Ebook - Dice Mysteries by Steve Drury (Digital Download)

Unveiling 'Dice Mysteries': Your Definitive Digital Guide

'Dice Mysteries' by Steve Drury is not just another book; it's a monumental digital compendium, meticulously crafted for the discerning mystery performer, mentalist, and anyone captivated by the enigmatic world of dice. Spanning over 580 pages of rich content, this digital download offers an unparalleled journey into the history, psychology, and practical applications of dice across various disciplines. Steve Drury has poured years of dedicated research into creating what many consider the most comprehensive resource on dice ever compiled, collaborating with leading experts globally to ensure every detail is precise and insightful. This isn't just a book to sit on your digital shelf; it's an immersive experience that will reshape your understanding and performance.

A Deep Dive into Dice History & Culture

Embark on a fascinating exploration tracing the dice's journey from ancient shamans to modern society. This digital tome meticulously details its evolving roles in religion, science, and various cultures, offering unique indigenous perspectives. Discover the diverse types of dice that exist and their varied uses, from intricate reading systems to the perilous realms of gambling and cheating. This historical foundation provides invaluable context, enhancing your patter and giving depth to your performances. Insights from contributors like Les Cross, Richard Webster, and Stephen Ball illuminate the art of divination with dice, offering nuggets of wisdom for bizarrist stories and captivating narratives.

Mastering Dice Performance & Strategic Applications

'Dice Mysteries' transcends historical analysis, providing robust, practical applications for performers. Delve into advanced performance applications and routines, including Steve Drury's original groundbreaking ideas. The digital archive features contributions from an impressive roster of guest experts, including David Berglas, Richard Osterlind, Lior Manor, Docc Hilford, Kenton Knepper, and many more, each sharing their unique insights and full-blown routines. Explore detailed sections on gambling with dice, including a fascinating reproduction of H.C. Evans' 'Secret Blue Book' (1932), cataloging gaffed dice and gambling devices. From Anverdi's Mental Die to the Sure-Shot Dice box, various specialized dice and accessories are reviewed, ensuring you have a complete understanding of tools and techniques. This digital download equips you with the knowledge to elevate your dice effects to an extraordinary level, making it an indispensable resource for taking your craft beyond the casual performer.

Original Specs

Dice Mysteries is a study into the world of dice, aimed at the mystery performer. A hardbound, dust-jacket covered book – it runs at over 580 pages! Steve has written the most comprehensive tome on dice we have ever witnessed. Thanks for allowing Stevens Magic to be your Exclusive Distributor of your quality products.

This is an incredible tome on the history and applications of dice. A project that took Steve years to put together and he has done so with meticulous detail, and relentless pursuit to contact leading dice experts around the world. Special thanks to Terry Roses of Dr. X fame, for his contributions and sharing of archival materials. Simply put and without any hesitation if you currently have a passion for dice, from a gambling or magic or mentalism standpoint – this is the definitive book that simply MUST be on your shelf. But the shelf is only where it rest because if you are like me – you will spend a lot of time holding the book in your hands and visually consuming the contents within again and again – Mark Stevens

It initially delves into its journey from the shaman to the layman, then through history into its roles in society, religion and science, including various cultural and indigenous perspectives. Many types of dice are reviewed, alongside their varied uses, from reading systems to gambling and cheating plus performance applications and routines. Steve Drury’s own ideas are included throughout, plus there are varied supporting contributions from: Les Cross, Richard Webster, Stephen Ball, David Berglas, Lior Manor, Mark Chandaue, Richard Osterlind, Ronald J. Dayton, Pablo Amira, Docc Hilford, T.C.Tahoe, Seamus Maguire, Dale Hildebrandt, Danny Proctor, Kenton Knepper, Craig Conley, Steve Cook, Scott St Clair, Neal Scryer, Jackie McClements, Cara Hamilton, Vito Gattullo and Sudo. Access additional product photos to view list of contents!

• Foreword is by Ronald J. Dayton
• Author / Editor Steve Drury
• Hardcopy with dust jacket
• 583 pages

Review – Courtesy of Andy Martin
If you love dice effects – and who doesn’t – you will love Steve Drury’s new book ? It is a wonderful treasure trove of ideas, history and effects and at 582 pages it is huge! It is very detailed and thorough and is jam packed with useful information with almost everything to do with dice and taps into related areas such as runes and even mentions Brian Watson’s Sim Stones. I was immediately able to finally identify some dice that I had long forgotten about here.

This book is not really aimed at the casual performer but if you want to take your dice effects to the next level there is so much in here to find and use.

• The first part of the book is all about history, etymology, cultural and scientific impacts of Dice and their alternatives – any number of nuggets can be used to amp up your patter and bizarrist stories.
• Then next part of book is concerned with using dice for divination with sections from Les Cross, Richard Webster and Stephen Ball.
• The next section gets into gambling with dice pretty seriously and Steve includes a very interesting reproduction of H.C. Evans Secret Blue Book (1932) which is a wonderful catalogue detailing all manner of gaffed dice and gambling devices which I found very interesting.
• Then various other types of dice and dice boxes are discussed including: Anverdi’s Mental Die, Magic Wagon’s Crystal Mental Die, Richard Gerlitz’s Oriental Die Box, and the Sure-Shot Dice box, to name just a few.
• In the final sections he details over twenty full-blown routines with dice from an impressive line-up of guest contributors to please every palette.
  There is pretty much something for everyone here, and I found it very useful indeed in researching my History Project – in fact I wish I’d read it sooner. If you want to know anything about dice you’ll probably find it in this wonderful book. Great job Steve!
• Effect: Dice Mysteries is a study into the world of dice aimed as a resource for the mystery – psychic entertainer As a hardbound, dust-jacket covered book – it runs at over 580 pages!

It initially delves into its journey from the shaman to the layman, then through history into its roles in society, religion and science, including various cultural and indigenous perspectives. Many types of dice are reviewed, alongside their varied uses, from reading systems to gambling and cheating plus performance applications and routines.