As I’ve been playing with three kids in a monthly game, I noticed that they often have trouble picking the right die. Four, six, eight, ten, twelve, twenty sided? I think I’ll try color-coded dice!
Can anybody out there confirm that using a color code makes it easier for kids to pick the right die?
I’ve looked at some old links but couldn’t really find a “standard” mapping of die type to color, so I went with a suggestion by blinovitch on the #rpmn IRC channel: “Use the color spectrum. Red’s the lowest value, violet the highest.” Except that there are more colors than dice types. So I reserved red dice for the DM’s use! 😼
I’m assembling an order of Chessex dice…
These are for the kids:
10x d4 Orange/Black (PQ0403) 10x d6 Yellow/Black w/ #'s (PQ0602) 10x d8 Green/White (PQ0805) 10x d10 Lt. Blue/White (PQ1016) 10x Tens Blue/White (PQ1106) 10x d12 Lt. Purple/White (PQ1227) 10x d20 Black/White (PQ2008)
I’ll never need all those d12 – I guess they’ll end up as tokens on the map... 😄
DM dice – when I played AD&D, opaque white, black, and red were my colors.
1x Red/Black 7 die set (25414) 5x d4 Red/Black (PQ0414) 5x d6 Red/Black (PQ0614) 5x d8 Red/Black (PQ0814) 5x d10 Red/Black (PQ1014) 1x Red/White 7 die set (25404) 5x d4 Red/White (PQ0404) 5x d6 Red/White (PQ0604) 5x d8 Red/White (PQ0804) 5x d10 Red/White (PQ1004) 1x Ivory/Black 7 die set (25400) 5x d4 Ivory/Black (PQ0400) 5x d6 Ivory/Black (PQ0600) 5x d8 Ivory/Black (PQ0800) 5x d10 Ivory/Black (PQ1000)
Possibly the following for a friend:
12x d6 Vortex™ Blue w/gold type (27636) 6x d8 Vortex™ Blue w/gold type (PV0806)
https://alexschroeder.ch/pics/15631642112_4fdfaac2ec.jpg
Guests get to choose from the rest. This box started as “a pound o’ dice”.
https://alexschroeder.ch/pics/15630828605_9766b3c123.jpg
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Consider this a confirmation. I use dice of varying colors to assist my kids in knowing which to roll when. As a bonus, it makes it easier for me to assist them in picking the right dice. I don’t have to say, “No, not that one... the other one on your right...” Instead I can just say, “The green one.” It works well I think.
– Kevin 2010-07-07 20:14 UTC
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Can you please just double your order? I dont think only kids benefit.
Do you remember my color coded dice when playing Dogs in the Vinyard?
– Harald Wagener 2010-07-08 11:11 UTC
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When I started tabletop RPing in junior high, the group I played with was very anal about their die colors. Ever since, I’ve single-handedly perpetuated the die color spectrum onto various future groups I’ve gamed with since. I’ve become a monster.
– Mature Roleplay Girl 2010-07-24 05:23 UTC
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As it turns out, these days I use all the color coded dice and the red and white dice I thought I had bought for myself are part of the ugly mix for guests.
– Alex Schroeder 2017-01-06 09:51 UTC
