Active discussions

Meet the Other Phone. Flexible and made to last.

Meet the Other Phone.
Flexible and made to last.

Buy now

Please or to access all these features

Talk
Chat

Join the discussion and chat with other Mumsnetters about everyday life, relationships and parenting.

Original poster

Found a strange dice, where is it from?

16 replies

Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 08:38

This is just a light hearted conundrum for anyone bored. And into board games.

Dd found, in a random box of other toy-related debris, a single little red six-sided wooden dice (I mean, a die). But instead of the numbers 1-6, it has on each face 0, 0, 3, 3, 4, 7.

What game is this from?! I'm (lightheartedly) worried that I've got a game somewhere that requires this unique dice and they ought to be reunited.

It's not one of my dnd sets of d20, d10 etc. None of those are wood.

Googled it to no avail, I just got links to lots of maths websites for calculating probability odds

OP posts:
Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 08:43

Here's a photo showing the 7 face and one of the 0 faces in case anyone recognises it!

Found a strange dice, where is it from?
OP posts:
mangochops · 10/12/2023 08:45

Be careful, this is like the start of a horror film 😂

Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 08:46

mangochops · 10/12/2023 08:45

Be careful, this is like the start of a horror film 😂

Haha yes I'm wondering if it's actually a dream as I've been getting odd pregnancy dreams! I really don't recognise this dice...!

OP posts:

Interested in this thread?

Then you might like threads about this subject:

Games
GoodOldEmmaNess · 10/12/2023 08:55

Defininely dangerous. It determines the number of dimensions of the universe that you are sucked into if you roll it whilst intoning Jumanji, Jumanji, Jumanji.

Igmum · 10/12/2023 08:57

Damn that is ringing a bell and my mind is absolutely blank. Don't worry OP, I will remember over an hour into the film and tell you what it is just as the bad things inexorably break loose...

NigelHarmansNewWife · 10/12/2023 09:00

Dungeons and Dragons uses different dice.

Unescorted · 10/12/2023 09:05

It could come from a variant of Risk. The dice come in sets of 3 or more. It could be an old boardgame version but more likely (having just rolled the dice) to have come from the pocket of an intergalactic traveller. If they don't find it before their next turn the universes will swing off their axis. Best put it back exactly where you found it so the can triangulate it's location from the initial throw.

Dogsitterwoes · 10/12/2023 09:05

It's not a D&D one.

Saisong · 10/12/2023 09:11

Is it one of the variations that give a fairer distribution when rolled in pairs - not favouring rolls of 7?

PuttingDownRoots · 10/12/2023 09:14

Have you tried an image search on google

TheDandyLion · 10/12/2023 09:18

Jumanji. You're about to get a herd of elephants running through your house. Good luck op.

Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 09:18

Saisong · 10/12/2023 09:11

Is it one of the variations that give a fairer distribution when rolled in pairs - not favouring rolls of 7?

Possibly but what game would need such a thing? There's just one of them, at least that we've found.

I know it's not a dnd one, those have regular numbers and anyway none of my sets are wood

OP posts:
Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 09:19

Haha I do love the Jumanji films. Well if any film makers are on here, they're welcome to the idea lol

OP posts:
Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 09:22

Unescorted · 10/12/2023 09:05

It could come from a variant of Risk. The dice come in sets of 3 or more. It could be an old boardgame version but more likely (having just rolled the dice) to have come from the pocket of an intergalactic traveller. If they don't find it before their next turn the universes will swing off their axis. Best put it back exactly where you found it so the can triangulate it's location from the initial throw.

Intergalactic traveller (or pregnancy dream) are the most likely options so far imo.

We don't have any sets of Risk but we do have lots of the classic strategy board games. I still can't think of any with this dice though. But this is the kind of suggestion I was hoping for thank you!!

OP posts:
Symposium · 10/12/2023 09:24

Could it be from magic set? I can imagine a trick where you "move the spot".

Original poster
Mummymummy89 · 10/12/2023 09:27

Symposium · 10/12/2023 09:24

Could it be from magic set? I can imagine a trick where you "move the spot".

Ooh this does sound plausible! But dh says he doesn't think we have any magic kits and I can't remember buying anything like that either.

If this helps, dd found it in her alphabet magnet box (which also had eg the odd hair bobble in - nothing is tidied properly in this house haha)

OP posts:
New posts on this thread. Refresh page