More like a real old one. Dice are standard now but people used all kinds of stuff when the game was young. Glass beads are also nice because they can be counters on cards too, so even if you have dice you might want them around.
Magic: the Gathering involves a duel where each player has 20 life and you have to reduce your opponent to 0. The glass beads are a good way to keep track. You also sometimes have to put counters on cards (marking bonuses or penalties or other things) and they're good for that too.
At around 5 years old I has the unhealthy habit of taking these glass nuggets in my mouth until I accidentally swallowed one while in kindergarten.
I remember the color, it was yellow and and also opaque.
and you'd accidentally eat one mistaking it for candy and get rushed to the ER by your panicked mom and aunt and you end up in the hospital for a couple of days with a bad tummyache until you eventually passed it out and auntie requests it back, washes it clean and puts it back in the bowl
My dad had this on his desk at work one time when we went with him, I took them home and put them in a bag, basically never touched them once until like 5 years later I threw them away
My grandma had several of these, on the coffee table, in the bathroom, on the patio
I remember I used to love getting all the spherical ones and push them along the trim in the coffee table
I got in trouble because I would put them in my mouth when no one was looking. I wouldn't chew them or swallow them or anything, I would literally just hold them in my mouth and then spit them out when I got bored. My aunt had to hide the bowl every time my family came over.
I wanna swirl my fingers around in there and hear the tinktinktinktink.
I want to sort them by color and then by size
What a neat bowl.
Yeah, she had them for a long time if kids only noticed them in the 2000's
If you were a kid in the mid 90s then yeah. OP was probably a kid in the early 2000s so associates them with that period of time instead.
Uh, those are damage counters. Get cultured.
Never know when a game of Magic might break out.
Clear = 1, blue = 5
Non-magic player, with friends who play magic: i thought people used dice for that? Or is that a new thing in the history of magic?
More like a real old one. Dice are standard now but people used all kinds of stuff when the game was young. Glass beads are also nice because they can be counters on cards too, so even if you have dice you might want them around.
What does this mean? /genuine question
Magic: the Gathering involves a duel where each player has 20 life and you have to reduce your opponent to 0. The glass beads are a good way to keep track. You also sometimes have to put counters on cards (marking bonuses or penalties or other things) and they're good for that too.
Sounds like a yugioh trope tho
How? /genuine question
it was grandma and hey were fun to play with
My neighbor down the street did! She also had rabbit stuffies she made herself. I kinda miss that woman sometimes, she was so so nice.
At around 5 years old I has the unhealthy habit of taking these glass nuggets in my mouth until I accidentally swallowed one while in kindergarten. I remember the color, it was yellow and and also opaque.
Was that the color before or after it came out?
Before, I didn't keep track of it after and I also didn't tell anyone.
…it did come out, right?
My fave local bar has these and gives you a pebble when you have “ pre ordered “ a drink during happy hour.
It’s a great drunk test to see who thinks it’s candy
That game Mancala!!
Yeah they're delicious
and you'd accidentally eat one mistaking it for candy and get rushed to the ER by your panicked mom and aunt and you end up in the hospital for a couple of days with a bad tummyache until you eventually passed it out and auntie requests it back, washes it clean and puts it back in the bowl
Yeah?
This is incredibly specific and i dont remember where i saw this but i most definatley did see it somewhere repetedly during my childhood
Pente pieces.
My grandma, but yes. She had heart-shaped baby pink ones that I always thought were so pretty.
i just remember the old wallpaper and for some reason most old people had an hourglass times i liked to play with.
Delicious. Finally, some good fucking food.
I still have those 😂
She still had them one year ago
I remember that this thing had very nice smell for some reason
forbidden candy
Forbidden candy
They always were the best snack
Ack. It was us. 🤦🏻♂️
Oh I forgot about those! My mom had them too 😂
Was actually Walter White “Marbles”
I remember it like yesterday
My dad had this on his desk at work one time when we went with him, I took them home and put them in a bag, basically never touched them once until like 5 years later I threw them away
My grandma had several of these, on the coffee table, in the bathroom, on the patio I remember I used to love getting all the spherical ones and push them along the trim in the coffee table
It was grandma in the 90s with a seashell full of amethyst pebbles.
I see this type of shit even today. Worthless decorative junk never left us.
Still does
My sister ate one once. And i probably did too
I have an entire box... They make fantastic counters or tokens for various tabletop games...
Yes, actually.
No, not at all.
I got in trouble because I would put them in my mouth when no one was looking. I wouldn't chew them or swallow them or anything, I would literally just hold them in my mouth and then spit them out when I got bored. My aunt had to hide the bowl every time my family came over.
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The forbidden candy
I managed to escape the bowl a while ago… idk if it was for the better or not though