Comments on: “Entropy Tower”

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 19 May 2010 22:16:10 +0000

Since I read that strip in PVPOnline a while back, I’ve been thinking I want to buy one of these. Has anyone as Scott if he knows anyone that sells them? I am going to ask around at GenCon this year, and if not, it sounds like there might be a market out there…

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 20:07:26 +0000

You could do it actually. Get some 1/4 dowels from the hardware/lumber store and then put one every inch or so through the can. Turn them about 60 degrees off center each time in a clockwise direction. You’d need to glue in a slant at the bottom and an opening to dump it out but it would work.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Thu, 17 Dec 2009 09:43:31 +0000

Pringles can!
We need a Pringles can version!

By: Dennis

Dennis — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 17:48:48 +0000

Sweet! Although the first thing that flashed through my head was old school popcorn box before they became sacks and 50 gallon drums. But very cool!

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 26 Aug 2009 03:41:17 +0000

Heh, nice to see that I wasn’t the only one inspired by that comic. I made a design and put it together at the sign shop I work at – quite different from yours, and I’m still playing with the design, because I’d like to build more “suspense” into the dice rolling function…anyway, here’s one of my prototypes.

By: Dennis

Dennis — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:47:47 +0000

That’s a very good idea. You could make each section perhaps 4″ high and that would let you build it as high as you wanted. And yes that would make one sweet ‘dice tube’ to store your dice in. I feel the need to hit the plumbing section to see what might be available in the needed sizes to make a prototype or two.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 17:39:41 +0000

Perhaps something like this: The tower could be composed of separate cylinders which stack and rotate (and interconnect obviously). Each would contain the crossed elements which could then be randomly aligned by rotating each section. The bottom cap (angled to facilitate dice exit, I assume) would also rotate to reveal or conceal the exit gap. If the bottom dice receiver cup was a separate piece that could be removed and used to cap the top, you could then store your dice within the tower when the crossed cylinder elements were aligned. Apparently I have too much free time.

By: Anonymous

Anonymous — Wed, 05 Aug 2009 01:15:40 +0000

That looks awesome!