I look forward to your article on the the proper etiquette of quoting Monty Python at the gaming table.

What I need to do, is to scan my players more often, to make sure that they are not bored during parts of the game. I try to keep the game moving, but exciting for one player is not always exciting for the group. Dice stacking and other fidgeting are great signs of players who are starting to lose interest in the current scene.

@TwoShedsJackson –
To get a full treatise on dice rolling, get a copy of HackMaster Basic and refer to Chapter 12, on the proper care and handling dice.

It comes complete with pictures of how to perform the most common dice rolls, including the infamous 2-Fisted Monkey roll.

But we did build a tower out of pretzel sticks once. It rose to an incredible height before a stray oversized d20 careened into it and quickly ended our dreams for having the world’s largest Rold Gold construct recorded.

I was all prepared to weigh in on the unwashed heathens who not only don’t actually shake their dice, but somehow manage to drop them onto the table so that they stop instantly rather than rolling.

Instead, I can only comment that, at our table, boredom is signalled by marshalling little status markers into proper rows and columns, sorted by color.

Looking forward to the advanced articles: dice spinning, spinning dice on a dice stack, and the best: spinning dice circle of death – last spinner wins. This one usually gets the other players involved.

Yeah, I’m _that_ player. That’s why I stick to GMing.

As a GM, I’ve never had the time or inclination to stack dice. As a player, I — like most players; couldn’t agree with you more on that — stack dice when I’m bored, but also when it’s not “my turn.”

If someone else is having a solo extended RP scene, I’ll stack dice while paying attention. Not bored, just not involved.