The Weird Dice I Love... even as a minimalist

[@BobWorldBuilder]

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[@chrismain7472]

I love the concept of the Yes-No die, and I'm about to get meta about it by Yes-anding What if the sides were labelled "Yes And", "Yes", "Yes But", "No But", "No", and "No And"? Wouldn't that be sick? A whole new world of possibilities emerge!

[@pseudofenton]

So, a d6 with two blank sides, two "And" sides, and two "But" sides - that you roll alongside the Yes/No die? It would work - but my players would always read the "But" sides as a "Butt" side instead, and I cannot accept that level of disruption in my games. ;)

[@mtgemperor]

That idea would work beautifully for those into solo RPGs.

[@chrismain7472]

@@pseudofenton Mathematically, it should be the same either way. I was recommending a single die with "Yes And", "Yes", "Yes But", "No But", "No", and "No And" respectively on the faces. Your suggestion also creates a 1/6 probability for each answer. As my mom always says, "It's 6 one, half-a-dozen the other"

[@harrisonlynch4701]

I think the Adventure Time RPG has dice like that. The designer said he didn’t want any math involved just role playing so the game comes with meta dice. I think the different colored dice have slightly different ratios of yes and no so there is still a way to mitigate luck if you’re character is supposed to be good at something

[@lazykbys]

I actually had one custom made a few years ago for my solo RPGing. I don't use it as often as I thought I would, but it's a lot of fun when I do.

[@KeithRichie]

Ok, I have to admit. I had a favorite leather jacket that got messed up in a riding accident. It was limited edition, and not available anywhere, but then I found the exact jacket and size from someone selling it on Ebay, and snagged it. I guess that is not a minimalist thing, but I totally got that when you said "got the same hat again"

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Haha it's just good to know what you like!

[@DUNGEONCRAFT1]

I love all Bob World Builder videos! Especially ones with gelatinous cube dice!

[@CaseyWilkesmusic]

Good to see PDM walking his own walk on these comments! I also love ALL bob world builder videos! Especially ones with new hats

[@umarthdc]

I am involuntarily minimalist, and by that I mean poor lol

[@MrOpeningact]

Careful, in-imalist might become a TTRPG slur for poor players if you label yourself like this publicly

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Thankfully RPGs can be played for free!

[@AeridisArt]

Same here, mate. Got no money for this hobby. Only got the necessities.

[@drillerdev4624]

​@@AeridisArt luckily, this is probably one of the best hobbies to be played free of charge without missing out

[@shasta_creates]

Those black and white dice definitely have my heart. A very "It is the small everyday deeds of ordinary folk that keep the darkness at bay" vibe, obviously accessible, and the sentimental value to boot. You can't beat that!

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Haha that makes them sound even cooler! Thank you :)

[@amyloriley]

For special dice, the most minimalist dice in my collection would be the Multidice. It's a d2, d3, and d4 in one dice. When you roll it, you get three numbers on top. One in a circle (a d2, like a coin), one in the center (d3), and one in a triangle (d4, like tetrahedron). You just pick the one for the dice you needed to roll.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Interesting! I think I've seen something like that before, but it didn't have the shapes you described so it was super hard to read quickly

[@dalesheldon-hess552]

Get a single 120 sided die (and get really fast at modular arithmetic) and it’ll be the only die you ever need. (Available from The Dice Lab.)

[@amyloriley]

@@dalesheldon-hess552 Fair. But then how would you roll Zocchi dice, for Dungeon Crawl Classics? Not an unknown game at this channel. Or specifically, how would you roll the result of a d7, d14, and d16?

[@penguwave4025]

The bodypart and weather dice are staples in my DM dice jar. I also have story dice which i use for random encounters when my players go in a wildly different direction than expected and i dont have anything prepped

[@MemphiStig]

The yes-no dice gave me an idea. I've got another little randomizer that would be a great add to a DM's kit, the *mini* Magic 8 Ball. Also excellent for helping you with those little life decisions you can't always be bothered to make yourself. I've got one around here somewhere, and you just inspired me to dig it up and add it to my pack.

