Sharpie S Gel Pen

It is well known that I have a minor addiction to office supplies and I am a pen snob. I have been using almost exclusively the Pilot G-2 in 05. This is a great and smooth  pen but it inky and smears easily. I did not even know this pen existed until my wife showed me video on TikTok where the user had some serious hype over this pen and the users enthusiasm was contagious. The original hype originally came from Twitter:

That is smooth as f@#$! If you do not know who Kristi Yamaguchi is, I would suggest to go look her up on youtube. What did I do after I learned about this pen? I got dressed, put on my mask, and went to my friendly local Staples store and picked up a four pack in 05 that included two black, one red, and one blue. 

After I got home. I grabbed same paper - removed the wax ball on the point and wrote, scribbled, and doodled. I was instantly impressed and it did not smear! Though, before I passed final judgement I took the pens to work where I do a lot of writing. I have to say, it passed.

The Sharpie S Pen is comfortable to grip, seems to be constructed in a sturdy fashion, has a good clip, writes smooth, and has a hair of resistance so you know you are writing which is a very enjoyable feeling. I have not experienced the 07 or thew 1.0 sizes of this pen as I tend to like the 05 thickness and that is the size I stay with.

It breaks my heart to say this, but I think I found a replacement for my beloved Pilot G2 pens. As a player and GM, a good pen is a MUST!!!

You can find it here:

• Staples
• Amazon 
• Office Depot/Office Max
  

Product Highlight: Skew Dice

I came across these dice completely by accident one day and they are really something great. These dice are from The Dice Lab and the Lab was kind enough to send me some pairs of their skewed d6's for review and to pass out at my demos. The red set has already found a new home.

 

Even those these dice look wonky they are just as fair as cubes because of math and geometry (that is the short answer). Their website states that, "Skew Dice are based on the trigonal trapezohedron. (A cube is a special case of a trigonal trapezohedron.) We distorted the faces in such a way that they remained flat and are congruent (each one has the same size and shape). In addition, the distorted polyhedron is an isohedron, meaning that the symmetry group of the polyhedron is transitive on the faces. Despite their bizarre appearance, this means that Skew Dice are just as fair as regular dice". 

I have had these dice for a few days and they are tactility pleasing to handle and they are a lot of fun to roll. I have spent a few hours rolling them with some normal square d6's and I have noticed two main things. The first thing is that they are just as random or "fair" as the squares. Though the second thing I noticed is even more important because these Skew Dice are just more satisfying to roll.

This is the first time I am highlighting a product and I am surprised at how much I like these dice. Yes they look cool and different but I was not expecting them to be so satisfying to roll and handle. I would recommend these dice to anyone who needs some new dice and even if you don't, do yourself a favor and pick up a pair just for the experience of it. Plus, I always enjoy pulling something out of my dice bag that catches peoples attention and is different. 

The Skew d6's come in the following colors:

• White
• Black
• Green
• Blue
• Red
• Green
• Translucent Amber

Skew dice are also available in d8s and d12s. The Dice Lab have a few range of dice the focus on fairness with numbering order and shapes. All thanks to math and geometry.

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