Dating from the Ptolemaic Period, which is around 2nd century BC to the 4th century AD, is this icosahedron from Egypt. The ancient d20 sided die is held now by the The Metropolitan Museum of Art and rather nicely the image of the artifact is entirely in the public domain. It is inscribed with Greek […]
Dice Articles
Explore Geek Native's articles tagged with Dice. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs and Geek Stuff.
The portable Crit Kit for travelling GMs
Do you GM a game that you travel to? Perhaps you game from home but just don’t have much space? I think Justin Sirois Kickstarter for dice tray and portal dungeon will appeal to you. The main problem? This metal fan was surprised to encounter a loud death metal track to the Kickstarter video. This […]
Forging a steel d20
In this episode the vlogsmith Gil Ramirez forges a steel d20. There’s more skill to it than I imaged as Gil’s required to hammer each face of the die by hand. He’s keen of eye enough to do this without measurement or fancy tools either – though I doubt the die is as well balanced […]
Glowing d20 necklace
One of the interesting deals out there in geek land at the minute is the 50% off these glowing critical hit dice dice necklace d20s from ThinkGeek. The season sales have reduced them to less than $10 but they’ve only tallied up 70 or so likes on Facebook. What do you make of them? Too […]
Is it a Mimic monster or a wooden chest?
Where do you store your favourite dice and the miniatures currently in use as the characters in your RPG? Somewhere disappointing like a balled up plastic bag? Somewhere sensible like a bookshelf or somewhere heroic like on the mantelpiece? You could store them in a large wooden chest that might just be a Mimic. That […]
The best possible gift for your stressed DM?
Imagine being able to take a cursed dice and squish the very life from it with your fist. [NEED!] You don’t get one dice with this Think Geek purchase; you get 7. One purchase unlocks the foamy d4, d6, d8, d10, d12 and the d20. This means you get to squish each of your enemies […]
Mathematically this is as many sides dice can have
You can’t have more faces on a die without losing symmetry and becoming a broken dice. The d120 is as large as you can go. Opposite faces add up to 121. The dice is the creation of the The Dice Lab. A single die will cost you $12 whereas a set of five sets you […]
Some critical hit cookies for your tabletop RPG
Fancy doing some baking before tomorrow’s RPG session? Fancy landing some critical hits? Now you can do both at once! Show me more. These “Critical Hit Cookie Cutters” are another Think Geek creation. They’ve learnt that dice sell well to gamers. The full set includes a cookie cutter shaped like a d4, d6, d8, d10, […]
Dalek Dice: Exterminate humans for fun
The latest Doctor Who game from Cubicle 7 is a dice game that lets you play on the side of Daleks and exterminate UNIT soldiers. Dalek Dice has packaging to die for. I love how the dice tumbler looks like a Dalek’s dangerous eye stalk. The pack comes with 10 custom Dalek dice. Watch out […]
Dragon dice bags!
Etsy retailer My Funky Camelot lets you design your own dragon dice bag by giving you a choice of colour and style. No wonder they’ve sold hundreds. Check out the product page. The bags cost around $50 and ship, worldwide, from North Carolina. These are large bags; about 9″ long and 8″ wide at the […]
