{"id":1031,"date":"2013-03-18T11:47:04","date_gmt":"2013-03-18T15:47:04","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/?p=1031"},"modified":"2023-08-05T09:35:58","modified_gmt":"2023-08-05T13:35:58","slug":"rolling-the-dice-on-kickstarter","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/2013\/03\/18\/rolling-the-dice-on-kickstarter\/","title":{"rendered":"Rolling the Dice on Kickstarter"},"content":{"rendered":"

I’ve backed enough Kickstarter<\/a> projects by now to fully understand that it’s not really a “pre-order” site. You’re supporting a concept, a product, or an idea, and hopefully said concept, product, or idea comes to fruition. As a wiser person than I once said, “You pays your money and you takes your chances.”<\/p>\n

Indeed, of all the Kickstarter projects I’ve backed, only two<\/a> have<\/a>, thus far, delivered, though I’m not worried quite yet. I knew the lead times would be long, and my investment is hardly large. I received my most recent Kickstarter backer rewards just last week, a set of four Precision Machined Dice<\/a>, and the results are quite stunning.<\/p>\n

\"Precision<\/p>\n

These anodized aluminum dice were machined from solid blocks of aluminum and have significant heft (and sharp corners). They’re not really practical for actually rolling, but they make lovely display pieces. I consider them propitiations to whatever forces control the flow of luck in the universe.<\/p>\n

Thankfully, though, the creator of these dice, Amber Rix, has launched another Kickstarter project for Precision Machined Metal Gaming Dice<\/a>, a little smaller (at either 16mm or ½”) than the casino sized dice from the original project and with rounded edges. As with the original project, they will be available in a variety of metals and, for the aluminum, a variety of colors. Plus, looks like you could roll them without damaging a table, though you’d still likely put your glass dice cup at risk. The creator of these projects has also mooted the possibility of metal polyhedrons as a future Kickstarter project. Yes, please!<\/p>\n

Because at a certain point in every gamer’s life, you have to ask: Why roll plastic?<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

I’ve backed enough Kickstarter projects by now to fully understand that it’s not really a “pre-order” site. You’re supporting a concept, a product, or an idea, and hopefully said concept, product, or idea comes to fruition. As a wiser person than I once said, “You pays your money and you takes your chances.” Indeed, of … Read more<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[73,54,6],"tags":[80,193],"class_list":["post-1031","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-design","category-role-playing-games","category-wargaming","tag-dice","tag-kickstarter"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_shortlink":"https:\/\/wp.me\/pedXm-gD","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=1031"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":6065,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/1031\/revisions\/6065"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=1031"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=1031"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/chrisbaer.net\/mp\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=1031"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}