Tim, The Big Roller!
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More unusual dice from Tim's never ending collection...
A spherical die that has a clever internal weighting system; an electronic die and chocolate dice...!
A die with regular numbers on each face, but there is also a little picture of a train on each face - does anyone know what they are for?
A very mathematical die, which has an unusual way of creating the numbers 1 to 6, only using the number 9 and various mathematical symbols. So 99/99 is of course 1. √9 (9+9/9) is 6, etc.
Double dice have a smaller die inside a larger transparent die. So you just roll one object, but you get two results.
A 10 sided die, a tetrahedron shaped die, and other strange shapes.
A pair of dice that are supposed to forecast the weather, with different symbols on each face.
Dice that you can customise - each face can be removed and clipped onto a different face. Normally, opposite faces add up to 7, so the 6 is opposite the 1. Here you can change things around. And given that there are extra faces, you could even make your own non transitive dice! See www.grand-illusions.com/maths...
Finally, a 'silent die' - which has rubber corners, so rolls almost silently! - Наука та технологія
I got to admit, I had no idea that Tim changes his intro every year. I've been watching his videos for a long time (but never in order), and was always confused by the seemingly random intro changes. Turns out, there's a method to the madness!
was thinking the same thing when the robotic intro started lol
Yeah, this intro surprised me .
I had no idea each and every year.
Are you sure each and every year?
I've noticed a couple changes, but that often?
Thanks
@@stevesebzda570 Each and every year, yes it is THAT often! :)
@@stevesebzda570 Yes, I believe so. The way to check for sure will be to go back through the channel's past videos and watch the ones right before and right after January 1st of each year.
i love this new one, Im a sucker for that chiptune sound
"This chocolate dice is 30 years old... Oh well, I might nibble a little bit in the evening"
I see Tim is planning a crossover episode with fellow British UA-camr Ashens.
The anti tim
Love seeing tim be bewildered at roleplaying dice haha. He should get some story dice - yknow where they have different pictures and you have to roll them then piece together a story with the pictures as inspiration. If he likes the weather ones he'd love those
There is a board game called Dice Forge where your 2 dice have interchangeable faces, and the point of the game is to upgrade your dice so they give you more points/resources as you play. Neat concept.
Oh, good one.
It's sort of like playing Risk (upping your chances with more dice used - sort of like your changing faces to up your chances).
Good call
Thanks. 😂
The game sounds nice, just looked it up. Have you played it? Does it hold replay value?
that sounds fun
@@DamonDemolitioni have it, great fun. Comes with a lot of different faces, for example one face just has a "x3" which means whatever you roll on the other die is tripled. Lots of different strategy to get points, different resources your dice can be upgraded to generate, and cards to form engines to generate more resources or disrupt opponents.
My only complaint is the game goes on a bit long. I reduce it from 15 to 10 rounds for my game nights, which is just enough to get to the highest card without the game getting old. The other thing is that symbols are hard to grok at first glance. Probably an okay choice if your game group has some experience with deck building, as this is essentially dice building.
Some of those are Dungeons & Dragons dices used in tabletop roleplaying games. They are called polyhedral dice.
I expected those in older dice videos of Mr. Rowett but now's the time I guess. It's kind of a relief, actually, for a Dungeons & Dragons enthusiast like me.
Tim the train dice goes 1-6 in the order of the train Engine 6 coal bunker 5 etc down to 1 being the caboose 💜
I have some from Koplow games... they make a lot of cool dice with icons/images- I think they all have rules too.
The train dice is from a game from Koplow games called, fittingly, "The Train Game."
The dice with removable faces reminded me of Lego dice, part 64776, which came with Lego board game sets. They have rubber edges and each face is a removable 2x2 tile.
Man, I remember those I used to be obsessed with them but they never had any real practical use in building..
The Lego die were cool, they had a really distinct roll to them, they’d partly roll and bounce around, very fun to use
That’s not a 9 sided dice, it’s a d10 in a d10. Two d10s rolled together are commonly used to roll from 1-100 called a percentile or d100.
let's start a petition to get Tim playing D&D
RPG nerds represent.
@@MCPanda6969DM: "From the darkness, the source of the voice emerges: a fearsome wyvern!"
Tim: "How delightful! I have just the thing to show him! You see, I was travelling 'round and picked up this fascinating little amulet from a tavern. And if look closely you can see there's an image, a little dragon inside. Perhaps a young dragon. But when you tilt the amulet just so... look at that. How curious. The dragon's wings grow larger, as if it's grown up. Little trick of the light, you see. A child dragon that grows into a big adult. Remarkable, isn't it!"
DM: "Uh... The wyvern immediately surrenders and vows to protect this man at all cost until the end of its days."
@@MCPanda6969 He was there when it was written.
