RPG, Wargaming counter tool

 I use dice as markers quite often to keep track of HP, but what to do when the numbers I'm tracking get higher than the die pips? I toyed with making small wooden slide counters with limited success, but then I located these Knitting counters.

I placed a standard six sided die by them to show the size.  They are hollow, and slide onto knitting needles and I think you click them to keep track of the pattern or something ( I have no clue about knitting). 

They are made of plastic, don't really click sharply into place but will hold the position you rotate them to. With two adjustable columns they can track from 01 to 00 or one to one hundred. A pack of 10, five of each size was about $7.00 if I recall. 

I have primered and painted them and they still function well. For under $10.00 I think this is an excellent buy and a handy thing to have for wargaming. 

DIY dice (cheap!!!)

 I use a small dice tower to roll when I'm gaming and the one irritant is the 4 sided die. Trying to pick it up out of the tray is difficult because of the triangle shape. I have found some barrel shaped ones that work pretty good but they are pricey and won't be buying any more since I found these. 

These were at the Dollar store, which is now the Dollar twenty five store, and are 36 to a package. Yes, they are six sided, but at that cost I simply number the sides 1 thru 4 with two sides blank. Do I have to re roll sometimes?- Yes but its easier to grab on to them, and they seem to tumble better than the d4's.

They are pretty light weight compared to  acrylic dice and have sharp edges, but those can be sanded. I have some I've painted, but I used a sharpie on a few right out of the package and was rolling in seconds.

You can make d4s and extra d6s, but I have also made a six choice worded oracle die which is handy. 

The top row of dice have been painted with acrylic paint and I will mark those in the future, the second row has 2 d4s (marked with a sharpie) and an oracle die. I angled the numbers on the d4s to avoid any confusion with a couple of other dice I made as hitpoint markers for characters. 

I will edit this post with a small table on how to use 2 d6 to replace all the standard dice rolls if you are ever found lacking a d20 or other type of die. I'm sure there are other great uses for these beyond my imagination, so I will be on the lookout for ideas - advantage, treasure bonuses, wpn generation, weather, etc.

Die replacement chart using d6's

d4 - roll one d6 until you roll 1 - 4

d6 - duh!

d8 - roll 1 d6   1-3 = 1-4,  then second roll not counting 5or 6

                        4-6 = 5-8, then second roll  1 = 5

                                                                    2= 6

                                                                    3= 7

                                                                     4= 8,  5/6 not counted.

d10- roll 1 d6  1-3 = 1-5, then second roll not counting 6

                        4-6 = 6-10 ,then second roll  1=6

                                                                       2=7

                                                                       3=8

                                                                       4=9

                                                                       5=10

d12 - roll 1 d6  1-3 = 1-6, then second roll 

                         4-6 = 7-12, then second roll add six to the rolled pip.

d20 - roll 1 d6 1-3 = 1-10

                        4-6 = 11 - 20  then roll the d10 pattern above to finish the final d20 roll. 

A bit slow but if you only have one d6 you can still generate the random numbers in all the standard gaming dice.

Simple Oracle d6

1 No, and             4 Yes, but

2 No                     5 Yes

3 No, but              6 Yes, and