Hello everyone, I'm Nicholas Rutherford! I'm a 21 year old undergraduate student at the University of Saskatchewan studying pure math.
My original start to rationality is due to OK Cupid (hooray for on line dating!). After being fed up with the lack of people in my area I decided to see who my top world wide match was (It turns out that this 'top' person will actually change so I guess I lucked out). This person's profile was written in a very clear, well thought out manner and the answers to their questions showed that they had a fantastic decision making ...
As cwillu mentioned you really can use practically anything as the pieces (change, lego, numbers, paper, etc.). I did decide to use the actual 'looney pyramids' that I got from a local game store. You can also get them on amazon for $15: http://www.amazon.com/Looney-Labs-5512573-IceDice/dp/1929780788/