If any of you out there are wondering how to make (or where to purchase) good prototype dice I recommend using lego dice. I have been seeing alot of good deals on ebay from $1 to $4 for lego dice, some even come with the colorful faceplates :-)
There are also good deals on colorful interchangeable faceplates that you can write on or add stickers with your designs.
At first I had to purchase a few of the Lego Board Games to get my hands on some of these dice that cost $15 -$25, but its nice to see them sold individually on eBay!
Lego Dice
Why don't you use regular dice?
It would be great to have the ability to modify dice as the game is played... and only Lego has that right now and we can't use those.
Lego dice are a wonderful idea. I wish I had thought of them myself.
While ungainly in size, I've found that dry erase dice work pretty well for prototyping. And I use blank dice sometimes with permanent marker (you can actually clean this off with alcohol)
Lego and Nestorgames ( http://boardgamegeek.com/boardgame/74615/nestortiles )
That is nice, but you cannot adapt more than 1 number/color per side and Lego dice can do multiple colors.
Yes I see the usefulness (and immediately implemented it). Thanks for sharing!
How much did the custom made dice cost you?
I don't want to speak for Steve, but you might want to query www.bluepantherllc.com if you want custom dice a bit cheaper. He made my Directional Dice for much less. He can laser engrave on acrylic or print on wood.
-Joe
You should be able to buy thos lego dice from lego. I know there is a way to buy what ever lego pie you want online so the dice whould be there. I do not know where but I know it is possible, a friend uses that site to buy his parts for the lego mecs they build and play with.
Found the website http://shop.lego.com/pab/ But the search funtion was not that good so I could not find the dice but they should be there somewhere.
For one of my board games (3T.O.W.) i needed a custom dice with certain images on the faces instead of numbers and I used a Lego die before having a professional die made by gamestation.
*There is a picture in the image forums of the two dice*
I am making a new game that will require a lot of custom dice with images instead of numbers, so I picked up these useful dice with removable face plates before I settle on how I want the images to look and have them professionally made again.