Back in ‘96, a good friend took me to a place in Nevada called, “The Armory.” I remember the name because I still have the two tubes of six dice I bought from there. You can still buy similar tubes (complete with the red cap) online but the sets now have a 7th dice. Along with a 13th dice I bought elsewhere, I’ve had them for over two decades. I don’t use the tubes anymore, they’re too bulky and I don’t use the D20’s as a life counter either. But, I still keep all thirteen dice in my counter bag.
One FNM, around three months ago, I lost one of the D4. I didn’t even notice it was missing until the following FNM, by then I couldn’t remember who I played against. Every single FNM afterwards, I would ask the regulars if they happened to have my missing dice. No luck. I eventually gave up hope. The unlucky 13 was no longer unlucky
I hate losing stuff. It’s not like the dice were irreplaceable or anything. It’s just a nice feat owning, and using, the exact same dice for Magic for over two decades. I wanted to keep it going even longer.
Last FNM, my first opponent dumps out his bag of dice. Amongst all of his casino red D6’s and D20’s there lay an odd blue and white speckled D4. “That’s weird. Where did you get that blue one?” I ask.
“Not a clue. I didn’t even know I had it.” He says.
So I dumped out my bag and separated out the 5 matching dice and lined them up. “I think it’s mine. I lost it weeks/months ago and couldn’t figure out where it was.”
I was ecstatic. I found the missing die! My opponent had taken a break from Magic for three months and only just returned because of WARs release. That was why I never found it before; he simply didn’t show up to any FNM since the day I lost it.
My D4 has been completely silent on its adventures but it’s now back home with its siblings.
Strangely enough, it brought along two friends from its travels that night. A dark blue, almost purple, D20 and a bright blue D6 with a navy-like emblem. It’s really weird because I took extra care tracking and collecting my dice after every match. How did these two find their way into my bag?
No matter, I’ll find the owners some day, and those die will never tell their owner(s) what adventures they had.
Seriously, I got to stop leaving my dice bag out between games.
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One FNM, around three months ago, I lost one of the D4. I didn’t even notice it was missing until the following FNM, by then I couldn’t remember who I played against. Every single FNM afterwards, I would ask the regulars if they happened to have my missing dice. No luck. I eventually gave up hope. The unlucky 13 was no longer unlucky
I hate losing stuff. It’s not like the dice were irreplaceable or anything. It’s just a nice feat owning, and using, the exact same dice for Magic for over two decades. I wanted to keep it going even longer.
Last FNM, my first opponent dumps out his bag of dice. Amongst all of his casino red D6’s and D20’s there lay an odd blue and white speckled D4. “That’s weird. Where did you get that blue one?” I ask.
“Not a clue. I didn’t even know I had it.” He says.
So I dumped out my bag and separated out the 5 matching dice and lined them up. “I think it’s mine. I lost it weeks/months ago and couldn’t figure out where it was.”
I was ecstatic. I found the missing die! My opponent had taken a break from Magic for three months and only just returned because of WARs release. That was why I never found it before; he simply didn’t show up to any FNM since the day I lost it.
My D4 has been completely silent on its adventures but it’s now back home with its siblings.
Strangely enough, it brought along two friends from its travels that night. A dark blue, almost purple, D20 and a bright blue D6 with a navy-like emblem. It’s really weird because I took extra care tracking and collecting my dice after every match. How did these two find their way into my bag?
No matter, I’ll find the owners some day, and those die will never tell their owner(s) what adventures they had.
Seriously, I got to stop leaving my dice bag out between games.