Haxtec Metal Dice Review

A close look at the Haxtec metal dice and glow-in-the-dark metal dice by running them through wringer. How well do they stack? How bright do they glow? What happens when you shoot one at a watermelon? We'll answer these questions and more.
This calls for a montage.
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[@SSkorkowsky]

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]

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

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

Why would someone do this?

[@samconsumespie1012]

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]

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]

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]

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

[@SSkorkowsky]

Thanks, man. It was fun to make.

[@chrishutchinson1874]

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]

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.]

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

[@FinlandjinM]

"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]

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

[@branfeather]

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.

[@CCKonnor]

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

[@goadfang]

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

[@Kevlar-78]

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

[@specterwolf4711]

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.

[@N1GHTH4WK986]

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

[@MaxWriter]

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]

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.

[@TheOnlyToblin]

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.

[@ryanmeyer5424]

Can confirm. Hurts like hell.

[@justjoe5373]

It does 1d4 damage

[@lockwoan01]

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.

[@jesternario]

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.

[@1313strife]

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

[@Dynamous1]

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

[@andrewgilinger4248]

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

[@ViewtifulZeke]

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

[@Jawn15]

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

[@starr_shine3060]

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

[@chrisschuber9149]

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

[@gradyelmore7710]

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

[@dr.crusher772]

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

[@jesternario]

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

[@SSkorkowsky]

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

[@Nezzeraj]

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]

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]

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

[@Gavgoyle]

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]

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.

[@markjohnson9665]

You have amazing taste in dice bags

[@ArcNeoMasato]

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!

[@sovik]

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

[@manticore6963]

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)

[@sk8rdman]

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.

[@squeethemog213]

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

[@MarkFinn]

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

[@VassTheKeeper]

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

[@Sumrow]

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

[@bradymcelroy1627]

Yeah Vernors is great

[@inhumanfilth681]

Props for having a ramones shirt lol

[@danmasters8124]

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!

[@peterwright5311]

...so glad I subscribed to this channel.

[@Not_Ciel]

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

[@fnoogernooger]

I love how goofy this is! Great review!

[@danacoleman4007]

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!

[@robertharlan5654]

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

[@ShakespeareSims]

This is my favorite thing on the internet today.

[@nathanparis3573]

Nat 1 for the win! Sacrifice! Sacrifice!

[@coastalhermit2507]

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]

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

[@Dorian_sapiens]

One-eyed Jack is canon now.

[@zahiramalakh6352]

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

[@Leverquin]

STACKING DICE IS THE MOST IMPORTANT TEST EVER MADE!

[@redfeildre349]

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.

[@AlbertaGeek]

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'.

[@WestOfEarth]

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

[@VD913]

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

[@Ben_D.]

Thank you for doing the science on these.

[@ozmathecrimsonking9258]

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 😂

[@keggerken4190]

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?!

[@samuelhaight195]

This is better than 95% of television :)

[@apostolismouzakitis5334]

Love your videos! Keep up the good job?

[@BillHaworth]

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.

[@michaelarkangel518]

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

[@ChrisMoneymakerDHRG]

Excellent testing montage! Great video!

[@ClutchSituation]

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

[@fhuber7507]

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"

[@nicidemusxjr]

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

[@SSkorkowsky]

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.

[@Gunny-es9dz]

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!!!

[@robmc120]

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!

[@MonkeyJedi99]

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?

[@RPGmodsFan]

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

[@stonerocks0]

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

[@derekburge5294]

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

[@romulusnuma116]

This was fun

[@zegyboo]

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

[@randydoffing3204]

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.

[@sanghelian]

Gave a like because sandstorm

[@Bhegtvedt]

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

[@Rezkeshdadesh]

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

[@lumbermac5998]

Favorite youtuber ever

[@vigotski]

Super fun video!

[@Tysto]

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

[@dukejaywalker5858]

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

[@cerbing666]

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

[@SSkorkowsky]

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]

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"?

[@LazykidsWorld]

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

[@drdougreid]

Great T-shirt!

[@tazmokhan7614]

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

[@johnfairhurstReviews]

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

[@Theo3350]

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]

It's darude sandstorm ^^"

[@Theo3350]

Flabio Armani how dare you

[@Daredhnu]

jokes on you Cole i actually like the song

[@callahanklatt7773]

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

[@ADiceySituation]

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

[@nkmason8284]

Very scientific

[@dubuyajay9964]

Bas Relief Dice? How Lovecraftian! Ia!

[@Wilhuf1]

Hooray for Vernors

[@rickeymariu1]

I want the statistics of how they roll

[@ValdVincent]

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.

[@myownmusic8182]

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

[@circeowaggles]

Good ol' crown Royal bags

[@kronosshadow1554]

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

[@patchbunny]

Do they roll fair? That's all I'm interested in with dice, really.

[@JayChampagne]

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!

[@telemarkaeology]

The glow will be valuable for me. I drop dice under furniture CONSTANTLY

[@daveypocket8847]

Song name in test number 4?

[@zoosmellpoopslord]

This is brilliant haha!

[@ZickZak]

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

[@barlotardy]

Oh Jack, will your crippling alcoholism ever stop being entertaining? I keep my dice in a Blanton's bag. :)