I think one of the other dice he showed was a d12.
I imagine how much fun Tim would have if someone mailed him a Chessex Pound-of-dice.
I love tim. He is a proof humanity has a good heart.
Tim is getting dicey in his old age. We love you, Tim.
8:03 I was not prepared for that jumpscare at the end 👻
yes that was quite startling, especially how abrupt it is lol. I don't think it was on purpose
Sir, your videos are that tiny spot of sunlight in the madness we`re living in. Much appreciate to your hard work and wish you good fortune in that new year
I always watch before I sleep and the ending scared me
I'm a big fan of dice of all sorts and shapes with faces many and few, but one face I'm always glad to see besides a natural 20 is Tim's face. Keep on rolling, Tim!
You probably play dnd by the comment, so I'm curious if you feel the same way about something. I found the soft dice so unsatisfying, gross even. I need that dice sound if I'm rolling.
@@XxThatGuyOverTherex1 I don't mind them honestly. They can be fun in certain situations. But to each their own :]
“Are you a gamblin’ man, Sandy? Let’s play!” - Oogie Boogie, The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993)
Its always nice to see creative applications for Mighty Beanz technology.
I never noticed the intros would change each year, it really is a Grand Illusion.
Tim's here thinking about eating 30 year old chocolate like he's Ashens or something.
That guy doesn't eat anything! He just nibbles on it and overreacts. Its an insult to compare Tim with that man child.
Steve1989
I had the same thought 😂
You can even spot a sad onion at 2:24
i really like the ball die. it looks like something cool to show your friends at anytime
My dad is a huge collector of dice, I'm sure he's probably seen all of these and more, might even have them in his collection, but I sent him the video anyways. Thanks, Tim!
what was his reaction?
This is having love for the small little things in life. It really is a beautiful thing
A round dice, i did not expect that, thank you Tim
That blue 🎲 is just awesome 😎.
Imagine playing Yahtzee with a bunch of those math dice. I wonder if the electronic one ever has gimbal lock.
Already love the new intro, always nice
That die @5:01 abouts, is 0 - 9
[I had been wondering about it if 5 faces one one side attached to four faces on the other]
But, no, "0 to 9" inclusive is 10 numbers (10 sides).
0 to 9 (inclusive) though.
You'll see a "0" then a "9" later.
Nice rolls, Tim.
That settles it.
You win 😂
A lovely collection of dice. I love the die at 4:10 but I can't seem to find it any where. Any help on locating a seller would appreciated.
I recommend getting your hands on the 1980s Rubik's Twist. Very cool toy.
Tim needs a dice tower!
Haha the diss to the meteorologists 😂
What class does Tim play in D&D?
Bard, he loves telling stories.
Mechanist
Wizard the master of illusions
Artificer @@TheRealLongname
he’s a trained magician, so likely a mage
Tim's probably got the biggest set of dice I've ever seen!
I wonder if that first yellow spherical die is "accurate" or tuly random...
Soon: Tim discovers Dungeons and Dragons
awesome vid tim!
I wish I had those particular dice.
amazing dices
Tim, I think you'll enjoy seeing that Hot Wheels have made a dice-rolling miniature car! Could be a great fit for your collection ☺
Do you have the name of the car? That's gotta be one of the coolest hot wheels I've heard about.
@@midnightlycanfox6280 It's "See Me Rollin'" and it has a die in the back that rolls as the car moves. It's very cool, I have it in red :-)
Surprised you don't have a die from one of the Lego boardgames. Those are more easily customized as well as rubber edged for quietness.
happy new year!
How appropriate that Tim would roll double sun shines.
That train dice must be from a game when the game creators saving money by making a 2 in 1 dice.
Please. Where can I get the six sided die with the mathematical formulas on it
That train die is from the board game "Train Game". It's a game about trains!
I had an unaltered d20 that used to come up 20 about 25% of the time
When I DM'd, players hated that die. When I played, DM's hated that die, lol....
The D6 in a D6 seems like it'd be pretty useful for casual 40k. I doubt a tourney would allow it though.
Spoony in the chat, absolutely fuming
In case you were wondering, and because Tim stumbled a bit on this, the markings on a die are called "pips," though most of these use carved numbers, instead of dots, I believe those are also considered "pips" within the dice and gaming industry.
Those three dice with the removable sides, hm. The white one had all threes, the other two had multiple ones and twos… I wonder if those are those dice that beat each other 2/3 of the time, like rock-paper-scissors, at least when the faces’ colors are arranged to match.
7:17 This instantly makes me think of the mario party were all the characters ave unique dice with unique possible values (instead of just 1-6). Could work for a board game version of mario party, perhaps?
I believe the one with the trains is from a dominoes game called Mexican Train.
