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The Dresden Files => DFRPG => Topic started by: Abhoth on August 08, 2010, 07:41:36 AM
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Cant seem to find Fudge dice in Evil Hat store where are they? Sorry if im just blind :(
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Endgame in Oakland is where I bought mine. My local store could have ordered them, but there was a week delay.
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I ask every game store in Australia I could find a phone number for, none have anything like fudge dice. So I need to get it from Evil Hat myself at this stage it seems or is there some where else?
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1. A lot of online retailers are sold out. Last month at Dresdecon (held at Endgame Oakland) there was an announcement about an attempt to get more sets minted (is that the right verb?), including 3 Dresden inspired sets.
2. Have you done any google searches?
http://www.google.com/#hl=en&source=hp&q=fudge+dice&aq=f&aqi=g8g-m2&aql=&oq=&gs_rfai=CpWT99nBeTL-DF4q2iwOx79CmCQAAAKoEBU_Qus0J&pbx=1&fp=8631cdd35a4d476d
3. This already exist multiple other threads to this topic.
"The Search for Fudge Dice" http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,18195.0.html
"Fudge Dice" http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,19429.0.html
"Optional Dice rolling system for those without Fudge dice" http://www.jimbutcheronline.com/bb/index.php/topic,17759.msg855220.html#msg855220 (I linked straight to a response that has an equivalent system, some of the earlier posts don't actually sub for fudge).
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Cheers my google fu failed :(
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Q-workshop had a few...and I do mean few...sets of their runic FUDGE dice at Gen-Con (and they look COOL!)...I bought two full sets, myself...someone nabbed the other two...and then my players wanted to start a die riot. I am sure you could order them from their site, however.
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Their website mentions having some different types a few months ago but they don't even list any currently. Just says out of stock for that whole section. Since they aren't listing anything under that section, I doubt they've got an order in to restock either.
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I got mine at paizo.com...
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Yeah I was just going to write those up... Seems like paizo.com and www.scifigenre.com both have them. You might find them in other places as well. Some are listed as Deryni dice which basically means Fudge dice packaged as a set of four white and four black dice (has to do with power cubes in use in that game setting). Both websites listed at least one type of Fudge dice available when I looked. Just make sure you look at what quantity you're getting when you order.
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Unless something's changed, Scifigenre is sold out and has a very tiny notice admitting it.
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Unless something's changed, Scifigenre is sold out and has a very tiny notice admitting it.
The ones labelled Fudge dice seem to be. The Deryni dice (which are just a set of white and black Fudge dice for 8 dice total) say they're available. Don't work or live anywhere near there so can't say if they just forgot to update the page on that one item or something.
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While I'm not in the area, I do shop through SciFi Genre quite a bit. That said, it does look like they were flooded with Fudge and Deryni dice orders. They sold out of the Fudge dice quickly and, from what I can tell, they're trying to obtain the Deryni dice packs through a 3rd party, so chances on those orders may be a bit iffy at this point. Looks like the Dresden RPG is going to help Fudge dice manufacturers put the their kids through college! ;)
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http://www.rpgshop.com/ is a good place online to get them. Where I got mine.
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The ones labelled Fudge dice seem to be. The Deryni dice (which are just a set of white and black Fudge dice for 8 dice total) say they're available. Don't work or live anywhere near there so can't say if they just forgot to update the page on that one item or something.
I ordered the Deryni dice and after two weeks they informed me that they were on backorder and asked me if I wanted to cancel the order. I did. I have scoured the net and all the FLGS in my area and no one has Fudge Dice. Whoever makes them again is likely gonna make some money once they get it going.
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http://www.rpgshop.com/d-and-d-dice-and-bags/novelty-dice/white-d6-with-1-2-3.html
One of my players bought 4 of these dice. Not Fudge but are pretty close.
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I put in an order for Deryni Dice with Sci-Fi Genre on Thursday of last week and just received note that they're headed my way as of this evening. So, the time to get the dice on SFG's part isn't instantaneous, but it does seem like they're not completely out of stock... yet.
And I'll vouch for UltraTroll's suggestion of RPGShop, as well. I've used them in the past and, though they seem to be out of productised FUDGE dice, they do seem to have some Deryni Dice in stock still. (Same style as FUDGE dice, just fewer colors.)
