Chessex Pound-O-Dice

D4: 8D6: 22D8: 9D10: 21D12: 10D20: 21Broken D10: 1I'm not a tabletop gamer, but I've seen my share of dice as life counter or tokens for games like MTG. My purpose for getting this set was primarily to have on hand for game development. Secondarily just to have the ability to play any game requiring dice on a whim without having to spend time going to a store or waiting on a delivery.Quality: First of all, the package I received and the picture on the listing says the quality is varied. Only one die was torn up enough to make me think it will affect rolls. The overwhelming majority are structurally sound. I checked the numbering on every die and all have the appropriate numbering. I feel that well more than half have one or more rough numbers (example in pictures). This won't affect rolling and doesn't bother me for my purposes, but not the best option if you're wanting flawless dice. The exclusive set seemed to be in better shape than the rest, but it also had some rough numbering, especially on the D4 and D10 as you can see in the picture.For the D6s, all are 16mm except the red one at the end of the group in the picture. I have some 12mm which are a bit smaller, so I'm guessing that one is a 14mm. All other dice seem to be standard sizes.Overall, I'm happy with the set and it fills my need.

I ordered these for my DND dungeon master friend who bought an antique gumball machine and wanted to fill it with dice. He loved it :)

Love getting these, I am back into playing DnD and also have a new group of Magic players to give dice. Been probably 8 years since I last picked one up because it's plenty of dice for anything!Check other reviews for details of what to expect in theory.On the left top, the included set of 7. Pretty good. Left bottom is rejected for play by me. Bottom tier there is very flawed, then a bit chipped, then lightly chipped on the top of the three mini-rows.The four columns on the right are all playable, and sorted by interest/charm. Pipped d6 standards for charm are on the floor, of course. :)Bottom tiers of the type are unremarkable dice. Only 6 total black/white, all in pipped d6, most prevalent overall d20, and third prevalent overall d12.Middle tiers are just less exciting than the top tiers, and I tried to be as objective as possible. There are mid tiers I like more than top tiers, and a few in both tiers are hard to read but I don't dock them for readability. I actually find 3 of the 4 hard-to-read dice are near the top of my top 10 list. (The top right d10 and two bottom left d12) And lower tier dice can fit a character so having a variety of kinds of dice will be great later on.In playable dice:Pipped d6: 6Regular Tabletop:D4: 8D6: 6D8: 7D00: 6D10: 15D12: 12D20: 26

Lots of dice I believe somewhere around 90 some were broken but most were fine I just wish there were more clear dice in it

I have purchased lots of dice sets, bundles, bulk, individual dice from lots of different makers, including Chessex, many of them selling on Amazon. I have purchased 4 pounds of dice from Chessex. So this is where my experience comes from.What does it mean when some other reviewer says they don't meet Chessex quality control? As far as I can tell, it is cosmetic quality only. I have a very nice looking D20 (red with yellow speckles - I actually own a set of this series and color) from one pound that has a slightly green hue in one corner of one face. You can't tell unless you are looking for it. On several other dice, there is an odd dot that doesn't match the coloring of the other dots or specs. There are dice from swirl sets that maybe don't have enough of the swirl color, or maybe other cosmetic blemishes. So far, all the things I've seen would pass QC for many other cheaper brands.The quality of the roll with these dice is on par with any other Chessex dice, based on my experience.People will say there are factory seconds that are "fugly". Well, yes and no. Chessex does try out different color combinations and some of them get as far as an initial production run. There were a significant number of dice that were dual color (one color on half the faces and another color on the other half) and some of those combos were visually unappealing. But they roll great. Some of the color combos I actually like, but I may not be in the majority. Some are seconds only because they are production overruns. They end up with maybe more of a couple dXs and dYs that make it through QC than other die in a set (If you are lucky, they are from a set you already own and so you get some extra matching dice). So the extras go into a pound.And you will not find an even distribution dice types (based on # of sides)What you will NOT get is dice that are cupped or bulging on one or more sides, dice with chips out of them, dice with edges or corners that are rounded more than the other edges or corners on the dice, dice with an obvious mold "nubbin" at the injection sight. Oddly these are things that I have seen with production sets (that I have purchased) of even some more expensive dice brands, including one brand that many claim is the absolute best.So, yes, you are going to get some dice that aren't particularly beautiful. There will be cosmetic blemishes. You will not find a complete set of matching dice (unless you are really lucky) other than the bonus set that comes with the package. You may get a lot more of one side of dice than another (One pound I got contained only six d12s).You would also spend roughly $120 (and probably more) to by 14 sets of Chessex dice. And even though you can get some other brand's pound of dice a little cheaper, you'll probably get better game play out of the Chessex dice.I gave them five stars because you don't buy a pound expecting them to be pretty but you do expect them to roll well and to feel good in your hand. And these do that at a bargain price.