60 tungsten dice for the most metal ork army would be kind of hilarious, I can just imagine doing one round of rolling and completely knocking over every mini through sheer seismic force.
@@GorVala I can't find any reference to this. They use chopsticks to transfer the bone fragments of cremated remains into the funerary urn (rather than grinding them into powder as is the western custom), but I can't find anything about bone chopsticks of any kind, much less human femurs.
yeah, basically if the set of dice is just a bunch of d6's, it's almost certainly being made as a gambling set/collectable. if it includes your various polyhedral dice that you use in dnd then you can assume its being made with gambling in mind.
I think it's interesting how the single human bone die is more expensive than the single oosik and moose poop die, but the whole set of human bone dice are less expensive than the whole set of oosik dice
Well it's probably easier to get the walrus bones legally so that's removing some of the cost, but if you're only using one bone from the walrus you're not getting a lot of dice en masse out of it.
part of why tungsten is so expensive is because its so fucking hard to work with. It has the 2nd highest melting point of all known elements at 3,400 celcius
the mokume gane ones are cool too - plus alot of these natural materials (like the wood and antler) are going to be epoxy-stabalised anyway - only you can't see that because theyre not visibly porous, and the resin is clear
Gucci making cheap resin dice and selling them for 300+$ is peak proof that Gucci is a brand built entirely on gullible people despite being the Mc Donalds of 'luxury' brands...
With these (gucci, supreme,...) kind of brands, you dont pay for quality, you pay for the brand. People that would like to try to argue that, you can literally go anywhere else and buy the same quality stuff (if not better sometimes!) for hundreds of pounds cheaper. So often you will see something very basic from them they claim their designers spent hours on, but I can get the same crappy stuff from a brandless store and itll not cost me a fortune just cos theres a logo on it somewhere.
@@JamieAubrey Why not? There was never anything about Unus Annus that was going to be kept secret. We who watched and followed the channel before its deletion are the only ones with the memories, but there was never any stipulation about secrecy?
Tom and Ben seem to be smart people, but for some reason, they don't know that you pay for the brand, not the product. iPhones are expensive not because it's so expensive to make them but because one, Apple is a famous brand, and two, people are willing to pay as much.
Actual rich people rarely buy from these brands. These brands prey on middle (and sometimes even lower) class people who are obsessed with projecting a false image of 'wealth'. This is why these brands are so prevalent on social media and amongst 'influencers'.
Please, for the the love of anal, stop buying caltrop d4s, and start buying cube d4s. I can't help but think of those solid metal d4s cutting through my foot.
@@233Deadman Its not really a cube, that was a poor choice of words, its more of a rectangular box with two of the sides too small for it to land on. theres also the ones that are basically d6s but two sides of rounded off so it can't land on them. Just.....anything but the fucking caltrops, please.
If those bone dice are made from medical skeletons, like for medical study, those could be from people who volunteered. But unfortunately a good chunk of those skeletons are from queer, poc and disabled who definately didn't volunteer. Not to say some of them didn't volunteer their body but alot of them didn't from back in the day
60 tungsten dice for the most metal ork army would be kind of hilarious, I can just imagine doing one round of rolling and completely knocking over every mini through sheer seismic force.
I feel like using someone's remains as your dice is asking to get haunted
The dice will listen and decide your fate. But, I mean, all dice are listening. Always listening...
“I assure you Mr. Referee, these dice aren’t weighted it’s just the soul of my granddad helping me roll better”
Umm Japanese use femoral bones as chopsticks 😂😂 wrap your head around that
@@GorVala I can't find any reference to this. They use chopsticks to transfer the bone fragments of cremated remains into the funerary urn (rather than grinding them into powder as is the western custom), but I can't find anything about bone chopsticks of any kind, much less human femurs.
Not gonna lie. I'd love that human bone dice, just so I could bring it out anytime i made someone make death saveing throws.
Who are they made of and how
for my death saves I prefer an Iron D20 the size of a Fist.
@@nicolasdiaz1542 probably from people who have donated their bodies, or who requested this kind of unique thing to be done to them.
@@nicolasdiaz1542 the video shows, donated retired bones from medical studies.
You can just buy bones, here in US anyway. Then either you or some carving artist can do the carving.
“The table destroyer” - brilliant name for heavy dice…
"Geek culture has really taken over"
I think Ben forgot that gambling exists lol
yeah, basically if the set of dice is just a bunch of d6's, it's almost certainly being made as a gambling set/collectable. if it includes your various polyhedral dice that you use in dnd then you can assume its being made with gambling in mind.
