24.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 20, 2018 19:16:27 GMT -9
Right, I only used the dice you mentioned. Since the D30 is a thing; go with 60 cards and 4 blanks in the D8's. Your original point is very good: at 30 cards either there is an uneven distribution in the D20 or you would draw a blank 33% of the time you "roll" a D20. Now I have to look at the file. . . Yep, 10 blanks on the D20. Since I don't use D30 I would still prefer the 40 card deck. You might even get away with 20 if you don't use D12 too often.
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Post by Parduz on Sept 21, 2018 1:38:48 GMT -9
Yep! 60 cards will have just 4 blanks on the d8. Good Catch.
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Post by cowboyleland on Sept 23, 2018 7:54:03 GMT -9
Also with 60 cards you could draw two in a row without reshuffling and not throw the odds off too badly. It would speed up "confirming criticals" or "to hit" followed quickly by "damage."
These cards are great for car and bus rides where there is no place to roll dice.
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Post by whisper31 on Sept 23, 2018 20:09:32 GMT -9
Another silly idea that I just thought of...
Since your producing the cards anyway, make a few decks
1) d30 2) d20/d10/d% 3) d12/2d6/3d4 4) 2d8/4d4
or any combination that you think you might need.
Just a random thought for the day.
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