New dice smell. Just like the new card smell from a pack of magic or new game feel when you just unwrap the plastic off of bloodborne and prepare to get your shit wrecked
New dice smell, new book smell, new card smell. God, the things you miss when you’re a dirt poor and crusty old player.
Then again, all my old gaming gear does have a unique mix of olfactory memories. Good cigars smoked both around the table and while creating home-brewed settings. Cheap booze spilled while cheering or jeering particularly good or bad dice rolls. Baby powder, from when my daughter inexplicably decided that all my books needed a good coating of powder when she was 1 or so (but, to the credit of her gamer genes, she never did them any permanent harm).
I miss that “new stuff smell”… but I’m not sure I’d trade what my gaming shelf smells like now for it. Too much to lose.
My roommate left that cover on his keyboard for an inordinately long time. When I noticed, he was very amused by my intense desire to peel it off, but he allowed it. This is just one of many reasons why he is one of the best people ever.
I once tried a new set on a new game. They were beautiful, the fuchsia Borealis. They were cursed, and rolled a 1 on a saving throw against Phantasmal Killer, and another 1. A two-hour combat at a con, and I died the first spell shot into the second encounter. The absolute worst game of Pathfinder I’ve ever played, and actually had me questioning if I’d gotten into the wrong hobby.
Too pretty too destroy, I gave them a bubble bath, in hopes of purifying them. Now they are “look, don’t touch” in my dice bag.
For me, nothing beats the smell of a new box of crayons. I always pick up an extra one for me when I buy new ones for my kids. 🙂
Maybe there’s no such thing as cursed or blessed die. What if what you put in was what you got out of it? Positive feelings become positive rolls, negativity breeds critical failures. Your D20 is your friend, your partner. Come to think of it, that’s probably what Brett’s doing with Polly Parton…
You don’t play many tabletop RPGs, do you? Biased dice are a known phenomenon. As to the cause, it’s debatable. But dice have individual roll patterns.
Speaking of blue dice, I have one bag specifically for all my blue dice, and another for the miscellaneous colors. Perhaps there is some secret connection between the blue color vibration and the success of the host polyhedron. Madness you say? I think not!
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New dice smell. Just like the new card smell from a pack of magic or new game feel when you just unwrap the plastic off of bloodborne and prepare to get your shit wrecked
New dice smell, new book smell, new card smell. God, the things you miss when you’re a dirt poor and crusty old player.
Then again, all my old gaming gear does have a unique mix of olfactory memories. Good cigars smoked both around the table and while creating home-brewed settings. Cheap booze spilled while cheering or jeering particularly good or bad dice rolls. Baby powder, from when my daughter inexplicably decided that all my books needed a good coating of powder when she was 1 or so (but, to the credit of her gamer genes, she never did them any permanent harm).
I miss that “new stuff smell”… but I’m not sure I’d trade what my gaming shelf smells like now for it. Too much to lose.
I get that way about IBC root beer.
Panel 3? Brett’s expression? Perfect. These two are made for each other.
exactly my thoughts
There’s nothing like the smell of unwrapping new electronics. Pulling the shaped foam and plastic bags off, and then taking a whiff.
If you’re lucky, they’ll have that clear protective sheeting over the shiny parts, and you can lovingly peel it away…
It is SUCH a satisfying feeling to peel that plastic away.
My roommate left that cover on his keyboard for an inordinately long time. When I noticed, he was very amused by my intense desire to peel it off, but he allowed it. This is just one of many reasons why he is one of the best people ever.
Oh sweet christ their expressions in that last panel.
I am very fortunate I was not drinking anything at the time.
12% of all gamer-related injuries result from huffing d4’s…
@N00less cluebie
12% sounds right but the worse dice related injuries involve finding d4’s in the dark, on the floor, with bare feet. Say thank you to the cat…
They don’t call them RPG Caltrops for nothing.
I once tried a new set on a new game. They were beautiful, the fuchsia Borealis. They were cursed, and rolled a 1 on a saving throw against Phantasmal Killer, and another 1. A two-hour combat at a con, and I died the first spell shot into the second encounter. The absolute worst game of Pathfinder I’ve ever played, and actually had me questioning if I’d gotten into the wrong hobby.
Too pretty too destroy, I gave them a bubble bath, in hopes of purifying them. Now they are “look, don’t touch” in my dice bag.
For me, nothing beats the smell of a new box of crayons. I always pick up an extra one for me when I buy new ones for my kids. 🙂
You put cursed dice in your dice bag with your other dice?!! Now the bad luck will leech into all of them.
Yes, I do the same. Except I give all the bad ones to my players. Mwahahaha
My clan always rolls their eyes when I buy a new book, because I too love the smell of a newly printed book.
My dice are always black. Like the color of my heart.
If the Adventure Scents Kickstarter people did a joint venture with the Halfsies Dice Kickstarter people, it would herald the end of days.
Maybe there’s no such thing as cursed or blessed die. What if what you put in was what you got out of it? Positive feelings become positive rolls, negativity breeds critical failures. Your D20 is your friend, your partner. Come to think of it, that’s probably what Brett’s doing with Polly Parton…
You don’t play many tabletop RPGs, do you? Biased dice are a known phenomenon. As to the cause, it’s debatable. But dice have individual roll patterns.
Next Strip: Somebody’s bong, carved out of a giant twenty-sider….
I would buy the shit out of that.
New game, new dice. Glad I’m not the only one who does this. 😀
Speaking of blue dice, I have one bag specifically for all my blue dice, and another for the miscellaneous colors. Perhaps there is some secret connection between the blue color vibration and the success of the host polyhedron. Madness you say? I think not!