Wiki Topic: Materials
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How Dice Are Made: Materials, Molding, Casting, Finishing & Numbering
Understand how plastic, resin and metal dice are formed, finished, marked and inspected—and why manufacturing claims do not prove fairness.
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Dice Size and Dimensions: How to Record Scale Clearly
A practical guide to recording dice dimensions, measurement conditions, shape, and scale without confusing a product size with a universal standard.
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Dice Finishes and Surfaces: Matte, Gloss, Metallic, and Coated
Learn how to describe a die finish separately from its material, color, and edge profile, and how to avoid unsupported claims about durability or rolling behavior.
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Dice Care and Storage: Cleaning, Surfaces, and Long-Term Handling
Learn conservative ways to handle, clean, and store dice while respecting differences in material, finish, edge profile, and manufacturer instructions.
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Sharp-Edge Dice: Geometry, Readability, and Table Surfaces
What sharp-edge dice means, how edge treatment differs from material, and which product details should be recorded before making claims about rolling behavior.
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Rounded-Edge Dice: Edge Profiles, Reading, and Use
A practical guide to rounded-edge dice, including edge terminology, reading the top face, surface considerations, and evidence limits around fairness.
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Resin Dice: Material Terms, Inclusions, and Care
Understand what resin means in a dice listing, how cured polymer differs from uncured resin, how inclusions and finishes should be recorded, and how to care for resin dice.