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Post Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:42 am 
 

We've just got hold of a 2nd printing D&D Expert Set. Really nice condition and still has the dice and crayons unused and in a sealed plastic bag. So far, so good. However, what is puzzling me is that while the d4, d8, d10, d12 and d20 are the dice you'd expect to see, the d6 has spots not numbers and doesn't seem to fit. Yet the plastic bag is unopened. Has anyone else ever seen a D&D set with dice like this? Or do you think the bag has been resealed with the wrong dice in it? Genuinely puzzled...

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Post Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 6:49 pm 
 

The d6 looks pretty generic to me. Perhaps it was a result of a d6 shortage, so they grabbed what they could find cheap. From what I can see, it may be the same type that Avalon Hill used, but I'm certainly no authority on dice.


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Post Posted: Thu May 17, 2018 11:11 pm 
 

Yeah, I would echo the above post that that looks like a standard d6 used in avalon hill games... For some reason I like those dark blue and green dice, more than say red, yellow and orange.
  

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Post Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 3:44 am 
 

I agree that the dice shortage thing seems most likely. At least they didn't replace the number d6 with a cardboard chit!
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Post Posted: Fri May 18, 2018 3:36 pm 
 

Wow.  These things are going for 200 bucks now?


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Post Posted: Sat May 19, 2018 12:43 pm 
 

Those aren't the bagged dice TSR put in that set.

imho, Frankensteined from another RPG to boost the lot value.

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Post Posted: Tue May 22, 2018 9:01 am 
 

Thanks Frank. Will amend our product description (and sadly reduce price a little bit!)
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