Finally! The die app you role players (or lovers of multi-facted dice) have been waiting for has arrived, from MachWerx. It’s Mach Dice and it’s beautiful. The premise is simple. You choose the dice, you make the roll. You can select any type of die you want, up to 100 of them - multiple dice of different sides are available as well. Let’s break it down. The app looks nice, rolls nice and I think is going to be very handy for anyone into role playing who wants to have this at their side -whether it’s to use exslusively or when needed for those who forget thier old Crown Royal bag filled with dice.
If you wish to choose 100d6, you may. In fact, I had to do the obligitory test of 100d100 just to see how it worked - the app did fine as my iPod Touch screen filled up with 100 sided dice. For those curious, I rolled a 4788.
You can also set up multiple dice to roll. Say you want to roll 2d6 and 1d4 at the same time? No worries.
You can also roll physically impossible dice, like a 13 sided die.
The rolling is pretty nice and the app features a neat tilt/view, where if you hold your device at an angle, the dice seem to tilt appropriately. Not bad MachWerx, not bad. You can see an example of multiple dice rolled and the tilt effect below.
The only downside, if you can consider it one, is the cost. At $0.99 it isn’t going to break your bank (and if you think of it this way, it’s less than a cent per die) but it isn’t free. Personally, I think it’s well worth it, if for no other reason than to support the devs who worked on this little app. The graphics could use a bit of an update as well but all in all it’s a great app.
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September 28th, 2008 at 9:05 pm
Now this is so far the only thing that I have seen that would actually make me want to have an iPhone. Or rather, a phone that would have this app.
It is a cool feature. Real spiff.
Though I would never use it to substitute my game dice. Because my dice have a certain luck factor that this app does not have. I mean, I hand picked every dice I need to roll. I hand picked them in the store and I hand picked them for the particular game I am playing.
If you start using this app, then, well….you can no longer count on your dice to help you out.
Sure, you can use the same amount of dice, but not Your Dice.
October 16th, 2008 at 8:58 pm
As much as it looks nice, it lacks an important feature for games like Storyteller or Shadowrun.
The ability to count results (eg. 10d6, count the number of dice that roll 5 or above).
COnsidering the 64 apps you find searching for dice. Only one, Dicenomicon supports these rulesets and they are the most expensive dice app out there.