Was wondering if any of you could tell me what these dice are from?

https://flic.kr/p/2fqC89u
https://flic.kr/p/2e7pua2

Thanks!

grubbiv wrote in Dice ID:Gamescience. They added the d10 mold in 1980, so maybe your set is older than that.

Cool!  Thank you!  Did they sell their dice separately, or were they ever used in RPG sets?  Like did they make and provide the dice for any of the box sets?

staro wrote in Dice ID:Cool!  Thank you!  Did they sell their dice separately, or were they ever used in RPG sets?  Like did they make and provide the dice for any of the box sets?

They sold dice loose and in blister packs. All the blister packs I've seen included a d10 and were made from the same color of plastic.

Thanks again to all who replied!

I'm trying to find good homes for some of my random rpg stuff, especially if they are pieces/components of sets that could help someone complete their's.  I am wondering, do you think this bag of dice was a stand alone set, or how likely is it that it came in a box set from back in the day from some rpg?  

Thanks!

That bag of dice was almost certainly a stand-alone set, yes, from around 1980. It's hard to speak with any certainty when it's a resealable bag like that, but the handful of boxed games that shipped with Gamescience sets like this in them in the early 1980s would have had a slightly different array of dice in them.

I wonder where TSR got those dice they included with the box sets?  I still have all the dice from my old Moldvay sets.  You know, the ones where you had to color in the numbers with a crayon.  Alot of memories in those dice.  

TheHistorian wrote in Dice ID:It takes some effort to poke around, but DiceCollector.com - Home of the Worlds Largest Dice Collection - THE place for Dice Info & Questions is the best place to use to figure out exactly what a given set of dice is.

Kevin Cook also has a thread over at Dragonsfoot. He answers questions and responds to PMs there with questions about dice. As his site above shows, he's pretty knowledgeable about dice and always pretty helpful.
His thread is here: Dragonsfoot • View topic - Dice Questions?
Good luck!
--Ron--

You guys might be thinking of Jon's post How Gaming Got Its Dice, where he disclosed that TSR's supplier was a California company called Creative Publications.

I have a post showing the dice in Creative Publications packaging: Dice of the Gods. The image came from here at the Acaeum.  

I've never seen one of those. They were rumored to exist in the UK but no-one could ever produce a copy or even a photo. The tale told by a well known British fashion designer/nymphomaniac (sorry - strong independent woman) was that daddy worked in the aircraft industry importing parts from the then manufacturing powerhouse of the world, the US. His daughter's obsession with sci-fi led to him bringing home toys from abroad that you couldn't get in the UK, and that one particular favorited in blue and lime green inspired her to experiment, lead her towards edgy fashion design and her passion for 'toys' and adventure lead to cuckold her rather boring husband for a rather more interesting and longer colleague. Said colleague just happened to also be looking for a name for a new band he was about to introduce to the world. No doubt her space BJ dog tag which no-one posts pictures of on the internet is some sort of reference to her early years. It was the same fashion season that brought forth her recollections/explanation of the backstory to her lover's inspirational linguistic moment. Good to know the original pistol does actually exist and wasn't just a tale from a desperate and forgotten fashionista. I suspect that little plastic water pistol is worth more than $50 on the UK music scene.