Dice Stacking

68 entries in Dice (small) / Dice Stacking
Creators Title Comments & References Year Source Page AA Categories
John Paul The Dice Stack routine, ends with vanish of all dice from the dice cup
 		1943 Shoot the Works 12
Edward Marlo Pick and Drop
1943 Shoot the Works 17
Mel Stover Dice Stack Addenda climax for dice stacking routine, load of multiple dice and jumbo die
 		1946 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1946) 9
Don Alan Dice ideas and gags for dice stacking and dice routines, trick die
 		1950 Ireland's Yearbooks (Issue Yearbook 1950) 30
Walter Essman Stacked six phase routine
 		1953 The Phoenix 251 — 300 (Issue 295) 1178
Bobby Bernard Dice Stacking tips and brief routine outline
 		1958 Magic in Miniature 8
Karl Fulves The Heebie Jeebies dice from middle picket up in dice stacking, no details
 		Oct. 1966 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 1-4 (Vol. 1 No. 12) 60
Bob Ostin The "No Load" Dice Stack Climax large sponge rabbit produced from cup as climax
 		1968 Fingertip Fantasies 33
Bobby Bernard School For Croupiers coin flourishes, cutting the aces and dice stacking to a croupier presentation
 		1969 The Art of Close-Up Magic — Volume 2 225
Senor Carlos M. Mora Dice Stacking stunt with coins placed on stack
 		1969 Wonderful Routines of Magic 201
Bob Farrell High Dice Stack stack of dice three times hight of cup
 		Feb. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 5 No. 4) 317
Walter Rollins Dice Stacking Ending
Nov. 1970 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 5-8 (Vol. 6 No. 1) 373
Fred Lowe Dice Stack routine written by Lewis Ganson, elaborate with divided cup, magnets, two dice towers from one cup
  • Unfaked Cup
  • Faked Cup
  • First Routine
  • The Eventual Routine
Variations Dec. 1974 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 2) 825
Karl Fulves Removable Flap Dice Cup idea
Inspired by Jan. 1975 The Pallbearers Review Vol. 9-10 (Vol. 10 No. 3) 834
Bob Ostin Liquid Production From Cup liquid production as an ending for dice stacking routine, brief
Also published here 1976 ca. Sleightly Surprising 10
Bob Ostin Corner to Corner Dice Stack dice stacking sequence, one die balanced on corner
Also published here 1976 ca. Sleightly Surprising 11
Roy Johnson Close Up Parade chop cup routine with dice cup and balls, combination after dice stacking
  • Phase 1 - Chink a Chink
  • Phase 2 - The Homing Pigeon
  • Phase 3 - Odd Man Out
  • Phase 4 - A Cup and a Ball
 		1977 Third Dimension 9
Karl Fulves Automatic Stack routine with cup and small tube
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue Close-up Folio No. 11) 4
Karl Fulves Notes dice stacking with other objects and other ideas
 		1978 The Chronicles (Issue Close-up Folio No. 11) 12
Lewis Ganson Introduction
1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 5
Bobby Bernard The Materials Needed for Dice Stacking
  • The Working Surface
  • The Dice
  • The Cup or Shaker
 		1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 6
Bobby Bernard Some Useful Tips
  • Temperature
  • Attitude
 		1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 8
Bobby Bernard The Routine
  • The Set-Up Position
  • The First Pick-Up
Variations 1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 9
Bobby Bernard The Two Dice Stack
1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 14
Bobby Bernard The Three Dice Stack
1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 15
Bobby Bernard The Four Dice Stack
  • Stacking in Pairs
  • Stacking Four Together
 		1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 16
Bobby Bernard Reading the Top Number
1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 17
Bobby Bernard White in the Middle one off-colored die, travels in the middle of a stack of red dice