[@TasareAlda]

I think you sold me on the yes/no dice. They seem real useful and I struggle to embrace the chaos even when I want to

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Yep I really struggled as well, used to fudge dice to save PCs heavy damage, etc., so the first session with the yes-no was a little outside my comfort zone. But they're a ton of fun :)

[@okumartsgames]

So cool to see Beyond Shadow and Substance featured there! It was fun making the art for a retro Twilight Zone style game. Thanks!

[@breakerpressgames]

I was resistant to Weird Dice before I found DCC, now I absolutely LOVE the dice chain and use it constantly.

[@ryanduddleson1806]

I found and downloaded "Between Shadow and Substance". I love The Twilight Zone - I'll give this one a shot.

[@Tessq]

It’s so fun to see what dice are special to other people! I’m not superstitious but I do have a lot of dice and I do send them to dice jail if they roll poorly😂

[@Lemonheadcrab]

Simple dice are lovely

[@JeffWittyArt]

I think half the reason I love DCC is for the dice :)

[@davidcassell4659]

According to Ginny Did, that levitating D20 is about $200. Yikes!

[@dganim9196]

I look forward to your videos every week Bob, Thanks.

[@timothymason7008]

Got my BWB dice,my favorite set and in perfect condition! 😁

[@euansmith3699]

That black D6 with a white spiral is crying out for an Uzumaki themed adventure.

[@MikChaos]

I do prefer when a set of polyhedral dice include the extra 3d6, even better if they also have an additional d20 for rolling advantage/disadvantage.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Yeah 2d20 feels like it should be standard now!

[@MikChaos]

Even better if the d20s are oversized and/or have custom symbols on the 20.

[@NemoOhd20]

Dice box? Nay, dice boxes, and two dice drawers!!! Love this channel!

[@PaulCoyJR]

Dice tool box, with a lock.

[@TheSavageGoose]

I have gotten the impression from several things that you are local to Pittsburgh... I feel like I need to start analyzing the parks and see if I recognize any of them as one I take my kids too. The tree city USA hat is what set me off this time.

[@LordOz3]

I'm a fan of easy to read dice. I love the sharp edge sets with highly legible numerals, but unfortunately almost all of them have junk inside, making them both harder to read and more expensive.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

It's true! Fortunately a lot of companies that started off making those super fancy dice also offer well-made dice that are legible! Just a smaller selection because I guess there's less you can do when you keep it simple.

[@CharlesTersteeg]

white dice with black numbers are nice

[@BonusAction]

Well now I have to put some Every Thing Dice dice on my Christmas list!

[@jamesanderson6769]

I like my d30 because I can roll it with a d12 to figure out what day of the year it is.

[@benscott4434]

Feb 30?

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Clever!

[@dataraxia3520]

Your world doesn't have Halloween? 😢

[@jamesanderson6769]

Since people seem interested, I've made my own calendar. It has 12 months and 30 days each month. Each month has 4 weeks with 7 days with two market days not inside the weeks. So the year is 360 days long.

[@jamesanderson6769]

If I'm using a regular calendar, I ignore dates that don't work. Yes, my worlds include Halloween, but if it is Halloween, I'm not leaving that up to a random dice roll.

[@brokenmeats5928]

I love ALL Bob World Builder videos!

[@kuroikenjin7652]

I've been building an RPG system (in the little spare time I have) and decided to reduce the dice size from a bunch of d6's since I'd need to control some power scaling (it's a classless, skill tree, point by system). So I got inspired by the Royal Game of Ur which I have the STL files for and printed out a bunch of tetrahedral dice that are slightly smaller, and have 2 tips marked. So now I have up to 12 dice that each can roll 0 or 1. (so a much easier coin flip... or technically odds/evens on any even sided dice)... but they're fun to roll.

[@the_ant_guy]

This video convinced me to try DCC. I have all the weird dice, and no game for them!

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Awesome!

[@adamjchafe]

The big metal d20 or the big red countdown d20 are great for displaying the current Target Number in ICRPG. I have a red one for just that! The Yes/No Dice are great. Will have to look those up. Two more you should have: A nice coin to flip, and a good old d6 Scatter Die. This one is great for when you need to see where an explosion happens.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Had to google "scatter die" and it looks cool! I do have some coins in there too but mostly for use as hero/luck tokens or as quick representations of where people are in combat.

