Haxtec Metal Dice Review

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  • @SSkorkowsky
    @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +117

    Update: Haxtec contacted me about an issue that recently popped up. So some counterfeiter is trying to sell knock-off Haxtec dice on Amazon. Haxtec is trying to stop this, but for anyone trying to get a set, double check that the listing says "Sold by Haxtec and Fulfilled by Amazon" or "Sold by and Fulfilled by Haxtec." If it says, "Sold by and Fulfilled by Lviong," or "Sold by Lviong and Fulfilled by Amazon," or anything else, that is not Haxtec. Since the counterfeiters are underselling Haxtec, Amazon automatically links to the lowest seller, even if you follow a correct sales link to Amazon.
    Weird, I know. But I don't want anyone getting ripped off by an inferior knock-off.

    • @barlotardy
      @barlotardy 6 років тому +11

      Now, I'm not saying that the knockoffs are made of spent uranium, but the knockoffs are totally made of spent uranium..

    • @NathanielWinkelmann
      @NathanielWinkelmann 6 років тому +1

      Why would someone do this?

    • @samconsumespie1012
      @samconsumespie1012 6 років тому +1

      I think I may have acciendently bought some of those made by Bescon which are very similar to the glowing dice however they need to be “charged” by the light in order to glow

  • @HowtobeaGreatGM
    @HowtobeaGreatGM 6 років тому +118

    I am blown away by this dude. I love it. you sir are a master. I think your comments are awesome, and the video - dear god I laughed.

    • @deplorablemecoptera3024
      @deplorablemecoptera3024 6 років тому +4

      How to be a Great Game Master you aren't so bad yourself I sent one of my players one of your videos earlier today to help him with his backstory we'll see if it helped when I meet with him.

    • @Kevlar-78
      @Kevlar-78 6 років тому +5

      I'm in awe of all of you wonderful tabletop content creators. Top notch production and content consistently. Cheers

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +13

      Thanks, man. It was fun to make.

    • @chrishutchinson1874
      @chrishutchinson1874 6 років тому +4

      I totally agree, I actually found Seth's channel through your channel (HTBEGGM) and i just want to say thanks to you both for all the tips and laughs.
      You guys are great!

    • @robertnett9793
      @robertnett9793 6 років тому +4

      Hey, nice to see you here :D.
      Yes, you are right - it's everytime fun to watch Seth. He is really great - but you Sir, should be considered a master of your trade yourself.
      Both of you are a huge inspiration for me. Both of you don't only say to go this one step further - but you also show how to do it. Thanks a lot :D

  • @In.Gy.
    @In.Gy. 6 років тому +65

    Yes, effective ballistics are exactly what I look for in my dice. Thank you, Seth.

  • @FinlandjinM
    @FinlandjinM 6 років тому +16

    "The last thing that my eye ever saw was a number one flying at it at high speed!"
    My sides have reached the orbit.

  • @machinaheart
    @machinaheart 6 років тому +19

    Oh my!! Clicking on the video I was thinking I'd be a bit disappointed because it is "just" a dice review.... Rarely was I so glad to have been wrong! WHAT A MONTAGE :3

  • @CCKonnor
    @CCKonnor 6 років тому +30

    Amazing video as usual.
    Making dice reviews entertatining is a praiseworthy feat.
    The rave test was particularly hilarious.

  • @jesternario
    @jesternario 5 років тому +2

    I always liked Crown Royal. They sell high-quality dice bags and always include a free bottle of whiskey with them. Very generous of them.

  • @goadfang
    @goadfang 6 років тому +7

    The rave test really took me back. Sandstorm, baby!

  • @N1GHTH4WK986
    @N1GHTH4WK986 6 років тому +4

    This is, by far, the best review video that I have ever watched. You sir are a creative genius.

  • @specterwolf4711
    @specterwolf4711 6 років тому +27

    This is the best product review of dice I have ever seen in the history of ever! I laughed and almost spit out my coffee.

  • @Kevlar-78
    @Kevlar-78 6 років тому +37

    Two bottles of Crown, that'll make you see Cthulhu....

  • @1313strife
    @1313strife 6 років тому +3

    This channel deserves to be huge, such high production quality and humor.

