Am I allowed to guess a small range? If so, then I will say that it’s somewhere between 1,300 and 1,400. If I must guess just one number, I will guess 1,323.

Number of d30s: 4.

@InspiredOgre – Hmmm, I updated my profile to include my website (A WoW blog, though I write about DnD from time to time.) Its not dynamic? Either way, this reply will have my name link-i-fied, I hope.

First time I register… but I’m reading the blog since it lauched and I must say I love it! Always great GM advice, and not centered on D&D like some other sites.

I’d guess 1405, with 5 d30s

I suspect that there are 4234 dice in that picture. I am probably wrong.

I’d say there are 1256 dice and 7 d30s

I’d say there are 3155 dice, since the bag is not open all the way and gnomes are just DAMN sneaky.

2211 dice and 15 d30s.

1178 dice, 10 d30s.

888 dice and 11 d30s

572 and 13 d 30s

I say 666 dice with 3 D30s.

I bet there are 2,323 dice, with a single D30.

1313 dice

didn’t know that d30’s existed but i count 8

my first post spurred by the contest, but know that i read pretty religiously and as a new and budding dm i have found this site to be extremely helpful. kudos to all the people who post here.

martin – i certainly will not quit gm’in. i’ve only just begun.

blessings to all for the upcoming 2009

Hm. I have to go with 1127 dice. As for d30s, I’ll say 12.

I’m going to go with 450 dice, and, I dunno, 8 d30. Although why anyone would own a d30 is beyond me. Today is the 15th anniversary of me as a roleplayer, and I’ve never once seen one used except by people who invent their own 30-point tables.

Hmm, 786 Dice with 11 d30’s.

Have you ever use the d30’s??
Has anyone used a d30??

701 dice 10 d30s Good contest, it’s like the jelly beans in the jar for DnDers.

My guess is 1380 with 12 D30s and 5 dice with smileys on them.

450 dice in the pile and 8 d30s

As a number theorist, I have to say 1729 dice, 27 d30s.

842 dice. 10 d30s.

724 dice 3 d30’s

My guess is 2009 dice. And 4 d30s. *fingers crossed*

That is 612 dice, including 7d30’s.

503 dice including 5 d30’s

543 dice(s?.. i know, my english is bad:)

and since i dont know how does d30 even look like, i’ll say 7

cheers

403 dice; 11 thirty-sided ones.

Seems like I always guess high on these things, but I’m going to go with 700 dice.

Nice collection, too. Hope you cleaned up that Caltrops d4 over on the side there. Those can be a pain in the…er…foot.

I shoot 801 dice and 9d30.

On a side note, the d30 is obviously useful for huge sized monks in 3.5. =P

I think those guesses in the thousands are very generous, but…?

202 dice, 3 d30s

I’ll say 973 total, and 6d30s.

The key is to guess, but not go over?

Then there’s definitely at least one die in that picture. And no d30s, because they’re frakking useless.

Martin – You probably haven’t done any prison time, or you wouldn’t have used “fuck my ass” and “long process” in the same sentence.

I’m saying 1515 dice with 7 d30s.

I luvs Gnomes…. their delicious.

I’m okay without the bag, I just want a set of dice. I accidentally left mine while moving out of my old house in a hurry trying to get away from my awful ex-roommates.

I’d say in the region of 615 dice, with five D30s.

And they say you can never have too many dice. (Who am I kidding – that’s just the “rolling-stock envy” talking).

I guess if you ever had to flee a table full of revolting players those D4s could double as caltraps to slow down your pursuers.

Sigh, I love d30s.

hello, been lurkin’ awhile, contest brought me in…

1,234 dice, 5 d30s

I really love those yellow dice, and the dice bag is amazing! Even if I don’t win one of these sets, I’m going to buy a dice bag from them! Especially with the square bottom…that’s what sold ‘em to me. Thanks guys!

500 dice and 9 d30s…

I’ll guess 760 dice, with 8 d30s.

I love this blog, by the way. It’s helped me get my girlfriend into gaming and DMing. Keep it all up!

As someone who has a similar dice pile, I’d like to say that appearances can be deceiving. Because of the tendency for die to roll, they don’t pile up very well. I wouldn’t be surprised if the center mass was only stacked three deep – at most. It looked like there was roughly 900 pieces there, but I like to bet high.

Guess: 1215 die and 10 D30s.

You keep a scattergories die with your gaming dice just like me, I thought I was the only one

586 Dice

5d30s

Everyone else seems to be guessing way too high, so I’m going to bank on everyone else overshooting by a lot, and say 100 dice and 2 d30s.