[@davidjennings2179]

My metal bob worldbuilder dice are my favourites. Just love the weight and smooth lines

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Thank you! :)

[@fmitchell238a]

As a dice goblin, prone to other collecting manias, I can only admire someone who has only a single box of dice. I have bags and bags. That said, the ones I use most are the cheap Chessex ones. (Mostly because I play on Discord more often than not.)

[@BobWorldBuilder]

I've only ever met one other person who did this before lol, there are more??

[@petergammell5599]

Got some of those sweet BWB metal dice 👌

[@gendissaray]

Still proud that I got 1% of all BWB dice! Use one set every session and the others as gifts. Like for my first player to hit level 20!

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Wow! Thank you!!

[@gendissaray]

😊 another reason I love your channel, you keep up with community interactions! You're the best Bob!🎉

[@EnterThePocketDimension]

As a maximalist, I loved this video right on down to your perfect little dice box!

[@lovely_poekie]

That's a new word for hoarder 😂 (as a self proclaimed hoarder I feel I'm allowed to say this 😉)

[@maromania7]

@@lovely_poekie it's slightly different, in that the array of items is still curated and serving purpose, and you don't keep things when they break. the minimalist multitool vs the maximalist person-sized tool chest array vs hoarder's random assortment of every tool and tool-adjacent they've ever had (even the kinda broken ones because what if the others break more?)

[@GrayArmyGaming]

You would love the FATE MILL D20 oracle die! Has a lot more nuance than yes/no D6s. 😊👍

[@swordsnstones]

i love bob the world builders vids. ........ dudde you are hilarious...although yes i need lots of dice.... i only have 37 sets so far :)...dont get me started on monster manuals

[@swordsnstones]

yes orc / goblin over sized dice are the only ones i collect now getting too old to read the regular size ones

[@ExactApproachLOL]

When packing to move, I picked out the dice I really need to bring with me… a standard-7-set, 3 extra d6s, two sets of percentile dice and another pair of d10s and d5s, and the Fate Mill d20 (both numbers AND things like “Yes, and”, “No, but” to improv luck checks. Really like not having a giant bag of dice, honestly. Thanks for showing your set off!

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Sounds like a great selection!

[@shadomain7918]

as a 4-eva GM who mostly runs player facing TTRPGs (so I hardly ever roll), I always have my BOB worldbuilder dice in my bag, cause they're cool

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Thank you! :)

[@seanfsmith]

Excited to give this a watch! I consistently design hyperminimalist games - two of my favourites are complete games on one postcard each!

[@Cerender]

I think I saw a Dragon Eye dice set. Glad you made it through that fun. I also have the green.

[@lovely_poekie]

I have a d8 with all wind directions that I really love. Also I recently bought a gem stone set that was too expensive for me but I had to have anyways

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Ahh wind directions or cardinal directions in general is a cool idea for dice!

[@calebkane3620]

Brand new to this channel, and I love this dudes voice and vibe

[@bigsamrice]

What's cool also is that you can buy blanks and create your own.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

True! I've thought about just writing numbers on my facial-expressions d6

[@arghsonofcliff]

Being a member of the Tavin con, I have many hats. In life and on my head

[@Stephen-Fox]

You revealing your d12 of hit locations pretty much immediately after the interview you did with Trevor Devall over on his channel is pretty amusing to me, considering his system - based on the solo play of it he's got on his channel - bakes hit location into the attack roll. I wouldn't go down to a single set of dice in a single colour plus some spare d6 - I find having two colours of dice available useful - but I can definitely see the appeal of a black on white and a white on black set of RPG dice plus around 10d6 in those two colours as a minimal, high contrast, set of dice. The reason I wouldn't switch from how I currently do "I don't know what the answer to this is" to yes/no dice is that the way I do that feels closer to the mechanics of the game I'm running at the moment than that would - It's a d6 dice pool count successes system, with 4+ being success, but a boost/setback system to change that up or down by up to two steps in either direction. How I answer those questions when playing this game? 1d6, decide before hand if I'm rolling with setback or boost, and a success is a yes. When I'm doing my solo gaming (where oracular tools are vital), meanwhile, I'm in love with the nuance that Mythic GME's d100 probability chart provides, even if not factoring in the chaos factor. Where and which bakes in extreme yes/extreme no to the roll. I guess I prefer having tools that I can apply to general dice - random tables - over specific dice for specific functions.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Thanks for checking out that video too! Yeah, whether it's just flavor or randomly determined (mostly used the hit location die for crits or finishing blows), it's generally not consequential to the scene how my group play it. Though when a player wants to target a specific body part, I usually let them go for it with disadvantage on the attack, or just requiring a crit or something, then if it works, the hit it consequential.