  • @Dynamous1
    @Dynamous1 6 років тому +2

    This is certainly a lot more exciting then what I was expecting for a dice review, nice work!

  • @MaxWriter
    @MaxWriter 6 років тому +8

    Nicely done, as always. I actually prefer dice that can't be stacked and I think that's a plus. When those stacks come crashing down, which they inevitably do, it's distracting as hell for everyone at the table.

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +6

      Then you'll love the pink glow dice. They HATE being stacked. I was more than a little surprised the Paladins fell before the Q-Workshop. I blame that on my stacking (I did those last and was a bit tired after repeatedly trying to get the Haxtecs to stack) because the Paladins have flat faces and sharp edges. They had the clear advantage.

  • @lockwoan01
    @lockwoan01 5 років тому +4

    I was looking up metal dice reviews, so that I could show my mother, who lives with me, the difference between the plastic ones I have and the metal ones a few people have, over on my place's main computer in our living room, and clicked on your video. And of course, Mr. Noir Guy starts talking about "Dice Bags", she had to laugh, because I also had my own "dice bag" out, by sheer coincidence mind you as I hadn't seen the video before, and even I had to chuckle. My "Dice Bag" is Regal Apple Green, which tastes pretty good with cranberry-apple juice.

  • @sovik
    @sovik 6 років тому

    Wow! That was heck of entertaining and fun. Well done sir! Your channel is deserves more recognition and exposure.

  • @starr_shine3060
    @starr_shine3060 6 років тому +2

    You're the only person I know who can make a dice review entertaining :)

  • @Gavgoyle
    @Gavgoyle 6 років тому +1

    Beauty, man! Just beauty! I have to say, though, in 37 years of gaming, I've never owned a Crown bag... My 'weapon holster' for the last decade is a crocheted and felted dice bag that my wife created for me! It holds about 12 Chessex plastic cases.

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +2

      Truth be told, I've never used one either. I used to use a hideous orange bag that came from an early 90's garage sale. Then I upgraded to a little wooden chest that was also long enough to hold pencils and my wet-erase markers.

  • @TheOnlyToblin
    @TheOnlyToblin 6 років тому +19

    Hot tip: Do NOT step on the Haxtec D4. That thing is so sharp it can kill you. Stepping on a rounded, plastic D4 is painful as hell. Stepping on the Haxtec D4 is lethal.

  • @andrewgilinger4248
    @andrewgilinger4248 6 років тому +2

    I was unsure how a review for dice was going to go. I was not disappointed.

  • @chrisschuber9149
    @chrisschuber9149 6 років тому +2

    Whenever I wake up and there's a new Seth video, I know today is gonna be a good day.

  • @gradyelmore7710
    @gradyelmore7710 6 років тому +7

    I laughed out loud twice. Like, loudly. Love your videos.

  • @ViewtifulZeke
    @ViewtifulZeke 6 років тому +9

    I *really* like the look of those red metal dice.

    • @Jawn15
      @Jawn15 5 років тому

      They're super nice. I just got my set today and they're nice. Good quality and free faux leather dice bag to boot.

  • @MarkFinn
    @MarkFinn 6 років тому +2

    You're crushing it, Brother. Keep up the good work.

  • @ArcNeoMasato
    @ArcNeoMasato 4 роки тому +1

    I feel like Kraken does the best in terms of true "D&D" dice sets with their larger 12 piece sets. 2D20's, 4D6's, and even a "D2" that's basically just a coin made out of the same materials as your dice set. That, and they sell a set that's made to look like blood drops are suspended in the dice, and they're GORGEOUS!

  • @VassTheKeeper
    @VassTheKeeper 6 років тому

    Seth, this is your best video yet! I almost died laughing at the rave test :D

  • @dr.crusher772
    @dr.crusher772 6 років тому +2

    This is absolutely amazing. Love your content. Thank you!

  • @squeethemog213
    @squeethemog213 6 років тому +1

    Never seen a dice review before but this one is definety an awesome starter :)

  • @redfeildre349
    @redfeildre349 6 років тому +1

    Rave test made me smile. Oh yeah. I want to be a part of THAT game. If I'm in the market for cool new dice, those glow in the dark ones are where it's at.

