I tried using a weighted dice tower and it changed how my group plays Catan

I got a heavy ceramic dice tower for my birthday last month and set it up for our weekly Catan game. The dice stopped bouncing off the table and hitting the floor, so we saved like 10 minutes of searching under furniture each game. What I didn't expect was how it made everyone more careful about rolling - no more sloppy tosses. I swear the resource distribution felt more balanced too, but that might be in my head. Has anyone else noticed a difference in game outcomes after switching to a dice tower?

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wrenstone13h ago

You're totally right about the sloppy tossing thing. I noticed that too with my group. People used to just flick the dice off their fingertips and half the time they'd land cockeyed against the board or roll into the bank of resources. Now with the tower everyone kinda pauses and does a proper drop. It adds this little ritual to each turn. And yeah the resource spread seemed more normal to me too. Less streaks of nothing but sheep for five turns straight.