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Mathematician's Dice

by Matt Chisholm

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1. Creator Sebastian Krieger on October 6, 2011
  
  Matt,
  
  Are you considering comming up with an operations dice? How about one with more than 6 faces, with the basic operations (+, -, *, /), integrals, derivatives, exponentials, ...
  
  Cheers!
2. Creator martinem on July 25, 2011
  
  My dice arrived today in Perth, Australia, absolutely thrilled with them!
  Now just to find some nerdy friends to rope into games...
3. Creator AJ Kirkwood on July 2, 2011
  
  AWESOME Project. Hope there's more like this in your head, I'll back it.
  
  AJ
4. Creator Jay Archambault on June 29, 2011
  
  Matt:
  Thank you! I look forward to receiving my errant dice. Incidentally, the single dice that did arrive looks great!
5. Creator Jun Xian Leong on June 29, 2011
  
  Dude, imagine playing DnD with these dice.
  I can almost see it now...
  
  "I cast Fireball and do 10d6 points of fire damage to all creatures within 10 yards.
  Goblin Archer takes 2π+2e+3i+1 points of fire damage.
  Goblin Archer is killed."
  
  GLORIOUS.
6. Creator Jun Xian Leong on June 29, 2011
  
  Got my dice today in Malaysia, halfway across the world. They are pretty darn awesome ;)
7. Creator Morris Umali on June 29, 2011
  
  Got my 6 dice today. Sydney, Australia.
  Very happy :)
8. Creator stoky on June 29, 2011
  
  Got my dice just today and they're great!
  
  I made thought of the following little game:
  - Roll your dice
  - Try to make up an equation with (+,-,*,/,^) and the rolled dice
  - If necessary reroll some of the dice.
  
  The goal is to reroll as few times as possible. ("Penalty" for rerolling could possibly form a drinking game ;))
9. Creator Matt Chisholm on June 29, 2011
  
  @Jay Archambault: So sorry; I just checked the backer report from Kickstarter, and somehow you're listed as having paid $10 but in the section for people who only wanted one die. Don't know how that could have happened, but I'll put another die in the mail for you right away. (Even though I am sold out, I kept a handful just in case something like this happened.)
10. Creator Jay Archambault on June 28, 2011
  
  I received 1 dice today... but I paid for 2.
  --Disappointed
11. Creator Emily Tatlow on June 28, 2011
  
  Mine arrived in the post yesterday. They look fab!
12. Creator Johan Vandersmissen on June 28, 2011
  
  Hi there. Got the dice in good order over here in Belgium! We might not have a federal government more then 1 year after our elections, but postal services still work!
13. Creator Jim Hitch on June 27, 2011
  
  Four dice arrived today in Hackney, London, UK. Two for me and the others for as yet unspecified friends. Very happy. They are great. My first kickstarter.
14. Creator Federico Hernandez on June 27, 2011
  
  2 happy dice on a table in Sweden: http://sub.netma.sk/mathematicians-dice Thank you, Matt.
15. Creator Dan Leech on June 27, 2011
  
  My dice just turned up at work. Made a room full of engineers very amused! http://campl.us/bYZL
16. Creator David Main on June 25, 2011
  
  Just got my dice today over in England and they look great. A nice addition to my growing collection of dice. I will find some reason for using them in rpgs.
17. Creator Dag Hovden on June 25, 2011
  
  Same here, just got the dice and it is my first project! The dice are great, want to order a pair for a friend, how do I do that?
18. Creator Kat Meredith on June 24, 2011
  
  I got my dice last week, my very first project to actually arrive!! Thanks so much, they're awesome!
19. Creator Jean-Frédéric on June 24, 2011
  
  Found my four dices in my mailbox today. They are great! I feel so nerdy. :D (France).
20. Creator Martijn Althuizen on June 24, 2011
  
  Just got my dice in the mail (Netherlands)..! And great dice they are! Thanks!
21. Creator Brian Calvary on June 22, 2011
  
  Got my dice and they look great. Can't wait to show them off to my friends at a BBQ over July 4th.
22. Creator Christian Skorik on June 20, 2011
  
  Got my dice... they are really awesome. Thanks!
23. Creator John D'Ausilio on June 20, 2011
  
  got mine today .. excellent quality, already signed up for a few more sets. Now I've got to work on a game to play with them :)
24. Creator Richard Kempter on June 18, 2011
  
  Matt,
  
  Got my dice Thursday. These things are awesome! Great work on them. Thank you.
25. Creator Malyssa Brannon on June 17, 2011
  