  • @danacoleman4007
    @danacoleman4007 5 років тому

    As a person who very much enjoys a whiskey and sours made with crown Royal every once in a while, I found the intro part hilariously awesome!

  • @branfeather
    @branfeather 6 років тому +13

    I use a gaming mat for Magic, and liked the mat so much I started using one for my table top dice rolling. It has been wonderful for protecting my dice and the table, and is a good reminder not to invade other's space by keeping my stuff on my mat.

  • @manticore6963
    @manticore6963 6 років тому +7

    6:51 Welp, that's probably one of the few Times a 1 actually did something.
    (Yes, I'm aware, that some Systems like "Call of Cthulhu" or "The Dark Eye" use the 1 as a critical Success instead of a Failure, don't ruin the bad Joke)

  • @AlbertaGeek
    @AlbertaGeek 6 років тому +2

    I don't know if I have a legit concern here, but I'm going to throw it out for feedback. Regarding metal d20s, since the opposite sides always add up to 21 (or should, if they are properly configured), the metal d20 with the beveled edges and the raised numbers is going to be slightly heavier on the sides with higher numbers, and the metal d20 with simply engraved numbers are going to be slightly heavier on the sides with lower numbers. This makes for an ever-so-slight imbalance, but an imbalance nevertheless. So over a large number of rolls, we can expect more higher rolls from the die with engraved numbers, and more lower rolls from the die with beveled edges and raised numbers. Just sayin'.

  • @zahiramalakh6352
    @zahiramalakh6352 6 років тому

    As a compulsive dice stacker, I fully appreciate your scientific method.

  • @BillHaworth
    @BillHaworth 6 років тому +1

    I have a set of metal dice, can't remember who from, but I never game with them. The only thing I ever do is roll them through my hands to feel the weight of them and show them off to friends. Should you get a set of metal dice? Sure, if you've got the spare cash, they're really neat. Should you buy them as your only set of dice? No, get a set from Chessex or Easy Roller or any of the other plastic dice companies, hell, get any of the above's big bag o' dice so you've got a bunch of them. Crown Royal bags are big, they can hold a lot of dice.

  • @fnoogernooger
    @fnoogernooger 6 років тому +2

    I love how goofy this is! Great review!

  • @markjohnson9665
    @markjohnson9665 6 років тому +4

    You have amazing taste in dice bags

  • @sk8rdman
    @sk8rdman 5 років тому +2

    I have one complaint about this review, and it's that the "speed test" should actually favor the dice that stop the quickest.
    The largest contributing factor to biased dice is the fact that dice with smoothed edges from being run through a rock tumbler are too egg shaped. This skews their center of gravity and causes them to be biased to roll certain numbers over others. Dice with rounded edges roll around more, which feels "more random" but actually just gives the dice more chances to tend toward their biased and skewed center of gravity. Dice with sharper edges roll around less and stop quicker, which means that their results are more random because they're less effected by any unevenness in the die.

  • @WestOfEarth
    @WestOfEarth Рік тому

    I do like the glow in the dark dice. Nice for when you turn the lights down for mood.

  • @danmasters8124
    @danmasters8124 6 років тому +2

    Please Haxtec, don't round off your dice, the whole reason I want these is because they're sharp edged. And please bring back the copper/teal color combo, that was amazing!

  • @ChrisMoneymakerDHRG
    @ChrisMoneymakerDHRG 6 років тому

    Excellent testing montage! Great video!

  • @Not_Ciel
    @Not_Ciel 6 років тому +3

    This is such an underrated video. Definitely needs more views 😂

  • @VD913
    @VD913 6 років тому +3

    I hope they reprint the copper/teal set. Those looked amazing.

  • @robmc120
    @robmc120 6 років тому

    Great review Seth, now i can tell new videos from old from now on basing on whether Jack the NPC has an eyepatch! lol, Seriously, great video and God bless you!

  • @samuelhaight195
    @samuelhaight195 6 років тому

    This is better than 95% of television :)

  • @ClutchSituation
    @ClutchSituation 6 років тому

    This is, objectively, the best video you've ever done. ;)

  • @jesternario
    @jesternario 6 років тому +13

    May Jack recover rapidly from his disastrous dice disaster of dastardly consequence.

