# Advice on shopping for dice **URL:** \ **Category:** The Game Room\ **Tags:** rpg-dnd-wargames\ **Created:** [October 25, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180 "2024-10-25T01:28:03Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 11\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:28am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/1 "2024-10-25T01:28:03Z")
My buddy wanted a 20 sided with "Fuck you " on the 20 and “fuck me” on the 1 face. I could not find that, but on Amazon I found a single D20 with “fuck” on the 1 face. I assume we all know what the singular of “dice” is? **Do not Google “fuck die”.** 🤪 🤭 ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:37am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/2 "2024-10-25T01:37:49Z")
[Moderating] Moving to the Game Room. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/3 "2024-10-25T01:38:39Z")
[Not moderating] One of the members of my D&D group has that d20. I’ll see if she knows where it came from. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 1:44am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/4 "2024-10-25T01:44:26Z")
[https://www.etsy.com/listing/897764329/clearance-sale-1-piece-gemstone-d20](https://www.etsy.com/listing/897764329/clearance-sale-1-piece-gemstone-d20) ---
**Author:** ![Monty](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/monty/32/47_2.png) [@Monty](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Monty)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 3:35am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/5 "2024-10-25T03:35:28Z")
> [@DrDeth](#): > > I assume we all know what the singular of “dice” is? According to the [Collins English Dictionary](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/dice), > A dice is a small cube which has between one and [six](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/six) spots or numbers on its sides, and which is used in games to [provide](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/provide) random numbers. In [old-fashioned](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/old-fashioned) [English](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/english), ‘dice’ was used only as a [plural](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plural) form, and the [singular](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/singular) was [die](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/die), but [now](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/now) ‘dice’ is used as both the singular and the plural form. ---
**Author:** ![ParallelLines](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/parallellines/32/3575_2.png) [@ParallelLines](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/ParallelLines)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 3:38am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/6 "2024-10-25T03:38:36Z")
Obligatory ‘Fook Mi’ and ‘Fook Yu’ Austin Powers clip. Probably NSFW due to the audio pun and sexual implications, so in dropdown: > **Summary** > > [https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQhZyNKqhM](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VhQhZyNKqhM) Of course, in my gaming group, we went with a Futurama clip for 20s/1s. [Oh, cruel fate, to be thustly boned! Ask not for whom the bone bones, it bones for thee.](https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BJ4JHF_r9hQ) Best of course if it happens after you’re forced to escape without all your swag/loot! ---
**Author:** ![Atamasama](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/atamasama/32/12961_2.png) [@Atamasama](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Atamasama)\ **Post date:** [October 25, 2024, 6:40pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/7 "2024-10-25T18:40:26Z")
> [@Monty](#): > > In [old-fashioned](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/old-fashioned) [English](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/english), ‘dice’ was used only as a [plural](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/plural) form, and the [singular](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/singular) was [die](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/die), but [now](https://www.collinsdictionary.com/dictionary/english/now) ‘dice’ is used as both the singular and the plural form. Yeah, per your own cite it will depend on you’re talking about American or British English. In Britain, “dice” is both singular and plural, while in America “die” is singular and “dice” is plural. (Which tracks for me, as an American, I’ve never heard or read “dice” used as a singular form despite being a tabletop gamer for 40+ years.) ---
**Author:** ![kenobi\_65](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/kenobi_65/32/13178_2.png) [@kenobi\_65](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/kenobi_65)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 7:55pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/8 "2024-10-26T19:55:12Z")
Back to the OP: I can find a lot of companies and Etsy vendors who will put a custom imprint on one face of a d20 (either on the “1” face or the “20” face) – what a few minutes of browsing, unfortunately, doesn’t seem to show me is a company which will custom-print _both_ of those faces on the same die. ---
**Author:** ![Jophiel](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/jophiel/32/66_2.png) [@Jophiel](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Jophiel)\ **Post date:** [October 26, 2024, 9:43pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/9 "2024-10-26T21:43:20Z")
I think this place might work. Looks like you can customize every facet on the die > **[Custom Polyhedral Dice Printing](https://www.boardgamesmaker.com/customized/polyhedral-dice.html)** > > Do you need a customized polyhedral dice for your game which is based on chance and luck? Create and order your dice on our dice maker with no minimum. ---
**Author:** ![DrDeth](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/d/b487fb/32.png) [@DrDeth](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/DrDeth)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 2:15am UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/10 "2024-10-27T02:15:56Z")
> [@Jophiel](#): > > I think this place might work. Looks like you can customize every facet on the die Interesting, thank you. ---
**Author:** ![Chronos](https://sea3.discourse-cdn.com/straightdope/user_avatar/boards.straightdope.com/chronos/32/134_2.png) [@Chronos](https://boards.straightdope.com/u/Chronos)\ **Post date:** [October 27, 2024, 8:25pm UTC](https://boards.straightdope.com/t/advice-on-shopping-for-dice/1009180/11 "2024-10-27T20:25:35Z")
Or you could go to the link in post 4, which has exactly the product the OP describes.