The Escapist Chieftain and Geek Icons Sound Off on Dice
Dice have been a central part of gaming for thousands of years. A new book featuring essays from big-name geeks like Wil Wheaton and The Escapist's EiC Russ Pitts examines the peculiar relationship we have with our dice.
[blockquote]I hadn't used my dice in years. Wasn't sure I still had them, even.
I used to carry them in a small, brown leather bag. It was rough, like coarse suede, and drew closed with simple strings. My father bought it for me one summer at a gift shop in Albuquerque.[/blockquote]
Thus begins The Bones [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_173/5405-The-Dice-They-Carried], a collection of articles, essays, interviews and even some comics about our occasionally-strange relationship with these inanimate, numbered objects.
Dice, after all, have been central to our hobby - and hobbies like it - since the earliest games, as James Maliszewski [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/days-of-high-adventure/7125-Those-Funny-Dice] illustrated several months ago. Is it any wonder that we have a connection with pieces of plastic?
The Bones (which is also available in a The Escapist contributor [http://gameplaywright.net/?p=1464] Matt Forbeck.
If you're interested in reading on about what this collection of distinguished nerds thinks about the little dice we carry, you can order the book via gameplaywright [http://gameplaywright.net/?page_id=958] for about $18.
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Dice have been a central part of gaming for thousands of years. A new book featuring essays from big-name geeks like Wil Wheaton and The Escapist's EiC Russ Pitts examines the peculiar relationship we have with our dice.
[blockquote]I hadn't used my dice in years. Wasn't sure I still had them, even.
I used to carry them in a small, brown leather bag. It was rough, like coarse suede, and drew closed with simple strings. My father bought it for me one summer at a gift shop in Albuquerque.[/blockquote]
Thus begins The Bones [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/issues/issue_173/5405-The-Dice-They-Carried], a collection of articles, essays, interviews and even some comics about our occasionally-strange relationship with these inanimate, numbered objects.
Dice, after all, have been central to our hobby - and hobbies like it - since the earliest games, as James Maliszewski [http://www.escapistmagazine.com/articles/view/columns/days-of-high-adventure/7125-Those-Funny-Dice] illustrated several months ago. Is it any wonder that we have a connection with pieces of plastic?
The Bones (which is also available in a The Escapist contributor [http://gameplaywright.net/?p=1464] Matt Forbeck.
If you're interested in reading on about what this collection of distinguished nerds thinks about the little dice we carry, you can order the book via gameplaywright [http://gameplaywright.net/?page_id=958] for about $18.
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