 		1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 18
Bobby Bernard Patter and Presentation
1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 21
Bobby Bernard An Additional Effect dice stacking, removing on die after the other from a stack of dice
 		1979 Bernard's Lesson on Dice Stacking 22
John F. Mendoza On Dice Stacking analyzing a sequence
 		1979 Close-up Presentations 28
Steve Beam, Don Morris Dice - An Illustration outs for Dice Stacking, humorously naming the different possibilities of how the dice are arranged
 		1979 Inside Outs 21
Camilo Vázquez Whisky-Würfel-Routine dice travel from hand to hand, are stacked with a cup, penetrate a table top and as a climax a filled glass of Whisky appears
 		1981 Das Camilo Seminar "81" 6
Paul Gertner Penetrating Dice Stack through cup, using a glued stack
Related to 1983 The New York Magic Symposium — Collection 2 16
Tommy Wonder Dice Climax climax for dice stacking routine, sponge 4
 		1984 Fork Full of Appetizers — Book 2 137
Randy Wakeman Stacked Impact
Apr. 1989 Apocalypse (Vol. 12 No. 4) 1627
Bob King Dice Stacking Final Load
1989 Magician Foolers 18
Gary Ouellet Rock and Roll Dice Stacking
  • The G Spot
  • The Rocking Action
  • The Rolling Action
  • The Pick-Up
  • The Lift-Off
  • The Stack
  • A Routine
 		1990 Close Up Illusions 253
Bob Ostin The Lucifer Load dice stacking with match box cover, here only final load of many matches
Also published here Aug. 1992 Profile (Issue 9) 10
Thomas Schaefer Dice-Stacking article on dice stacking
  • Grundausstattung
    • Die Würfel
      • Las Vegas Dice
      • Handelsübliche Würfel
      • Selbst hergestellte Würfel
      • Riesenwürfel
    • Die Becher
      • Lederbecher
      • Holzbecher
      • Kunststoffbecher
      • Becher mit Stoffbezug
    • Die Unterlagen
      • Glatte Tischoberfläche
      • Kunststoffbeschichtete Holzplatte
      • Holz- oder Kunststofftablett
      • Schreibunterlage
  • Grundtechnken
    • Mehrere Würfel mit dem Becher aufnehmen
      • Würfel im Becher halten
      • Würfel mit Becher von Unterlage aufnehmen
      • Mehrere Würfel aufnehmen
      • Würfel zur Säule aufstellen
      • Der Korrekturzug
  • Techniken für Fortgeschrittene
    • Das Miteinbeziehen der Zuschauer
    • Zickzack-Methode
    • Würfelpaare
    • Würfelquadrat
    • Würfelvorhersage (2 Methoden)
    • Ein Würfel verschwindet
  • Ziergriffe
    • Würfel auffangen
    • Würfelsäule auffangen
    • Würfel auffangen, leichter Version
    • Würfelsäule abbauen
    • Zwei in den Becher, einen in der Tasche
  • Routinen-Klimax
    • Schlußladung à la Becherspiel
    • Becheraustausch
  • Zusammenstellen einer Routine
    • Eine kleine Dice-Stacking-Routine
  • Literaturverzeichnis
    • Deutsche Veröffentlichungen
    • Englische Veröffentlichungen
 		Dec. 1992 Intermagic (Vol. 17 No. 3) 117
Harold Cataquet Twice Dice climax for dice stacking routine
 		July 1993 Apocalypse (Vol. 16 No. 7) 2239
Harold Cataquet Danger Dice with cut-in-half dice
 		May 1994 Apocalypse (Vol. 17 No. 5) 2353
Paul Gertner UpStacking dice penetrate upward through the cup one by one
Related to 1994 Steel and Silver 121
Christian Scherer Die Grundtechnik des Dice Stacking basic dice stacking technique
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 5
Christian Scherer Der Stack mit neun Bewegungnen stacking four dice with nine movements
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 8
Christian Scherer Der Stack mit fünf Bewegungen stacking four dice with five movements
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 11
Christian Scherer Vier auf einmal picking up four dice at once
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 12
Christian Scherer Das Abbauen des Stacks removing dice one by one from a pile
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 13