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +7

      Never fear. Being imaginary gives him remarkable regenerative abilities. He's like a sepia-toned X-man.

    • @Nezzeraj
      @Nezzeraj 6 років тому +4

      Actually I hope the wound stays. It would give some continuity and it's a little easter egg for people who've seen this video. New viewers or people who skip this video might even ask themselves why he's missing an eye. Or at least have Jack mention he got a fake eye or the eye of Vecna or something cool lol.

    • @davidgantenbein9362
      @davidgantenbein9362 6 років тому +2

      Nezzeraj Actually not a bad idea. Would be fun to see him popping in a glass eye or something alike in the next video.

    • @jesternario
      @jesternario 6 років тому +1

      @David Gantenbein: The issue with that being the fact that Seth actually still HAS both his eyes.

  • @peterwright5311
    @peterwright5311 6 років тому +2

    ...so glad I subscribed to this channel.

  • @Leverquin
    @Leverquin 2 роки тому +1

    STACKING DICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TEST EVER MADE!

  • @keggerken4190
    @keggerken4190 6 років тому +3

    Dude, I'm still trying to save up enough money to be able to get a set of Paladin Dice from that review a year ago lol. Now there's two sets I gotta get?!

  • @Sumrow
    @Sumrow 6 років тому +6

    Props to the Ramones Guy for drinking Vernors. Love that stuff.

  • @MonkeyJedi99
    @MonkeyJedi99 5 років тому

    Good science. The trick with rounded corners is the bias the mass-tumbling (the way they smooth the edges in a vibrating vat of liquid and abrasive stones) is random, and can impact the way they roll. - - - I wish I recalled the channel that did the testing (this one maybe?) but you can float plastic dice in water saturated with salt, and check to see if they have an off-center center of mass as well (from the injection molding). The same channel also exhaustively rolled the dice to get large sample sets of data to see if there was a roll bias. - - - LOOOOONG story short, great video, just strolling through your back catalog tonight. - - - Oh! My original point I never got to! Who buys dice as sets anymore? I thought everyone went to a game store and felt the dice, test rolling them, and picking complementary colors for the various dice?

  • @ShakespeareSims
    @ShakespeareSims 6 років тому +4

    This is my favorite thing on the internet today.

  • @fhuber7507
    @fhuber7507 6 років тому +1

    The only dice we need are the translucent resin ones.
    Others are all likely to be imbalanced. The translucent ones tend to be balanced and thus "honest"

  • @nathanparis3573
    @nathanparis3573 6 років тому +7

    Nat 1 for the win! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

  • @michaelarkangel518
    @michaelarkangel518 6 років тому +3

    I was wondering when the review was coming after seeing these on your Twitter feed!

  • @Rezkeshdadesh
    @Rezkeshdadesh 6 років тому

    Glow in the dark dice can come in handy. I've had the power go out while playing D&D before.

  • @coastalhermit2507
    @coastalhermit2507 6 років тому +4

    Great Video. But be aware of other sellers who just stole the listing and are selling fake copies with low price. Haxtec, the brand owner, is the only authentic seller.😂

  • @dantezco
    @dantezco 6 років тому +7

    I'm hoping that eyepatch becomes status quo. It would be awesome continuity.

  • @ozmathecrimsonking9258
    @ozmathecrimsonking9258 4 роки тому +1

    When you busted out the Crown Royal dice bags I was lmao cuz your dead right me & my friends had those since we started playing tabletop games 😂

  • @robertharlan5654
    @robertharlan5654 6 років тому +13

    Seth, you obviously lost your Sanity some time ago.... Awesome work as always!

  • @Ben_D.
    @Ben_D. Рік тому

    Thank you for doing the science on these.

  • @RPGmodsFan
    @RPGmodsFan 6 років тому

    LOL, The Rave Test was my favorite! X-D

  • @stonerocks0
    @stonerocks0 4 роки тому

    This was very entertaining - I’m glad I clicked!

  • @cerbing666
    @cerbing666 6 років тому +2

    Not sure if I can trust Jack anymore, he seem to have joined in with the Black Pharaoh.

