Introuduction of the dice game
Dice games are a broad category of games that use one or more dice as their primary component. The dice serve as random number generators to determine the outcome of the game or part of the game. Dice can come in various shapes and sizes, with different numbers of faces. In most dice games, players roll the dice and the symbols or numbers that face up when the dice come to rest determine the outcome. The rules of the game dictate whether the player wins, loses, scores points, or takes another action based on the roll's result. Dice games can be simple or complex, purely based on chance or requiring strategic decision-making. They are popular because they are easy to learn, portable, and suitable for people of all ages. Whether you're looking to pass the time, engage in friendly competition, or test your luck, there's likely a dice game that fits the occasion.
The option for raw material of the dice
Most modern dice are made from plastic, such as acrylic, resin, or polymethyl methacrylate (PMMA). Plastic dice are durable, inexpensive, and easy to make. Acrylic dice are injection molded and then painted and tumbled to polish them. Resin dice are often tumbled to soften their edges. Metal dice are usually made from zinc alloy, aluminum, or other metals, which are affordable, and not expensive. Stone can also be the raw material of the dice, whereas the prices are relatively high. If your game is a match made in heaven for wood, you also have an option for wooden dice, the price is aligned with your design, the more marvelous artwork, the more complex the technology, and higher the price. Here are PVC dice examples I can set for you:
The production process of the plastic dice
Design confirmation: the dice manufacturing factory will check the design files. If there are any problems, they will give you feedback. Then, all things are geared up, they will provide you with samples.
Make molds: mold is created to shape the dice. This mold is a 2-piece construction made of aluminum or steel, with the pips or numbers as part of the mold itself. The molds are usually made through a CNC machining process.
Injection: The plastic pellets are put into a hopper that feeds into an injection molding screw plunger. As the pellets move through the chamber, they are heated until they melt. The molten plastic is then forced into the closed mold, which is kept cool so that the plastic hardens almost immediately upon entering.
Polishing: After injection, polishing is a necessary step that makes the surface to be more smooth.
Painting: After the dice are polished, they may undergo additional processes such as painting, especially if the dice have pips or numbers that need to be highlighted. The dice are then finished and packaged for distribution.
Polishing: All the dice have to go through the necessary modification steps except silk-screen technology to remove the surplus ink.
Airing: To ensure the quality of the dice, we usually need to reserve more time for airing.
Dice manufacturer recommendation
The majority of plastic dice are made in China, but they are also made in other countries, including the United States, Germany, Poland, and England. As a board game manufacturing company, we have some tips to help you choose the correct manufacturer:
First, manufacturing experience. As a professional board game manufacturer, we have delivered thousands of board game projects, however, we’re still hit a technology rock block. If you are enthusiastic about the dice game, maybe you are not a stranger to Orbidice, for which we still have put all of our effort and time into matching the perfect craft, though we had accumulated mass challenging cases in the previous projects.
Second, manufacturing capacity. Though the manufacturing company can turn your imagination into reality well, it’s useless if they can’t make it.
Third, company reputation. Whether you choose the responsible board game manufacturing company is crucial to your prosperity since we always encounter barriers in the whole product process, and they need to deal with those issues.
Fourth, cost-effective. If the cost is the most important portion for you, please neglect the tips I have mentioned. If not, you can take seriously consider my suggestions.
Conclusion
In this article, we just want the reader to understand the dice production process and self-marketing, which proves Eastar’s manufacturing capacity. In the next article, we will provide some dice material suggestions based on the game mechanism, and exemplify some hot games on the market.
