...and I had no idea how far this rabbit hole went.
Some friends and I like to play craps when we take a yearly trip to Las Vegas and a few times a year we get together to play craps. Occasionally, we also have people who've never played before but are coming with us to Las Vegas and they want to learn the game. I got super tired of using my buddies random collection of poker chips he bought off eBay and decided if I was going to get some poker chips of my own I was going to do it right.
Little did I know what I was getting myself into. I thought I was spending a lot and buying a ton of chips when I picked up 1,000 Scroll chips, little did I know what I was getting myself into. I found this place looking for a few reviews of various vendors and I'm constantly blown away by how friendly and helpful everyone is on this forum. Some of the collections I've seen really blow me away and I can feel the call to explore further.
The chip denominations and what you want to have for craps was pretty different from what you'd get for the same number of poker players so I kind of had to make it up as I went. If anyone is interested in how I broke them down let me know.
Mid term goals are replacing the crappy chip trays(Paulson, Chipco or Matsui) that came with the chips and the birdcage it came with. One broke in shipping, they just kinda give me not a great vibe, and I like the idea of using both halves of the Matsui to be able to give players their chips. Currently, I end up with a bunch of chips sitting on a table off to the side as I need the extra trays. I figure if I'm gonna get excess chip trays, might as well get nice ones I'll have for a while.
As for the bird cage, it looks great at my house but when I've had to take it to friends the creaking and what not makes me anxious it'll break some day. Additionally, and I don't hear this mentioned much, 1,000 chips is quite heavy and the birdcage is somewhat awkward, I think I tweaked my back a bit the first time I carried it. Also, not a great fan of not being able to fit dice or cards inside easily. I'm tempted to go the pelican route.
Long term I think I want to get a different set just for smaller poker games, maybe in the 600 chips range. I think I'll stick with the more colorful but accessible chips like Tikis. It's probably overkill but I really wanna get some of those plaques, I think they'd be fun and I think my friends would enjoy them soon.
JustDave
Some friends and I like to play craps when we take a yearly trip to Las Vegas and a few times a year we get together to play craps. Occasionally, we also have people who've never played before but are coming with us to Las Vegas and they want to learn the game. I got super tired of using my buddies random collection of poker chips he bought off eBay and decided if I was going to get some poker chips of my own I was going to do it right.
Little did I know what I was getting myself into. I thought I was spending a lot and buying a ton of chips when I picked up 1,000 Scroll chips, little did I know what I was getting myself into. I found this place looking for a few reviews of various vendors and I'm constantly blown away by how friendly and helpful everyone is on this forum. Some of the collections I've seen really blow me away and I can feel the call to explore further.
The chip denominations and what you want to have for craps was pretty different from what you'd get for the same number of poker players so I kind of had to make it up as I went. If anyone is interested in how I broke them down let me know.
Mid term goals are replacing the crappy chip trays(Paulson, Chipco or Matsui) that came with the chips and the birdcage it came with. One broke in shipping, they just kinda give me not a great vibe, and I like the idea of using both halves of the Matsui to be able to give players their chips. Currently, I end up with a bunch of chips sitting on a table off to the side as I need the extra trays. I figure if I'm gonna get excess chip trays, might as well get nice ones I'll have for a while.
As for the bird cage, it looks great at my house but when I've had to take it to friends the creaking and what not makes me anxious it'll break some day. Additionally, and I don't hear this mentioned much, 1,000 chips is quite heavy and the birdcage is somewhat awkward, I think I tweaked my back a bit the first time I carried it. Also, not a great fan of not being able to fit dice or cards inside easily. I'm tempted to go the pelican route.
Long term I think I want to get a different set just for smaller poker games, maybe in the 600 chips range. I think I'll stick with the more colorful but accessible chips like Tikis. It's probably overkill but I really wanna get some of those plaques, I think they'd be fun and I think my friends would enjoy them soon.
JustDave