I was gonna argue, then I re watched the description of the grucci dice and it just says "table top games" which could be anything imo
@@Mathewson1G clearly their meant for monopoly.
I think it's interesting how the single human bone die is more expensive than the single oosik and moose poop die, but the whole set of human bone dice are less expensive than the whole set of oosik dice
I have a mammoth ivory d20 from the same company. Honestly it's the stupidest thing I've ever bought but I still kind of like it lol.
Well it's probably easier to get the walrus bones legally so that's removing some of the cost, but if you're only using one bone from the walrus you're not getting a lot of dice en masse out of it.
part of why tungsten is so expensive is because its so fucking hard to work with. It has the 2nd highest melting point of all known elements at 3,400 celcius
And my tungsten rings cost $20
Omg, that final jab at the world's 2nd most expensive dice. Beautiful
11:00 actually humans are one of the only mammalian species which dont have a penis bone.
your paying for the damn bag more then the dice thats like a 295 dollar dice holder for the gucci die
And it looks bad and super cheap
@@philipkoene5345 that's because it's Gucci.
I have a set of Human Bone dice I got in Texas. Feels like something Tom needs on his shelf
Did you buy em, or make em? 😱
Follow up question: are they haunted?
the mokume gane ones are cool too - plus alot of these natural materials (like the wood and antler) are going to be epoxy-stabalised anyway - only you can't see that because theyre not visibly porous, and the resin is clear
praise bom and ten
Idk why, I don't even play any rpg, but I enjoy listening to Tom and Ben nerd out about dice.
Damn Yogscast dice set I need that.
No way am I believing those bone dice are evenly weighted for each side. Randomly placed material does not make for working dice.
all you need is a resin of suitably similar density
Gucci making cheap resin dice and selling them for 300+$ is peak proof that Gucci is a brand built entirely on gullible people despite being the Mc Donalds of 'luxury' brands...
With these (gucci, supreme,...) kind of brands, you dont pay for quality, you pay for the brand. People that would like to try to argue that, you can literally go anywhere else and buy the same quality stuff (if not better sometimes!) for hundreds of pounds cheaper. So often you will see something very basic from them they claim their designers spent hours on, but I can get the same crappy stuff from a brandless store and itll not cost me a fortune just cos theres a logo on it somewhere.
PLUS, you can get some paint and paint the damn logo on for free.
But knockoff items intend to trick people are always ALWAyS lower quality than the real deal. Strange.
@@EasyForYouToSay.mp3 because they also prey on the idiocy of brand fanatics. It's the same market.
“Tungsten Chariot” was on the list of band name ideas for Led Zeppelin
Where are the Osmium and Depleted Uranium dice
I've seen people pay enough for single handmade diorama d20's to put them in 3rd place
I’ve got one of those mammoth ivory d20s
Tom you're thinking of a rhinestone cowboy pretty sure
are there links to the original video? Cuz there should be
This reminds me, I gotta go order a Mythroll
Careful Ben, Grucci is awfully close to Grussy
My rings are tungsten and they cost $20
Wasn't there a YT channel that had the saying "Memento Mori" wonder what happened to those guys ;)
You mean Unus Annus?
@@9PlatinumGamer9 Shhh, we must not speak the name
@@JamieAubrey Why not? There was never anything about Unus Annus that was going to be kept secret. We who watched and followed the channel before its deletion are the only ones with the memories, but there was never any stipulation about secrecy?
Tom and Ben seem to be smart people, but for some reason, they don't know that you pay for the brand, not the product. iPhones are expensive not because it's so expensive to make them but because one, Apple is a famous brand, and two, people are willing to pay as much.
Rich people are suckers, apparently. : /
That's the point they buy overpriced trash to flaunt their wealth, but taxing them is wrong apparently.
Actual rich people rarely buy from these brands. These brands prey on middle (and sometimes even lower) class people who are obsessed with projecting a false image of 'wealth'. This is why these brands are so prevalent on social media and amongst 'influencers'.
Please, for the the love of anal, stop buying caltrop d4s, and start buying cube d4s. I can't help but think of those solid metal d4s cutting through my foot.
How would one have a cube as a d4? By definition, a cube has 6 sides, which is not a multiple of four.
@@233Deadman Its not really a cube, that was a poor choice of words, its more of a rectangular box with two of the sides too small for it to land on.
theres also the ones that are basically d6s but two sides of rounded off so it can't land on them. Just.....anything but the fucking caltrops, please.
If those bone dice are made from medical skeletons, like for medical study, those could be from people who volunteered. But unfortunately a good chunk of those skeletons are from queer, poc and disabled who definately didn't volunteer. Not to say some of them didn't volunteer their body but alot of them didn't from back in the day