  My dice arrived last night! Love them, they are awesome!! Thanks!
26. Creator Iain Pritchard on June 17, 2011
  
  Hi Matt,Dice have arrived safely in Lancashire U.K. They are excellent.
  If You do get round to doing different sets make sure I know about it as I'll definitely back you again.
27. Creator Nicholas Witchey on June 16, 2011
  
  My dice arrived today in SoCal (Orange County)! So far all i've rolled is imaginary numbers.
28. Creator Carlee on June 16, 2011
  
  Hey Matt! I got my dice today!!! They are freakin' awesome!!! Thanks!!!
29. Creator Richard Bagdazian on June 16, 2011
  
  Hey Matt!
  Just got my mDice today. I love them. Gotta think up a suitably geeky math game to play with them!
30. Creator Marc Kevin Hall on June 16, 2011
  
  I received mine today, and they are as great as I'd hoped. I missed my friend's birthday by one day (it was yesterday), but she's already used to me being late with gifts.
  
  Thanks!
31. Creator Cole Busse on June 16, 2011
  
  Just got mine! They turned out great, thanks!
  
  Anyone made up some cool new dice games for 'em yet???
32. Creator Jake Liscom on June 16, 2011
  
  I have received my dice.
  Thank you very much.
33. Creator michael campbell on May 3, 2011
  
  With the updates, I think it would be very interesting to see where and how many miles these dice have traveled from "birth" to delivery.
34. Creator Pia Massie on March 19, 2011
  
  Hi Matt - I am a backer and I just wanted to make sure you had my address for delivery - THANKS !
  It is 31-1480 Arbutus St. Van. BC V6J 3W8 Canada. Looking forward to rolling some of your very clever Mathematician's Dice. Congratulations on wildly surpassing your goal.
35. Creator Matt Chisholm on March 4, 2011
  
  Horace (and others who didn't get in on this project on time): I'll be selling these dice after all the Kickstarter backers have received their dice. You can sign up at http://glyphobet.net/store/dice/ and you'll get an email when they're available for sale.
36. Creator Horace Nelson on March 3, 2011
  
  Are these for sale somewhere? I NEED them. NEEEED!
37. Creator nicole c. on February 25, 2011
  
  Btw, this is my very FIRST Kickstarter backing. Thanks for hooking me in!
38. Creator nicole c. on February 25, 2011
  
  SO excited to give these to my husband. He's gonna flip!
  Congratulations on your success! :D
39. Creator Heli Rajasalo on February 25, 2011
  
  Yes couldn't submit the address form until put a number on the last field.
40. Creator Benjamin Davis on February 25, 2011
  
  Details: Go!
  
  Turns out you DO need to put something in that last field. It won't allow submission without.
41. Creator Simon Aspinall on February 23, 2011
  
  Whew, I got my pledge in just in time! Great idea!
42. Creator Chris Guerin on February 23, 2011
  
  I'm just interested as to what the postage will be on these die.
  
  Mainly because I live in Australia.
43. Creator Johnny Tam on February 22, 2011
  
  I don't know if you have any other ideas for themed dice, and if so, you've probably already considered this, but multi-sided die open up possibilities for other symbols, constants, etc. If you continue with this idea, what areas/subjects would you take the dice?
  
  Or is this just a side thing you thought would be neat and have no plans to carry further?
44. Creator Cat Mihos on February 22, 2011
  
  what a lovely project you've put out there, and we got in just under the wire--
  many congrats on the terrific showing, Matt.
  it does take time to package and ship all the incentives, having done a partial ship on The Price project- so take a deep breath and take it as it comes--don't panic!
  best, Cat
45. Creator Christian Skorik on February 22, 2011
  
  Will you reach 10x your funding goal in the last 27 hours? Maybe.
46. Creator stoky on February 21, 2011
  
  Seems to work now... I'm looking forward to get my dice! :)
47. Creator stoky on February 21, 2011
  
  @Matt Chisholm I can't send money via amazon because i'm not in the US.
  Would you sell me some (~10) anyways? I'd pay via paypal/bank transfer.
48. Creator Emanuele Biasiol on February 21, 2011
  
  cool! Actually, my frist pledge. And I'm very happy of it! (even tought I do the Liceo Classico, a school where we study math just 3 hrs a week :P )
49. Creator Iain Pritchard on February 21, 2011
  
  The more people I tell about this project the more I have to pledge!!!
  Totally agree with Andrew O's comment, but why just stop at physics.
50. Creator Matt Chisholm on February 19, 2011
  
  @Douglas- Fuzzy dice is a great idea! I just might do that.

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