Hello everybody! I am an avid collector of 1st Edition D&D and AD&D.  Played in the mid-80s.  A fellow collector recently told me about this fantastic site.  It has quickly become my go-to authority for adding to and valuating my collection.  A huge thank you to all of you who work so hard to keep this site going.  I have some near-mint boxed basic and expert sets in my collection, but some of them are missing dice.  Can anyone give us some tips on which types of dice (colors, etc.) came with the different editions and printings of the older box sets? Thanks in advance, and nice to be among a community of collectors!

Here’s a good visual reference from dicecollector.com for the specific editions you mention: http://www.dicecollector.com/THE_DICE_THEME_TSR.html

Well since we're discussing this topic, I add my questions on old dice since I have some of them which I am not sure about their origin.

Let's start with the supposedly dice from the Moldvay set.

Picture GROUP1: the two d8 should be correct as Moldvay since the elongated shape; the two pale blue I am not sure but the fact the d20 has the two 0-9 numbering makes me think it'd be an early edition; I put together the two d12 as they are different and I am not sure which one is Moldvay (and the fact the brown die has not a regular coloring but rather a melange is another detail I miss)

Picture GROUP2: here there could be similar dice to the previous picture (for instance the d20 has the two 0-9 numbering) but even in this case the color is not regular and it shows a melange (as a matter of fact I could have grouped the brown die of the previous group along with these ones...); I suppose they are Moldvay

Last round of piccies!

GROUP 6: no clue about the three d6s! They have a size larger than any other d6 in the previous pics... the other dice should be from an Armory set due to the cut on the top... or maybe they are from a Zocchi's set... don't know

GROUP 7: really no clue... the d20 could be from a D&D edition... likely a Mentzer... I have no clue about the the other dice...

Thanks! I will tey to map their numbers and check against those maps in the Jon's post then!

Another question though: are the dragon dice the same as of the mentzer edition's ones?

BlaineFromer wrote in Advice on dice:OMG
The blue dice that someone posted on the first page are the one’s I used as a kid

Memories

Thanks for the post as I’m new
Blaine

Welcome Blaine! If you like the idea you can post here in the main forum and introduce yourself to this community of old socks!

Welcome! Glad to hear from you!

I lurked for a while before posting, how about you?

aia wrote in Advice on dice:Errr... sorry to whom did you address this message?

I thought it was to me.

Ciao Doug, thanks a lot for your kind help!
I have some clarifications but i will revert on the fellow who got in touch with me from FB...

dbartman wrote in Advice on dice:...
The Armory Group:

Red d6s - Games Workshop (likely for Cthulhu or Judge Dredd boxed sets)
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Even if the material is different because these red d6s are "low impact", the mold is the same as of the Armory d6... I can understand that this kind of die could be used for a specific game like CoC or Judge Dredd, however it is rather strange that the manufcturer is not the armory...

dbartman wrote in Advice on dice:...
GameScience Group:

Blue d4 -  Most likely The Armory, possibly Diamond
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In this case the blue d4 has the same mold of the white d4: I can understand that i made an error in the identification but it'd be either both are the armory or both are gamescience... even in this case i find strange that 2 manufacturers have used tha same mold...

Thanks in any case, ciaooo