Chessex Pound O Dice | 1 lb Bulk Polyhedral Assortment with Approx 100 Factory Seconds Plus Bonus 7-Die RPG Set | for DND Pathfinder and Tabletop Gaming | Mixed Colors and Styles

I seem to be the one that loans out dice and supplies on a weekly basis, so having a decent collection is good. This is an excellent start for this. Starting an RPG with some friends that have never played before? There's plenty in here for that, and enough left over for the GM. This is less expensive than buying five matched sets, not counting the one it comes with (reserved for the GM, since they're the only ones guaranteed not to be seconds), and the players would get to pick out their own. My bag came with 96 dice total. 8 d4's (mostly translucent), 24 d6's (8 minis, 9 standard with pips and 7 standard with numbers), 9 d8's, 20 0-9 and 4 00-90 d10's, 9 d12's, and a whopping 22 d20's. A good bunch of dice were speckled in various colors. Not enough for matched sets, but a mix-and-match set would be nice enough, and leave me able to identify by color. Two of the 20-sided die were just a little oversized. One of those seems a little overly rounded--like it went through the polisher twice. It still appears perfectly serviceable. Aside from that one, not a single die seems to be a 'second' in any physical way. The 'seconds' come in the form of the speckled dice that appear to have been between runs. Most are perfect, pretty speckled dice, but the occasional one is one color on one half and another on the other, or collected the speckles toward one corner or face. I would actually love to have a set of matching half-and-half dice. Complaint one: I'm not overly enthused with the matched set that came with this. Perfectly made, like most Chessex products, but a milky semi-transparent white with sparse black specks seems anemic. Not up to my standards as a lover of beautiful dice with character. That said I obviously did not buy a bag of random dice for the looks. I get superstitious about my personal sets so don't lend my matched Blue Blood (gorgeous!) or black/gold ones to ANYBODY; this sickly-looking set will make good loaners without ruining my good sets' mojo, or lend a perfect ambiance to a GM running an undead-based setting. Of course, the matched sets vary. I'm just nitpicking. Complaint two: There's something magical about ducking into the local comic shop and digging through those fishbowls at the counter in the process of converting your pocket change into a handful of carefully-selected dice. You don't get that with this grab-bag, but it certainly gets points for the anticipation when you first open it up and dump it onto your table.

When I ordered the back, I genuinely expected that what I would get would be a bag full of factory rejects. I expected that 3/4 of the dice or so would be useable, that I'd get 2 dozen worthless d12s and a bunch of d6's and very few others. I expected the complete set to be hideous and worthless. But, I expected that I'd get enough to refill the giant bag of dice I've been using (and losing from) for the last 20 years of playing dice games. To me, that would have been worth the ~$20 and would certainly beat buying 3 or 4 full sets just to make up for the fact that I somehow ran out of d8s and only have like 2d4s left in my bag. I got a far better deal, and am very happy with my purchase. A few of the dice are downright beautiful and make me want to buy a set of just that style. While many of the dice aren't exactly pretty, only three of them look like a factory reject: 2 spent slightly too long in the polisher and some of the numbers are partially missing (still useable though), and the other has a terrible color scheme that makes it difficult to read (still useable, but you have to get pretty close to tell the number). I got a disproportionate number of d20s (you only ever need 1), but otherwise the set is pretty balanced. The full set that came with it is a simple white with red lettering. It's not exactly award winning, but I think it fits a vampire NPC I have in the current DnD game, so I think it's perfect. I'm overjoyed with my purchase and highly recommend it if you're looking to start or refill a dice bag. All in all, here is what I got: d20- 27 (-2 that were overpolished) d12- 10 d100- 5 (-1 that has a bad color scheme) d10- 22 d8- 8 d6- 16 (12 numbered, 3 pipped, 1 mini-pipped) d4- 8 + 1 Complete set (bone white with red lettering) Out of that one bag you have enough dnd sets for 5 players (with extras), enough white wolf sets for 2 players, and enough shadowrun dice for 1 player. That's a pretty great deal and definitely beats buying sets, at least for me. It's a great value and much better than I expected. My dice bag overfloweth once again.