I like it how my math skills are still decent to solve the one's in the thumbnail (6 on top and 2 on bottom)
Here's a very peculiar die, which I never quite seen before, but is somewhat popular. Games Workshop refers to this as a "dee 20". Just like how a regular die has 6 sides, this is a very bizarre die which has 20 sides. From what I understand, this is used for... complicated mathematic equations in pen-and-paper games such as Dungeons and Dragons. It's become somewhat of a symbol in the culture, and- ah! There we are, a perfect 20! A "natural 20" I believe it's called, in which you excel in whatever action you're doing, so if you were to for instance whack something in the game, you would do double damage. A 1 in 20 chance that is, I should consider myself lucky. :]
Is that a dodecahedron?
2 10s or 2 + 10 ?
@@stevesebzda570 Dodecahedron has 12 sides. Icosahedron has 20 sides.
@@olepigeon I had a feeling 12
Thanks lol 😂
Anyone know a source for the blue dice at 3:38?
You roll it if you wanna die.
The camera being used has the slowest zoom I've ever seen.
Hey, there’s the high roller!
How wonderful! Thank you, Tim.
Orac at 2:03!
good video
Let Tim cast the die and have fun
Grandy Nice 🎲🎲
i had to pause the video at the blue math die just to solve it myself.
If Tim is fascinated by die, he would have lots of fun playing Dungeons and Dragons
He would be the perfect DM
Good think he didn't eat that old chocolate, that would have been dicey...
Nice collection of dice,Tim. The 9, 10 and 4 sided dice are used for Dungeons and Dragons and the one with the train rolling stock on it, Im guessing was probably for a railway themed board game.
Ticket to Ride probably
Ticket to Ride (the base game at least) is purely a card and board game, no dice
Yes, some kind of dice are much more accurate than meteorologist ... 🤔
30-year old chocolate? Probably tastes like Hershey's
Send it to Ashens 😂
I want to buy that math dice for my dad, where do you get it!!!?
that all 9s d6 has only 4 nines on each side, which is even more impressive.
That one was a gift for the gift exchange at the 9th Gathering for Gardner conference, aka G4G9. Using 4 9's on each side was a cheeky way to refer to the conference.
I made a set of dice back at tech school, theyre accurate to within 12 microns
Dice
God bless
I have a electronic die I made from a solder kit, not as cool as Tim's
the channel isnt verified strangely
I love dice, in all their wondrous variety, and the sounds they make.
Also, for anyone confused: one is a "die," more are "dice," and the dots on the standard 6-sider (the cube, the d6), are "pips." The one he called a 9 is a 10-sider (0-9), the one he called a 10 is a 20, numbered 0-9 twice. And the two odds ones with the 4-sider, the pyramid, are a 10 and a 6, just oddly shaped.
I think that 20-sided die is still technically a d10. It doesn't become a d20 until you use a grease pencil to fill in the second set of numbers with a different color. Otherwise you have to pair it with a second die roll for "high/low."
@@olepigeon True, in that prior to the intro of the actual d10, the d20 shown here was used as both the 10 and 20, colored as you say for use as a 20.
Was neat to see the first type of novelty die I had picked up was the first example, in the same colour scheme. I've since added a second to my collection, green with white pips.
I do need to add some non-standard dice to it, as my current "strangest" is a common Chessex D100
i have an eclectic collection of dice. amongst my more curious ones are a d3, some of the more cylindrical d6 Tim showed, a trio of d7 (d14s, but the numbers are repeated around both points. one is numbers, one is weekdays, one is continents), a d24, a d30, and a 3 dice in a cube. i've seen fair d5 dice, but don't own any
Where did he store the chocolate dices to keep them from melting? O_O
Usually on any shelf...
novelty dice make me want to play dungeon and dragon >.
"Look at that equation"... Its 3 x 2 🤷
Oh, i love the new intro! Last year's into was quite loud and obnoxious, this one is a lot subtler, good change!
Could not agree more!
The high pitched sounds, especially at the ending are still too loud
Fourth
What a shame your spherical die is cracked. I could be mistaken, but I'm pretty sure I've had mine for over forty years...although, remembering when/where I got some little thing like that isn't the easiest, especially since I've been picking up funny little things my whole life, and not usually losing or getting rid of them.
I'm a little confused as to how you managed to miscount the sides on the ten-sided inside a ten-sided. I know at least one other person has noticed, but still--it's not hard for most people to count to ten. Heh.
first?
Please remove the high pitched sounds at the start and the end of the video. A lot of people watch before sleeping and those sounds are not helpful :/
i love listening to high pitched noises before bed 😴😴😴😪
I am gonna take my shower and go to work
That’s not a 9 sided dice, it’s a d10 in a d10. Two d10s rolled together are commonly used to roll from 1-100 called a percentile or d100