[@demetrinight5924]

I like the concept of the YES/NO dice. I also as a GM like to be surprised at the same time as my players.

[@SeldonnHari]

What I am hearing is that we need to mail Bob a bunch of random shit

[@nlm2nd]

weird dice video on WEIRD DICE WEDNESDAY?! (been following Probably Bad RPG ideas on Tumblr for a couple years)

[@TonyCrenshawsLatte]

Embrace chaos!! The way I see it, why are we rolling the dice in the first place if we're not gonna embrace the chaos?

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Totally!

[@bleaquehaus]

I like new(ish) uses for dice. The solo wargame Five Parsecs From Home uses the point of a rolled D10 to indicate a random direction (no hexes/grids). Obvious in hindsight, sure, but if it gets me thinking of other uses...

[@drillerdev4624]

Dice can be impromptu minis with built in hp counters They can also be used for skillshots, and there are some great shorts (sorry, I don't remember the channel) about throwing them over a paper sheet to randomize your map contents AND contours

[@angelalewis3645]

Love them all!

[@hcpookie]

Yes-No dice. Hit Location Dice. MUST. HAVE. THEM. ALL. Better than a magic 8-ball! :D

[@Spark_Chaser]

With the collection you have, the only addition I think you'd "need" is a set of FATE dice. Four six siders that are 2 pluses, two blanks, and two minuses.

[@GromMolotok]

*ahem* Let me put on my grognard voice. Testing, testing . . . In my day, we called those Fudge dice, long before Fate took a hand.

[@samchafin4623]

I've gotten some really nice dice sets from Monomakes on Etsy, and the Runehammer dice set are also quite nice. I don't collect dice habitually, though. I understand the utility of the yes/no dice, because I flip a coin for little decisions throughout the day. Yar! Chaos!

[@sylvarogre5469]

I regret that have but one 👍🏼 to give this video.

[@oroborosh]

When I recently got into DCC I was just too intrigued by the funky dice to not buy a set. I found one by Goodman Games that has this ghostly greenish white color and looks really cool on its own but also GLOWS IN THE DARK! I just love this kind of stuff, they look so mysterious and magical and somehow I didn't even cross my mind while buying that I wouldn't really ever get to see this while playing because I don't play tabletop games in absolute darkness :D But maybe the coolest thing about the set is the special wizard spell that comes with it. I didn't know this when buying, but the label inside the tube that the dice come in has a special spell printed in the inside with corruption effects and a whole spell table of really cool and honestly kind of OP effects. With really high spell casting rolls you can basically just nuke a whole village :D

[@harrisonlynch4701]

I got the exact same frame of glasses without even realizing until I got home. Your hat made me think of it

[@puffmogie]

If you had a second channel I would genuinely love a video on your general lifestyle :)

[@BobWorldBuilder]

The thing about being kind of a minimalist is that it's probably not very entertaining from the outside in haha, but I really appreciate that! :)

[@StarkMaximum]

There is something refreshing and liberating about taking a very minimalist approach to the hobby. As someone who easily gets caught up in FOMO, spending too much money, and "well no I have to have this dice set too because that dice set is red and purple but _this_ dice set, it's _purple and red,_ it's VERY DIFFERENT if you really look at it", the idea of just having a notebook, a pencil, a basic set of dice, and a small, concise rulebook is like a breath of fresh air. Those white-with-black-number dice are gorgeous, the true workhorse of the TRPG hobby, cheap and effective and easy to read, perfect for literally everyone. I think everyone should have a set of basic dice in their collection no matter how crazy they like to get; just pick a favorite color and make sure you have the basic Chessex (or Easy Roller, if you're fancy) dice set in that color, just to have a set that says "hey, all it takes to play these games are a couple bucks, and they'll keep you going for the rest of your life".