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +3

      Joined with? He's Vice President of Black Pharaoh Lodge #836. He could have gone for President some time ago, but he says that's just too much responsibility and the Lodge President has to deal with all the drama between members (cultists can be such drama queens). You would not believe how much squabbling goes into who stands where around the sacrificial altar. To the outsider, it looks like a bunch of sketchy people in robes chanting in a circle. In reality, that's hours of planning and meetings and placement charts in order to prevent cultist whining (no one wants to stand next to Stinky Gary).
      Also, Jack is the embodiment of all NPCs. I'd say that gives him a thousand faces.

    • @cerbing666
      @cerbing666 6 років тому +1

      One day we will se the Complete Masks of Jack. Perhaps it then would be time to start up "The Good friends of Jack the NPC"?

  • @apostolismouzakitis5334
    @apostolismouzakitis5334 6 років тому +7

    Love your videos! Keep up the good job?

  • @Bhegtvedt
    @Bhegtvedt 6 років тому

    enjoyed that. Some of the bigger companies should defiantly make sets designed not only for systems but for classes. an extra d6 for rouges maybe some d4s for wizards and clerics. again no big if individual dice are sold. Also for table top war games where you might need a larger set of the same style of dice

  • @randydoffing3204
    @randydoffing3204 3 роки тому +1

    You hit upon my pet peeve with polyhedron dice sets for D&D. You roll with advantage or disadvantage a lot, so why not include an extra d20? Instead these sets come with an extra d10 for rolling percentages. I never use the extra d10. I wish these standard sets came with an extra d20 instead of an extra d10.
    Anyway, it was a very entertaining video!
    P.S. My apologies for the late comment on an older video. I found your channel last summer while looking for info on Traveller. I love your series on that. And then stuck around for your GM tips and other game reviews. I just discovered this older video in your playlist.

  • @nicidemusxjr
    @nicidemusxjr 6 років тому +2

    Dig the vid Seth! What do I gotta do to get you to purchase real mammoth ivory dice set?

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +2

      Someone will need to spend the king's ransom to buy them and send them to me. Though, I doubt I'll be hitting them with hammers for that review.

  • @zegyboo
    @zegyboo 4 роки тому

    This just showed up in my feed, made my day ^_^

  • @lumbermac5998
    @lumbermac5998 4 роки тому

    Favorite youtuber ever

  • @Tysto
    @Tysto 2 роки тому

    Lol This is great. All my dice are 30 years old. I think one d6 is from my Basic D&D set from 1979

  • @JayChampagne
    @JayChampagne 6 років тому

    It was CoC Jack that got hit in the eye, but in that system, a 1 is a critical SUCCESS. That means Todd was TRYING to hit Jack!

  • @blatherskite3028
    @blatherskite3028 6 років тому +1

    You only lost an eye Jack? You were lucky. Also what do yous guys think of giant dice?

    • @SSkorkowsky
      @SSkorkowsky  6 років тому +1

      Giant dice are OK, I guess. A buddy had a blind DM that used them because he could read them if he held them up real close. So that was pretty cool.
      But giant dice need to be used with extreme caution because sometimes your player gets all excited and throws the d20 on the table with a little more force than they intended and now this giant D20 is crashing through the board like that boulder from Raiders of the Lost Ark, plowing over minis and leaving a trail of mayhem and despair (true story, BTW).

    • @blatherskite3028
      @blatherskite3028 6 років тому +1

      Seth Skorkowsky, I can sympathize. We had the DM's cat decide our minis were his toys. It was a massacre.

  • @ADiceySituation
    @ADiceySituation Рік тому

    Seth's wife: Hun, what're you doing with our tupperware?
    Seth, putting the tupperware in the freezer:...Video idea?

  • @LazykidsWorld
    @LazykidsWorld 2 роки тому

    Stepping on a caltrop dice deals 1d4, using as a slingshot round deals 1d6, shoving it down a musket and shooting it deals 1d10.

  • @vigotski
    @vigotski 6 років тому +1

    Super fun video!

  • @Gunny-es9dz
    @Gunny-es9dz 5 років тому +1

    I saw the vid title and avoided it. It just seemed like it was going to be a waste of time. Boy, was I wrong! This vid was hilarious!!!

