RIP Mr. Lou Zocchi. Unsurpassed master of dice.
After several years and many poorly informed choices, I finally reassembled a set like my original dice. The long and winding road to completion of this quest included several pounds of not-quite-right Windmills from an estate sale, many auction lots of mostly Armory or Diamond Dice and finally cherry picked from old accumulations and ‘80’s game store leftovers. Missed opportunities included a die sledge-hammered at a convention by the man himself and a partial set of Gen 1’s. I place the latter in the same area as Bristol d20 sets and the Japanese tricolor set; a bit before my time, but highly interesting. Attention to mathematic and geometric detail and the insistence on using the highest grade of materials set his products apart from all others. A tardy thank you for a piece of my gaming life that was often copied but rarely matched and never bettered. You will be missed.