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I put in an order for Deryni Dice with Sci-Fi Genre on Thursday of last week and just received note that they're headed my way as of this evening. So, the time to get the dice on SFG's part isn't instantaneous, but it does seem like they're not completely out of stock... yet.
And I'll vouch for UltraTroll's suggestion of RPGShop, as well. I've used them in the past and, though they seem to be out of productised FUDGE dice, they do seem to have some Deryni Dice in stock still. (Same style as FUDGE dice, just fewer colors.)
Weird. Maybe it was the particular type of Deryni dice I ordered?
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Weird. Maybe it was the particular type of Deryni dice I ordered?
Maybe just a case of timing? Could be they got a small line on dice after your communique. That's happened to me before with online retailers.
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I wonder if the Dresden Game is more popular than we thought because some of the game stores I have talked too cannot keep Fudge Dice in stock since the game came out.
And many of their distributors have major back order on the Fudge Dice which is why we are having these issues.
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I wonder if the Dresden Game is more popular than we thought because some of the game stores I have talked too cannot keep Fudge Dice in stock since the game came out.
And many of their distributors have major back order on the Fudge Dice which is why we are having these issues.
That's exactly what my Rpg store told me. I'm glad I bought mine at Origins. No store here can keep them in stock.
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I picked up my copy of the Dresden Files RPGs at GenCon this past weekend, and there were no fudge dice to be had for the entire Con. Every dice retailer in the Exhibit Hall had been asked a hundred times each whether they had any to sell. Basically only one company was making them and everyone was reselling those dice (hence why any search will bring up the same bland color sets, with the exception of Q-Workshop). Their latest restock shipment got held up in from China in customs / shipping. Combine that with the great success Spirit of the Century and Dresden Files has had...
I'm pretty sure every dice maker got the hint, though. I expect to see a ton more selection of fudge dice by Christmas. I know a ton of people used blank dice to paint and make their own fudge dice. :) Use clear shellac over the sharpie and it works decently. Sharpie alone rubs off too quickly.
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I wonder if the Dresden Game is more popular than we thought because some of the game stores I have talked too cannot keep Fudge Dice in stock since the game came out.
Fudge has been out for decades now but I do not believe any game using the dice that was released in the last 10 years has raised the demand nor caught the supply as flatfooted as the release as Dresden Files RPG. The Deryni RPG came out circa 2005 and IIRC the manufacture of specific Deryni Dice sets (4 black 4 white) ramped up in time to meet the demand for new players (probably 25%-50% of sales or so were likely to people with no familiarity with Fudge and thus had no Fudge dice). When dice manufactures heard about Dresden RPG being released (if they did) they would have likely ramped up to less than they did for Deryni.
So what then would explain the dice shortage?
3 things:
- The game is probably the "hot seller" this year, AFAICT hitting the level Serenity did when it first came out
- I would estimate that 90%+ of Dresden RPG sales are to people unfamiliar with Fudge and thus in need of the special dice
- The current market is used to smaller sales than the market even 5-8 years ago and thus not as able to handle sudden changes (aka, manufacturers are used to producing smaller lots and have less capital to risk up front, including dice MFGs)
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The only solution that i've been able to handle thus far are one of three - standard d6s altered to look like fudge dice (my least favorite) - blank dice that have been scraped with the + and - (drimel tools rock), and a deck of 54 cards (+ - and 0 written in the corners of 18 cards each). The last option is by FAR the cheapest, but not much like traditional RPGs.
Maybe I played too much deadlands.
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The only solution that i've been able to handle thus far are one of three - standard d6s altered to look like fudge dice (my least favorite) - blank dice that have been scraped with the + and - (drimel tools rock), and a deck of 54 cards (+ - and 0 written in the corners of 18 cards each). The last option is by FAR the cheapest, but not much like traditional RPGs.
Maybe I played too much deadlands.
You forgot D3s.
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You forgot D3s.
Yep, 4d3-8 works out exactly the same as Fudge dice :)
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You can get sets of 4 in the UK but at £3 a go I've shy'd away hoping for a GM pack to pop up somewhere...
Chris
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You can get sets of 4 in the UK but at £3 a go I've shy'd away hoping for a GM pack to pop up somewhere...
Chris
Ha! Good luck with that.