  • @dukejaywalker5858
    @dukejaywalker5858 6 років тому +2

    if you step on the 4-sided-die barefoot: you take 1d4 damage.

  • @dubuyajay9964
    @dubuyajay9964 6 років тому

    Bas Relief Dice? How Lovecraftian! Ia!

  • @johnfairhurstReviews
    @johnfairhurstReviews 4 роки тому

    6:42 - Sorry Jack, but that was hysterical...

  • @drdougreid
    @drdougreid 2 роки тому

    Great T-shirt!

  • @derekburge5294
    @derekburge5294 6 років тому +4

    This was the least scientific test I've ever seen... You didn't have a *single* tesla coil!

  • @thereviewman1834
    @thereviewman1834 6 років тому

    I wonder if Jake missing an eye will continue from video to video now it would be a good running joke

  • @JamesCateyes
    @JamesCateyes 4 роки тому

    The way you said "Oh no, now I have two new dice bags, whatever shall I do?" made me crack out so loud my upstairs neighbor started banging on the floor. Almost like there was a shadow of Marilyn Monroe superimposed on you, saying that exact thing with a finger on her lower lip.
    Anyway, that red on gold look is really nice for dice... I'd like to try them as whiskey stones too. I have a bunch of black dice whiskey stones, but I'm a little afraid some color or whatever might fade or fleck off the metal dice. Is that a problem?

  • @ValdVincent
    @ValdVincent 6 років тому

    I mean grab a another 1d8 for WiTRoF, or d10's for WoD. (They now require 15 dice, before for 20th they need 10, and NWoD need 20+)
    I think you only needed 10d6 for west end.
    That there cover most games of note.

  • @sanghelian
    @sanghelian 6 років тому +2

    Gave a like because sandstorm

  • @Space_Pirate_Buzaso
    @Space_Pirate_Buzaso 6 років тому

    Hey what's the name of that song used in the rave section?

  • @TheEldritchGoth
    @TheEldritchGoth 2 роки тому

    4:27 what’s that song

  • @Theo3350
    @Theo3350 6 років тому +6

    Song at 4:25? Please don't say it's darude sandstorm again, i grew tired of getting the same reply for each song i ask :/

    • @phobos9071
      @phobos9071 6 років тому +6

      It's darude sandstorm ^^"

    • @Theo3350
      @Theo3350 6 років тому +4

      Flabio Armani how dare you

    • @Daredhnu
      @Daredhnu 6 років тому

      jokes on you Cole i actually like the song

  • @romulusnuma116
    @romulusnuma116 6 років тому +7

    This was fun

  • @myownmusic8182
    @myownmusic8182 4 роки тому

    Seth has way too much fun. Everyone give him dice.

  • @ZickZak
    @ZickZak 5 років тому

    I disagree with the double d20 per set. You could say you need two of d8s, d10s for two attacks with the same weapon... I always get two sets, because you always need 2x of a dice. The only thing they should add is extra d6 - magic missile, fireball... a lot of AoE spells use a lot of d6

  • @shadowgreek935
    @shadowgreek935 6 років тому

    Something tells me that Jack is going to kill todd later.

  • @roarkthehalf-orc6598
    @roarkthehalf-orc6598 6 років тому

    Please let the eyepatch be a permanent addition

  • @FordPrefict42
    @FordPrefict42 5 років тому

    *The last thing I remember was a 1 flying at my eye!*
    So... Crit fail?!?

  • @kronosshadow1554
    @kronosshadow1554 5 років тому

    So either Todd rolled a natural 1 to hit the melon thus hitting an ally, or Jack rolled natural 1 Dex save

  • @tazmokhan7614
    @tazmokhan7614 6 років тому +3

    #SAVEJACKSEYE.....feeling bad for you buddy hang in there!!!!!

  • @Ralndrath
    @Ralndrath 6 років тому

    Really enjoy your work, mate! Although I was hoping you'd play the montage song from Team America World Police lol. Although that might hit you with a lawsuit or what not :)

  • @Wilhuf1
    @Wilhuf1 4 роки тому

    Hooray for Vernors