Chessex has a well-earned reputation for producing high-quality gaming dice. Most local gaming/hobby shops have displays where you can buy full seven-die sets in gorgeous color combinations for $10 to $15; and they are worth every penny. The dice included in the "Pound-O-Dice" package, as clearly stated in the product description, are "Factory Seconds." This means that these dice -for whatever reason- did not pass the final Quality-Check Inspection. These reasons could include -but are not limited to- the following: 1. Production Over-run; The work order was completed, and these dice were the leftovers completed while changing over to the next work order. 2. Wrong Color; The color of the die -body or number markings- did not match what was specified in that particular work order. 3. Experimental Color; The development team tried a body/marking combination that didn't work (hard to read, otherwise unpopular or didn't sell well). 4. Transition Color; Work order 1 in color A has been completed, and the production line switches to color B for work order 2. The dice are then automatically rejected until they come out fully in color B. 5. Painting Error; The numbers/other markings did not get painted properly. 6. Incomplete Casting; During the molding process, the mold cavity did not completely fill, producing a misshapen or otherwise incomplete and unusable die. 7. Damaged Product; Somewhere along the production line, the die has gotten scuffed, chipped, broken or even welded to another die. For the first five reasons listed above, the rejected dice still meet all other QC standards. They are still every bit the equals of the dice you would find in the $15 gaming set on the shelf at your local gaming/hobby shop; they're just odd, mismatched colors. Over the last ten years, I have ordered eight of the Pound-O-Dice packages. Out of those packages, I have gotten a grand total of FOUR unusable dice: one incomplete casting D10 (discarded), one broken D8 (discarded), and two D6[pips] that were welded together (kept because "why not"). All other dice from those packages went into my ever-expanding collection of spare dice. I've gotten some dice in very interesting color combinations that I'm fairly certain do not exist anywhere else (half color A/half color B; a result of transitioning the molds from color A to Color B). If you want full dice sets, buy the individual sets from your local gaming/hobby shop, or the Wiz Dice Series II 100+ Pack. If all you need is just "more dice," then the Chessex Pound-O-Dice is the most cost-effective way to go that I have found. I will happily continue to purchase the Chessex Pound-O-Dice whenever I feel the need to add to the collection, because, as any table-top RPG gamer will tell you, there's no such thing as "too many dice."

First off, here's a breakdown of what I received: 1 complete set of seven polyhedral dice with teal numbers on off-white. One each of d4, d6, d8, d10, d10%, d12 & d20. (The d6 had Arabic numerals, not pips.) These were in a small manila envelope inside the bag. The remainder were packed loose: 12 x d4 -- eight read at the top; two read at the bottom. No center-read dice. 13 x d6 (Arabic) 9 x d6 (pips) 5 x d6 mini 2 x d6 jumbo 11 x d8 19 x d10 3 x d10% 9 x d12 17x d20 107 dice total! I would have prefered a better balance between the d10 and d10%, but overall there is a good mix of dice here. There was certainly no over-abundance of d6 in this batch. As for being seconds, I saw very few glaring printing or drilling flaws, the most glaring being a d6 with no pips painted or drilled on the "6" face. There are some sloppy bi-color dice where the color lines don't match up to the edges, but those flaws look kind of cool. A couple of the d12s did use an unusual indicator for differentiating 6 and 9: a decimal point following the number rather than an underline beneath it. There are a lot of colors and effects in the bag. The stone-flecked dice are especially nice. One of the d6 had a metallic copper finish. Oddly, aside from some of the d6 minis, all of the dice are opaque plastic. The dice are very diverse -- so diverse that its unlikely any particular bag will contain even a single complete polyhedral set outside of the one that they compile for you in the small envelope. But if you are looking for a large variety of dice of reasonable quality and are not interested in creating sets, this is a great value. Even if you throw out the d6 minis, you are getting each die for under 20¢.

D4: 8 D6: 22 D8: 9 D10: 21 D12: 10 D20: 21 Broken D10: 1 I'm not a tabletop gamer, but I've seen my share of dice as life counter or tokens for games like MTG. My purpose for getting this set was primarily to have on hand for game development. Secondarily just to have the ability to play any game requiring dice on a whim without having to spend time going to a store or waiting on a delivery. Quality: First of all, the package I received and the picture on the listing says the quality is varied. Only one die was torn up enough to make me think it will affect rolls. The overwhelming majority are structurally sound. I checked the numbering on every die and all have the appropriate numbering. I feel that well more than half have one or more rough numbers (example in pictures). This won't affect rolling and doesn't bother me for my purposes, but not the best option if you're wanting flawless dice. The exclusive set seemed to be in better shape than the rest, but it also had some rough numbering, especially on the D4 and D10 as you can see in the picture. For the D6s, all are 16mm except the red one at the end of the group in the picture. I have some 12mm which are a bit smaller, so I'm guessing that one is a 14mm. All other dice seem to be standard sizes. Overall, I'm happy with the set and it fills my need.

