This is the awesome dice tower that James made out of Lego Duplo bricks.
(A dice tower is a device to ensure good dice rolls. Inside it are slopes and stuff to make the dice clatter around. The dice are dropped in the top, bounce off the obstacles inside, and come out the bottom and are usually then captured with a barrier. This prevents bogus rolls, dice rolling off the table, or dice rolling into game pieces.)
James and Al were using it to play Roma. For the record, the money was for pizza. We were NOT gambling. The Lego Dice Tower is for entertainment purposes only.
Do you guys actually drink Pabst Blue Ribbon Beer?! I haven’t seen that stuff since I was 7 years old. Man you guys are really Retro! Ha Ha!
08:03:58 [shasticon] Lego, I’d like to see the inside of that dice tower.
08:21:16 [legomancer] shas, that’s proprietary
08:21:31 [legomancer] (the inside of the dice tower)
08:25:10 [shasticon] The inside of the dice tower wants to be free.
08:30:49 [legomancer] http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~dave//gfx/dicetowerinside.png
08:31:30 [shasticon] Why is the one piece blue?
08:32:28 [legomancer] that blue piece is the shape of the pieces that the dice bounce off of. it’s kind of the key to the whole thing
08:32:41 [shasticon] AH
08:33:50 [shasticon] I was really hoping that there would be all kindsa funhouse wackyness inside. spinny wheels and teeter-totters and things that go whoooooosh
08:35:10 [discordanian] Heh. Like a Rube Goldberg dice tower?
08:35:40 [legomancer] gotcha shas, brb
08:51:43 [legomancer] shas, here’s a better look at the internal design: http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~dave//misc/dtinside2.png
08:52:05 [legomancer] i think it’s pretty self explanatory
08:52:26 [legomancer] though that’s kind of a simplified model. the actual interior photo is: http://slithytoves.sytes.net/~dave//misc/dtinside3.png