[@TheBiomedZed]

Bob claims to be a minimalist but he has over 200 thousand subscribers. Explain?

[@Harlizarrd]

I actually love having dice that provide you with an easy reference random for weather/disposition/hit spot. Would love a source.

[@graywolfdracon]

I have a yes/no coin that I flip when the need arises.

[@thomaskiser3886]

those yes no dice are also my number one dm dice as well! lol

[@israelmorales4249]

i Want the Skull dice of DB

[@sunsandersii]

Catching up on this while alone for Christmas. Love your dice collection! I have been slowly acquiring a complete '7' set from found dice or given dice. Love the synergy. 💕 you Bob!

[@retu3510]

Minimalist trick: use d4+d6+d8 instead of 3d6. It's almost the same.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Huh, never thought about that, and unless I'm doing the math wrong, it IS the same??

[@retu3510]

It is also 3-18 with 10,5 average, but the gaussian is a tiny little bit flatter. Probability for rolling an 18 is 0,52% instead of 0,46%. I use it because I only carry the five platonic solids with me. (1d4, 1d6, 1d8, 1d12, 1d20)

[@retu3510]

Standard Deviation: for d4+d6+d8: 2,521 for 3d6: 2,417

[@Myrrden]

I'm sad that I missed the chance to buy some BWB metal dice to add to my collection of dice that I have YET to use in a campaign! lol

[@TheDragonHoard_com]

I would LOVE some yes/no dice

[@bigsamrice]

Loved this video. Love dice.

[@jakeholmes9296]

The best die i own as a DM is a d6 with: yes, no, yes but, no but, yes and, no and. I wrote this before seeing bob show his yes no dice. Hehe. I used to have these but the addition of ‘but’ and ‘and’ is so good!!! It has become one of my absolute favourite DM tools. I use it most when the players ask about whether there is something that i didn’t think about in prep or a player maybe pushing the boundaries of something ability, or wether that building that’s falling over lands on the monster or a player maybe. I usually get the player to roll it. It has led to some awesome moments.

[@DGB_Smyth]

Thanks for video Bob! Can I ask where you got the Yes/No dice? Thanks!

[@mingbritson]

Very cool to see - thx!

[@tommihommi1]

the dicelab skewed dice series are my favorite weird dice

[@adolchrystin]

could someone tell me the BGM played in 4:49, I was trying to find this BGM with no luck because I don't know the name.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

That's just the Twilight Zone theme music :)

[@Illithid72]

I really love randomization and the different mechanics behind them. You should check out the Hex-Flower and how it can be used for weather generation!

[@copperhamster]

It doesn't work anymore but my favorite 'die' to have was my Dragonbone. Which was a random number generator sold back in the 80s, before cell phone apps and that sort of thing. Mind you I actually prefer rolling shiny math rocks but the Dragonbone just looked cool.

[@jacobhughes-gartin1057]

As much as I love weird niche dice like my Magic Missile d4’s (numbered 2-5), I still have a special place in my heart for the first set I ever bought, a color-coded “beginner” set in which the d20 is, yes, simply white with black numbers. Also the very first attack roll I ever made with it was a 20, so that might also contribute to my sentimentality.

[@FoolsGil]

I've been thinking of getting Genesys dice, while I would like to do something with the system, for right now I want to homebrew its use for social encounters in 5e. I would also like to get some double six dice, and get some triple four dice made.

[@codysandusky2130]

Bob (or anyone in the comments) - do you have a link or vendor for those random table dice? I would LOVE to have those in my collection as a GM that enjoys rolls* for improv. The attack location, dungeon room layout, and the weather dice are especially interesting to me! EDIT: Rolls, not tolls - I do not charge my players periodically during a session for improv.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

I believe they are all Chessex dice, but I found them on Noble Knight. There are other weather and treasure dice out there, but I really like the simple black and white of these.

