The Geeky Dice & Debauchery Tour: Dice Superstitions with Christine Rains

Today I'm happy to host the amazing Christine Rains as part of her Geeky Dice & Debauchery tour.  The first book in the series, Loose Corset, is now available! Christine has a fun post to share with you, but first, I'll give you the details about her book!  You know you're curious!

A weekend away at a convention is exactly what overworked student Morgan needs. Dressed as her character from her favorite online game, Morgan is braced—seriously, could her corset be tighter?—to meet the other players. As Lady Gyrfalcon, she’s ready for everything—except her intense attraction to Dean. A clandestine meeting in the hallway of the hotel and Morgan’s corset is looser but now she can’t breathe for entirely different reasons.

Utterly charmed, Morgan decides to roll the dice and indulge in a fantasy-worthy weekend of sexy roleplaying, scorching sex and life-altering orgasms. Still, through it all Morgan is too smart to believe the chemistry constantly stripping her of costumes and control can last more than the length of the convention. But if she wants to keep a relationship so intense she thought it only existed in fiction, she’s going to have to let go of her cool-headed logic and allow herself to fall far and fast for the perfect guy.

A Romantica® contemporary erotic romance from Ellora’s Cave

Here's where you can buy the book!

Amazon, B&N, Ellora's Cave, Kobo

Christine Rains is a writer, blogger, and geek mom. She's married to her best friend and fellow geek living in south-central Indiana. They have one son who is too smart for his parents' own good and loves to pretend he's Batman. Christine has four degrees which help nothing with motherhood, but make her a great Jeopardy player. When she's not reading or writing, she's going on adventures with her son or watching cheesy movies on Syfy Channel. She's a member of Untethered Realms and S.C.I.F.I. (South Central Indiana Fiction Interface). She has several short stories and novellas published. The Dice & Debauchery series is her first contemporary erotic romance.

Please visit her website and blog.

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Now that you know what the book is about and where can you find it, let's have a fun look at dice superstitions with Christine Rains.  Afterwards, you can enter to win cool prizes!

DICE SUPERSTITIONS

By Christine Rains

Like any other group of enthusiasts out there, gamers are a superstitious lot when it comes to their dice.  This includes very logical me who never steps on a crack or will only get out of bed on the same side I got in to avoid bad luck. Yup, logical me.

As they're essential to most role-playing games, dice have powerful magic. I'm not so weird about my dice as some players, but best you keep these superstitions in mind before you sit down at a table with dedicated gamers.

Do Not Touch! - Many players believe it's bad luck when someone else touches their dice, especially if that other person is rolling poorly or if it's the Game Master. This is the most widespread superstition.  It's best if you never touch anyone else's dice without their permission. I've seen people abandon their dice because another person touched them.

Highest Number Up – When sitting their dice on the table, a lot of geeks will put the highest number facing up to encourage their dice to roll well.

Switching Out Sets – If one die or a set of dice are rolling bad, a player will switch it out for another one and segregate that tainted die from the rest in the dice bag.

Sets For Various Purposes – Some nerds will only use a certain set of dice for rolling stats, another for home play, and yet another for away play.

Praise Your Dice – Some players will cheer and compliment their dice if they're rolling well, and they'll yell at them if they're doing poorly. I've never attended a game where someone didn't talk to their dice.

Keep Rolling – If their dice are rolling well, gamers will keep them going and not let them grow idle or they'll go cold.

Dice Shaming – This is a relatively new thing I've been seeing. Players will take pictures of their poorly rolling dice and state what the dice made them fail. Google it. It's hilarious!

Fame Rub – If a player rubs a die on a famous person's autograph, body, or gravestone, it will give the die good luck. Of course, the most powerful fame rubs include Gary Gygax and Dave Arneson (the creators of Dungeons & Dragons).

Do you or your geeky friends have any dice superstitions?

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1st  prize - A set of red gem gaming dice from Chessex

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2nd prize - Erotic dice (too sexy to be in the picture!) and a Christine Rains personalized die

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Christine Rains personalized die.

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