RPG fans learn from last year as Robin’s Nerd Supplies’ dice advent calendar funds on Kickstarter

Each year I find myself blogging about advent calendars earlier and earlier, urging people to preorder before they sell out. Each year the blog gets comments from people looking for official D&D advent calendars, or dice calendars, at the last minute.

It’s a trap to avoid. It may be June, but Robin’s Nerd Supplies’ are back on Kickstarter for their third dice advent calendar. This year, they’re keeping it a mystery, even from backers. Bold? Maybe, but it is still funded in a day. And tiers are selling out!

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The Mystery Dice advent calendar will remain a mystery with no production photos. You’ll see them in January after you’ve had a chance to reveal the dice behind the calendar doors.

However, you can pop over to Robin’s Nerd Supplies directly to see the sort of quality the Denver-based company makes.

There are 24 different sets on offer with three options for presentation, including backing the Kickstarter for just the dice. If you prefer the proper calendar experience, there’s a white version and a blue one with a reusable drawer design.

Robin also offers;

• 1 Mystery Set: Receive 1 set of mystery dice (no repeats for orders of less than 24 sets)
• 24 Dice: Will include 3 non-matching sets and 3 extra d20s (Six d20, three d12, three d10, three d00 (Percentile), three d8, three d6, and three d4) . These will include a single dice from all 24 original sets. All “24 Dice” pledges will include the same dice.
• 6 Sets (42 total dice): 6 Sets of Resin dice (Each set includes one d20, one d12, one d10, one d00 (Percentile), one d8, one d6, and one d4). “6 Set” pledges will some with random sets (no duplicates for the same order)
• 24 Sets (168 total dice): 24 Sets of Resin dice (Each set includes one d20, one d12, one d10, one d00 (Percentile), one d8, one d6, and one d4)

Shipping will be worked out later, but if you’re looking at supporter pledge levels with rewards attached, here’s a sample.

$8 gets one mystery set of dice, no box, and $28 does the same but with 24 resin dice.

The first box is the white one with 24 dice tucked away, which unlocks at $38, while the more complicated but better for the planet (if you re-use it) blue box is $48.

Six sets of dice in the white box? Yep, $58. The blue? $68.

Twenty-Four sets? Gosh! That’s $190 for just the dice, $200 for the white box and $210 for the blue. 

When does all this ship? If all goes according to plan, Robin and the team will get these in the post for November. As you know, this isn’t risk-free.