My pile isn’t quite so large, but it’s getting there. I also have adventure dice, a zodiac die, the “hokey pokey” d12 with body parts that we used to use when people meta-gamed, a d12 with body parts that’s actually useful, a d3, d5 and d14.

Sigh…

And I thought I had a respectable pile o dice.

Wow.

You know, frankly, all I want is just one of your emoticon dice. That would be awesome.

But my guess is 700 polyhedral and assorted style dice, and I think that you would have no more that 6 d30’s.

And here goes the jinx line: I’m terrible at guessing, you can just tell, can’t you? (Imagine Marvin the Manically Depressed Robot saying that…)

965 dice; 13 d30s

What the heck? I’ll go with 1,017 dice, 7 of which are d30s. The prizes look nice!

769 Dice
8 x d30
AH-KAH-POW!

I am going to have to say 1,834 dice and 13 d30s

Scategories die. Nice! I guess 256 dice.

My dice guess is 3,427 dice, including 12 d30’s. By the way, have you ever actually used a d30 in a game? Is there a role playing game out there that uses d30’s? I mean, I have one too, but I’ve never used it.

I will guess 1,423 dice and 9 d30’s. You remind me of a friend of mine who had a large beer pitcher of dice (besides his personal stash). We never had to bring dice to his games!

The dice bag looks very cool (love the flames). What kind of material is it made out of? The dice would be a nice addition to my own collection. Yellow is definitely an underrepresented color in my dice box.

Thank you for an enjoyable contest.

1321 dice
7 d30

Wow nice dice!

At first glance it looks like 666 dice!

But when I recounted my 3rd eye tells me 888 dice.

That is my final answer.

Great blog!

Happy new year!

I considered constructing a 3D model of the 2D image provided to get an accurate projection of the height of the “big pile o’ dice.”

Unfortunately, I was confronted by the reality that I had no idea how to do such a thing and instead stepped away from the keyboard for the big pile o’ M&Ms kept a careful distance from my chair.

Upon my return, I sought to impose my reality upon your pile (I’m not sure that came out right…) and so hazard the guess that your pile will not fit into the flaming gnome dice bag…. Wait! What was the question?

Right – 1,003 dice in the pile. Plus 7 thirty-sided dice for a grand total of 1,010 individual instruments of fate in the pile.
But don’t hold me to that…

2424, with 2 D30s.

3000 dice, twenty D30

937, 12 d30s

1742 dice and 6 d30s

Happy New Year to all! Thanks for the kind words about the Stew, and thanks for entering.

d30s, for the record, make fabulous cat toys. That’s about it, though.

@EvilGM – I’m pretty sure I got the smiley/frowney dice at Koplow’s booth at GenCon a few years back; that’s where I’d start if you want to snag a set. I’ve always imagined I’d use them for random NPC reactions, but it’s never actually come up.

@pseudodragon – The dice bag is made of two layers of thin but strong 100% cotton. They rock.

Hmmm… I’d say…. 756 dice 13 d30s

that’s a nice collection…
anyway, let’s say 1015 regulars, and i don’t know… 7 x d30…

912 dice
14 of them are d30’s

1256 dice, and some 7d30s.

By the way, to those who say there are no d30s: c’mon, just look at the freaking picture! XD

I could always use more dice.

As far as the number in the picture? 1216
And… a dozen d30s?

I’ll say 1,369 dice and 7 d30s.

1993 dice and 9 d30s.

hi there, just found the blog.

Guessing: 1150 dice, 3 d30’s.

1,385 in the pile.
D’uh! you own 30 d30s! Not because you ever needed them, you just got close to it and thought, “I need that geek badge.”

Er, at least that’s what happened to me when I saw my first packed full skull dice bag.

@rekenner –
ACK. And 10 d30. Not that a tie is likely, as no one has used my guess.

One thousand, four hundred and sixty-six dice says I! (1466)
And 13 d30s to boot.

Also, wow. That’s a lot of dice.

Exactly 2000.
WAGAWAGA
Including 12 d30s.
There should be more male bums on dicebags says me.
WAGAWAGA!

812 dice with 9 d30’s.

That’s one hell of a collection.

That is a whopping pile o’dice.

My guess is 625 dice with 5 d30’s.

CJ

568 with some change.
And about 12 d30’s.

Plus those mighty d4 caltrops!

331 dice. 3 d30s

732 dice, of those there are 9 d30s

Count me in!

It’s over, baby! Thanks to everyone who participated.

Next week, we’ll reveal the winner of the dice-guessing portion of the contest and randomly choose the two winners of the sets of dice.