Dice have been around the world for thousands of years. From the original two-sided dice to the three-dimensional multi-sided dice, and then to the xenomorph dice. Today's common dice are the product of the fusion of various regional cultures, and they can be seen almost everywhere in daily life. From being used for divination at the earliest to being used for games and bets today, the identities given to dice are becoming more and more diverse. And the board games that have been popular for almost a century have become more and more inseparable from dice. Not only that, but in the manufacture of board games, all kinds of dice emerge in endlessly. For example, the most representative board game Dungeons & Dragons are from which you can find various types of regular polyhedron dice. In addition, in the board game The One Ring, you can also see representative polyhedral dice. Nowadays, for dice, not only its shape is ever-changing but also their material needs to be carefully selected. As the material of the dice, there are various materials such as resin, glass, ivory, crystal, wood, metal, magnet, and stone. In the manufacture of board games, dice of various materials have gradually been applied. As a board game manufacturer in China, Eastar will share with you the marble dice we made.
In Eastar's previous News, there are detailed explanations and descriptions of the origin and categories of board game dice, and the focus is on transparent resin dice that contain fillers. Compared with the resin dice we are familiar with, marble dice are much larger than it in terms of hardness and weight. Due to the different textures and glossiness of natural stones, in the manufacture of marble dice, we need to divide them according to the different materials. For textured marble, the texture of each cut surface needs to be considered during the manufacturing process, especially avoiding the parts with messy texture or impurities in the material. For solid-color marble dice, it is necessary to evaluate the density of the entire material before cutting it and select a part with uniform density to make the final dice look more beautiful and fairer.
In the board game dice production process, it can be roughly divided into three steps, and each step requires strict tests. First, it needs to be ground by hand. For dice with rounded corners, we need to polish each of the same corners into the same radian, to ensure the fairness of the weight of the dice during throwing. For dice with sharp corners, we need to consider their fragility and reduce their sharpness appropriately. The second is the surface treatment. Eastar uses a polishing process, which is divided into two types: matte and bright. Matte dice usually give people a deep feeling, and they will not produce reflections under all kinds of light. The bright dice can better reflect its delicacy, and it will form a sense of luster under the light. The final step in making the dice is the engraving of the numbers. At this step, it is also necessary to consider its mass balance. At the same time, the expression of numbers and the color matching of paint will make marble dice a different feeling.
If you need dice of different materials in your board game design, please feel free to contact Eastar. If you have other suggestions for our marble dice, please give us your thoughts. Learn More>
