I would be suspicious of wooden dice, myself. Stone dice seem OK.

If there's one thing D and D players need besides their chair to sit in, it's fatty foods from Denny's!

I'd be fine allowing someone to use the dice application. If someone has such a low amount of self-esteem that they need to use loaded dice to cheat when playing a friendly board game, they need that feeling of winning more than I do.

As a side note, has anyone ever caught (not just suspected) another Heroclix player was using loaded dice at a local event? I personally have never caught anyone doing it. I've always thought it was a bit of an urban legend; a problem that was potentially out there, but was overhyped. Maybe I'm just naive, though.

I did once. I was playing a fairly big-deal local tourney, and I was using the old Atom (20 D with Stealth). My opponent took one look, sent out his Black Adam and crit hit (and did not seem surprised at all). A couple of things seemed off-- the lack of surprise, the way the dice rolled, and the fact that he fumbled with his dice before making the roll (the first roll of the game). So I asked him is I could see his dice, and rolled a few boxcars and called the judge. Afterwards, he was short-clicking Black Adam as well, but I didn't even bother mentioning it, as I thought we were out of the running for any prizes and I just wanted the game to be over. The judge (his first time!) told me later he should have DQed him on the spot, but he was a little taken aback. Having become a judge since then, I completely understand.

I've seen those dice he used for sale since then-- they are black wooden dice with shiny silver pips that are decals.

An iPhone developer could write a duplicate application and only deploy it onto their personal iPhone and not even have to deal with the App Store.

Not that anyone who plays HeroClix is a programmer or anything...

I wouldn't allow it. At least not at any serious tournament. Just like I wouldn't allow those electronic dice that you tap and a number comes up.

Wouldn't it be easier to buy loaded dice?

if you were writing a cheating program for an iPhone, and were a programmer, hopefully you would also be smart enough to have a specific touch sequence or series of movements on the accelerometer on the phone that would turn on the hot dice rolls for a specific number of rolls thereby making it nearly impossible to catch them. you could also program in some randomness like 10's 11's & 12's to throw off suspicion.

With loaded dice you have a much higher chance of being caught.

It's just like the loosers who go out to a paintball feild with a cheater board in the gun. I'm not seeing how cheating at a game can give someone a feeling of accomplishment.

To clarify, my intention was to use this with my friendly games with my son.

And the chances of it being a cheat program is so slim I wouldn't worry.

I have no idea. Interesting question. I guess I am so naive I didn't know you could buy loaded dice. I don't understand the whole cheating to win thing. I mean in the end does it really feel like you have won?