On the subject of DIY dice designs, may I offer the fFollowing. Chessex is something of a leader is dice manufacture. Their blank 8-siders: http://www.chessex.com/Dice/Specialty%20Dice/8_sided.htm Actually, I prefer getting my dice fFrom Gamescience. Lou Zocchi is an amazing guy. He totally rocks it old school. The downside here is that his website is a little lacking, so I can't fFind blanks, d8 or otherwise. http://www.gamescience.com/ On Wed, Jul 8, 2009 at 11:12 PM, Bryan Stout<stoutwb@xxxxxxxxx> wrote: >> With d6 so much more ubiquitous than d8, not sure how much cost-sense it >> would make for LL to offer an "expansion pack" (d8 + new rules) for TH, >> MC, or any of the other dTH-based games... but certainly it never hurts >> for you to invent and implement such ideas yourself :-) > > Ah yes, this reminds me about my concluding thoughts about this from > the viewpoint of Martian archeology: > > Even if my speculation about the original type of Martian dice is > correct, that doesn't mean I object to the use of Terran D6s. For one > thing, I'm not usually a purist, instead I like anything good -- I > like authentic ethnic food as well as Americanized ethnic food; I > enjoy many different chess variations rather than just one chess game. > For another thing, there is the practical issue of expense: I'm sure > D6s will always cost less than D8s. I'm not familiar with the details > to know; Andy may well like the idea of D8s for future Icehouse games, > and have them manufactured, or he may judge them not worth the extra > expense, and we'll just have to make a few at home. > > Thanks to you and all the others for sharing your own ideas and > reactions. Keep them coming! > > Bryan > _______________________________________________ > Icehouse mailing list > Icehouse@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx > http://lists.looneylabs.com/mailman/listinfo/icehouse > -- A pizza with the radius 'z' and thickness 'a' has the volume pi*z*z*a.