Maybe they are first prints.

Mordenkainen wrote in Dice for days!:There's a bid!

Yes and hopefully here there are no bids!

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Hmm I have dice but I don’t know which ones are desirable. If I post a pic, would someone let me know if any of my old dice are valuable?

I don't think it matters which ones they are, as long as they are vintage, and if a complete set, that's even better.  Here's another auction that up at the moment:


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Probably somewhere.  Used to buy a lot more dice than I would ever need.  Bought them off of Zocchi himself at conventions, on occasion.

Here are some pictures of some of my gaming dice.  I particularly love the well worn ones, but they roll forever.

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Those didn’t last long!  Thanks for the tip dbartman and the inspiration everyone!

grubbiv wrote in Dice for days!:Do you have the 6 standard shapes of early Gamescience gem dice in all 7 colors? Because I wonder if that is someone's collecting objective.

According to the 1981 movie Dragonslayer, smashing one of the orange D8s causes dragons to explode. So the utility of the un-inked, hard-edged Gamescience dice is obvious. But if I had any monsters to detonate, I would probably just buy some of the cheap, modern dice that look old school.

Does the same apply to Holmes-era dice? That is, are there any modern manufacturers selling dice that look like the the brightly colored, low-impact plastic of 1970s TSR dice?

Dbartman, if you sort those into sets I'll check mine and see if I have any that would complete them.
The only dice I value are the 6 sideds I used to use with a buddy of mine when we picked up trolls on Friday/Saturday nights. We had two identical pairs, one normal and one with 5 and 2's and one with all 6's. We'd play drinking games based on craps and pass the special dice to each other, but pass the regular ones to the girls. Had to get VERY creative about passing them surreptitiously if we weren't sitting next to each other. Those will eventually go to my older son and be enshrined in the family collectibles case.
Well, wait, there is my original orange d20 too. It's a d20 marble now, but the memories...........

Deadlord wrote in Dice for days!:Dbartman, if you sort those into sets I'll check mine and see if I have any that would complete them.
The only dice I value are the 6 sideds I used to use with a buddy of mine when we picked up trolls on Friday/Saturday nights. We had two identical pairs, one normal and one with 5 and 2's and one with all 6's. We'd play drinking games based on craps and pass the special dice to each other, but pass the regular ones to the girls. Had to get VERY creative about passing them surreptitiously if we weren't sitting next to each other. Those will eventually go to my older son and be enshrined in the family collectibles case.
Well, wait, there is my original orange d20 too. It's a d20 marble now, but the memories...........

That's cool - will do!