Recently a small group of friends of mine became interested in D&D, and we decided we would start getting a game together. As the preperations began they started talking about D&D at work, and oddly enough their co-workers started becoming interested! Before I knew it I had an entire D&D party and then some, including several people that had never played D&D in their lives, or owned a single die to their names. That's when I knew I had to take drastic measures. Three of the members (and myself, I can never have too many dice) chipped in $5 each and we purchased the pound of dice. Let's just say I am more than pleased with the return on our investment. Obviously the pound-o-dice is a bit of a random grab bag, so you never know what you're going to get, but I feel as if though our group hit the jackpot. We got an excellent spread of dice, all of which were completely usable (no missing faces or mislabeled dice) as well as a few particularly interesting dice. The grand total was: D4 - 8 D6 - 24 D8 - 14 D10 - 15 D12 - 7 D20 - 19 Percentiles - 4 As well as the full set of 7 dice, which was an ivory and green colored set. This brings us to 98 dice, pretty darn close to the advertised 100! Things to note. All of the dice are playable and in very good condition, however 2 of the D4's have small scratches on them, but they won't hinder their performance. Several of the dice are half one color, and half another, which I think is really cool and makes it easy to spot which dice is whose on the table. 3 of the D6's are a really neat red, white, and blue speckled pattern, it reminds me of the American flag. All of the D20's are regular D20's, with no symbols or emblems for the "20" side. All of the dice were average sided dice, with no mini's or oversized dice. And that's it! Whenever I buy something in the end I ask myself if I got my moneys worth, and in this instance I feel I definitely did.

In our modern age of technical apathy it's sometimes easy to loose sight of the simple things. For instance, how easy it is just use a random dice generator or other calculating program on a computer while you play your RPGs. I'd been doing that recently, but I knew it just didn't *feel* right. Something was missing... Luckily, the Chessex came to my rescue. I'd forgotten how much fun it can be to actually roll dice -- real, tangible things. It changes the dynamic and (for me at least) increases the fun factor of playing a game. Sure, dice-rolling applications are a quick, easy, and free way to play, but if you're like me your game will loose that special feeling with every point and click. The "Pound-O-Dice" is a random grab-bag of assortments. I'd read reviews from a year or two ago and some people were complaining that they didn't get enough d4 or d12, this or that. For my case, while it is true there weren't as many d4 as there were d20, I was still surprised at the number I got. Here's my count: 9 d4 4 d6 mini 2 d6 micro 1 d6 jumbo 9 d6 with pips & rounded corners (3 with Ouroboros for sixes) 13 d6 with numbers 10 d8 22 d10 5 d% 5 d12 20 d20 Exactly 100 dice. I got a good balance for my needs and it turned out a little bit better than I'd anticipated. As I expected from other reviews, some are a little strange looking, some are factory seconds, and some are top-quality, very pretty dice. I think some of the interesting paint jobs just give the die character and uniqueness. (We're all a little weird, why can't our dice be too?) I didn't have any broken or unusable ones, though there was a d4 that had faint yellow numbers on white that was very hard to read, but a fine-point sharpie pen took care of that within seconds. I'm happy with this assortment, and I'll definitely order more if I ever need them. It's a great way to beef up your stock for RPGs or whatever reason you may need polyhedral dice for. Play on gamers, play on.

I have purchased lots of dice sets, bundles, bulk, individual dice from lots of different makers, including Chessex, many of them selling on Amazon. I have purchased 4 pounds of dice from Chessex. So this is where my experience comes from. What does it mean when some other reviewer says they don't meet Chessex quality control? As far as I can tell, it is cosmetic quality only. I have a very nice looking D20 (red with yellow speckles - I actually own a set of this series and color) from one pound that has a slightly green hue in one corner of one face. You can't tell unless you are looking for it. On several other dice, there is an odd dot that doesn't match the coloring of the other dots or specs. There are dice from swirl sets that maybe don't have enough of the swirl color, or maybe other cosmetic blemishes. So far, all the things I've seen would pass QC for many other cheaper brands. The quality of the roll with these dice is on par with any other Chessex dice, based on my experience. People will say there are factory seconds that are "fugly". Well, yes and no. Chessex does try out different color combinations and some of them get as far as an initial production run. There were a significant number of dice that were dual color (one color on half the faces and another color on the other half) and some of those combos were visually unappealing. But they roll great. Some of the color combos I actually like, but I may not be in the majority. Some are seconds only because they are production overruns. They end up with maybe more of a couple dXs and dYs that make it through QC than other die in a set (If you are lucky, they are from a set you already own and so you get some extra matching dice). So the extras go into a pound. And you will not find an even distribution dice types (based on # of sides) What you will NOT get is dice that are cupped or bulging on one or more sides, dice with chips out of them, dice with edges or corners that are rounded more than the other edges or corners on the dice, dice with an obvious mold "nubbin" at the injection sight. Oddly these are things that I have seen with production sets (that I have purchased) of even some more expensive dice brands, including one brand that many claim is the absolute best. So, yes, you are going to get some dice that aren't particularly beautiful. There will be cosmetic blemishes. You will not find a complete set of matching dice (unless you are really lucky) other than the bonus set that comes with the package. You may get a lot more of one side of dice than another (One pound I got contained only six d12s). You would also spend roughly $120 (and probably more) to by 14 sets of Chessex dice. And even though you can get some other brand's pound of dice a little cheaper, you'll probably get better game play out of the Chessex dice. I gave them five stars because you don't buy a pound expecting them to be pretty but you do expect them to roll well and to feel good in your hand. And these do that at a bargain price.