[@codysandusky2130]

@@BobWorldBuilder Thank you, sir!

[@j.rinker4609]

I've got the Bob World Builder Dice, a set of glow-in-the-dark dice, and a few other random ones, including some d6's from random board games, TINY d6's, and a random tetrahedral die I found somewhere.

[@thefallenmonk605]

ive also added a fudge die to my mix of weird DM dice.

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Like a die with skewed numbers?

[@thefallenmonk605]

@BobWorldBuilder It's a D6 with two +, two -, and two blanks.

[@GroundThing]

My favorite "wierd die" is more for the story than anything, but it was the first "d20" (you'll see why the scarequotes in a moment) I used in a face-to-face game. I played online using MapTools (this was in the pre-Roll20 days), but it wasn't until I got to college that I had an in-person group. I borrowed a set from my college's RPG student group's big Bag-O-Dice, and for some reason I was having terrible luck. I couldn't roll above a 10 the whole session. Then i decided to take a closer look at the die. It was in fact not a d20, but an icosohedral d10. See, in the early days of the hobby, the fact that the modern d10's shape, the pentagonal trapezohedron, wasn't a platonic solid (essentially, platonic solids have all edges, faces, and corners the same the same as each other; in a d10 the faces are the same, but not the edges and corners) and that was seen as a problem for a couple reasons: first, it could theoretically not be as random, due to the lack of full symmetry, and second, availability. See, before D&D, polyhedral dice were specialty items, but icosohedral d10s were already used in wargaming, typically as a d%, so your hobby stores would have already had a stock of those (indeed, the first d20s were just d10s with one set of numbers colored in to show that they were 10+the face value). And because of that quirk of RPG history I had a miserable first in-person RPG performance, but I got a good story out of it, and the Student Group let me keep the die because of it.

[@sirguy6678]

Fun video!

[@Lemonheadcrab]

Speaking of the yes no dice, I've been loving the "D20 yes and" dice by tower house creative. Great for wild improvised play. But OK now I need some basic yes no dice also c:

[@NateSchoonoversAdventures]

I thought I was the only one that used a binder clip for a wallet! I have been on the same clip for over ten years!

[@drivers99]

Fate Mill d20 has “yes, and, and”, “maybe”, “no, but”, etc and numbers 1 through 20 so it still works as a d20.

[@yneqe-hv6vi]

Are you saying... you sold me bob worldbuilder dice without being a dice goblin?

[@tannskaya]

Damn, this dice box is so coool!

[@tomkerruish2982]

One year, I put the board game Dicecapades on my Christmas wish list so I could get all those dice.

[@NathanielWinkelmann]

spin down dice are great for keeping track of spell duals

[@satyre81]

I have that same dungeon layout d12, as well as the face die and the yes/no die. I'm also a pretty minimalist DM/Player. Nice to know I'm not the only one. lol

[@doccross]

I have about 1,500 dice, including the original dice from the D&D box set. That said I really only tote around about 12 at a time, including the beloved hit location dice.

[@yobgodababua1862]

I still have some of my first dice, which were that crappy soft blue plastic that you had to fill in the numbers using a grease pencil. They do not work well, but they are a nice piece of history.

[@darkartsdabbler2407]

Bob I respect you so much, but surely you can make space in your pockets for a little square of leather… or is the binder clip secretly OP?

[@sirhamalot8651]

Has anyone ever opened a Magic 8 Ball and taken the die out?

[@BobWorldBuilder]

Ever since I learned it was a d20, I've thought about it haha

[@PaulCoyJR]

2:34 "Called shot to the nuts!" -- The Gamers

[@AndyP126]

I wish companies made more "complete" sets. I like my dice to have the standard 7, plus another D20, 5 more D6s, and another D10. That covers me for D&D, Traveller, Cyberpunk, Witcher and GURPS.

[@WhatsUpGazpacho]

I like my dice; plastic (lighter & not going to chip my desk or any minis), easy to read and good. I'm not a dice goblin for D&D. But I do have a lot of dice for 40K even though i don't play it