Christian Scherer Das Stehlen stealing a die from under a cup
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 14
Christian Scherer Ladungen loading of a cup
 		1996 Die Würfel sind (nicht) gefallen! 16
Harold Cataquet Points In The Middle dice vanish and appear while stacking
 		Apr. 1997 Apocalypse (Vol. 20 No. 4) 2780
Simon Lovell The Supra-Selling of the Lemming Man
  • Selling the Roll Out (four-coin roll-out flourish)
  • Selling the Six-Dice Stack
  • Grandfather's Beer (beer production from dice stacking cup)
 		1997 Virtual Foolery 16
Christian Scherer Dice Stacking: Material und Technik 1.1 Das Material
1.2 Die Grundtechnik des Dice Stacking (basic technique)
1.3 Der Stack mit neun Bewegungen (stacking with nine movements)
1.4 Der Stack mit fünf Bewegungen (stacking with five movements)
1.5 Vier auf einmal (four at once)
1.6 Das Abbauen des Stacks (removing dice from one by one from a pile)
1.7 Das Stehlen (stealing a die)
1.8 Die Würfel verschwinden lassen (disappearance of the dice)
1.9 Ladungen (loads)
 		2000 Der glücklose Würfelspieler 9
Christian Scherer Der Glücklose Würfelspieler - Eine Dice-Stacking Routine four phases
1. three in the hands one in the pocket
2. dice stacking and traveling of dice from hand to under cup
3. spectator has to guess where the red die is and loses
4. jumbo die production
 		2000 Der glücklose Würfelspieler 16
Simon Lovell Coins, Dice and Grandfather's Beer! some bar bets, then full glass of beer produced
  • Stage One - Selling the Roll Out
  • Stage Two - Selling the Six Dice Stack
  • Stage Three - Grandfather's Beer
 		2000 Son of Simon Says! 143
Don Alan Sneakily Stacked in Your Favor dice stacking routine, die changes to jumbo die and glass jar is used
  • How to Stack Dice
 		2000 In a Class by Himself — The Legacy of Don Alan 159
Bob Ostin The 'Lucifer' Load dice stacking with only outside cover of match box bent into tube, final load many matches
Also published here 2002 Latter Day Secrets (Issue 7) 247
Jackie McClements Blindfold Sucker Dice Stack dice accidentally kicked off table during blindfold stack, later vanished and appears under cup
 		2004 A Lecture 4
Bob Ostin Liquid Production From Cup liquid production as an ending for dice stacking routine, brief
Related to
  • "Mini Foo' Gimmick" in "New Pentagram" December, 1976.
Also published here 		2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 19
Bob Ostin Corner-To-Corner Dice Stack dice stacking sequence, one die balanced on corner
Also published here 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 49
Bob Ostin The "No Load" Dice Cup Production production of playing cards or bills from cup, after dice stacking
Variations
  • "The 'No Load' Dice Cup Production" in "Abracadabra" Nr. 2741. August, 1998.
 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 83
Bob Ostin The Lucifer Load dice stacking with only outside cover of match box bent into tube, final load many matches
Also published here 2005 Bob Ostin — A Lifetime of Magical Inventions 109
Ray Mertz R. M. Dice Stacking Routine done with a can, jumbo die gag and billiard ball load
 		2012 The F.F.F.F. Book 161
Christoph Borer Dice Stacking with both hands and stacking dice and smaller cup with smaller dice
 		2016 21 66
Noah Wu Dice Stacking Tips on dice stacking plus two bar bets with dice
 		2016 The Ace Assembly All-Star Lecture Notes 16
Adrian Vega Tequila Güey (Apilamiento Dados) magical dice stacking routine where lemon, salt shaker and glass of Tequila appears
 		2017 Area 52 61
Tom Gagnon Chalk It Up dice stacking routine with pool chalk, eight ball final load
Inspired by 2019 Gagnon Unfiltered 428
José Carroll Gaylord Ravenal - The Dice-Stacking Routine written by Luis Alberto Iglesias, story presentation, multi-phase routine
 		2019 52 Lovers — Through the Looking-Glass 274