Awesome Dice have put their search research hats on and dug into marketing data to compare Dungeons and Dragons to Pathfinder. The dice co have put together a cracking, long, well researched post over here and provided some handy charts for it. What is Geek Native going to do? We’re re-using the eye candy, the […]
Dice Articles
Discover the blog's posts tagged with Dice. This collection covers topics in Tabletop & RPGs, Geek Stuff, and Interviews.
Crochet Dice
Geek Native has featured plenty of intersting dice in the past. Check out this impressive collection of custom dice from Dice Creator, this skull dice thrower, this felt lined castle dice tray or even this history of dice infographic. Time for something new? What about crochet dice? Not sure they’re evenly balanced but they’d be […]
The awesome dice infographic
Over on Awesome Dice you’ll find a remarkable post and infographic. Yeah; it’s about dice… but it’s a deep dive on the history of dice, going back to 3100 BCE, to the Egyptian era that surfaced the first d12 and up to modern day. I was impressed. I asked Brian Wood of Awesome Dice to […]
The d12 bag of holding (Handbag style)
Fancy yourself a handbag that broadcasts your gamer status? Perfect for conventions and parties. But how would you get such an item? You’d have to ask an Evil Mad Scientist. Fortunately, a certain crafty team of evil mad scientists have rallied to your help. There is a set of instructions that will help you craft […]
Felt lined castle dice tray
Want to roll your die in style? Okay, okay… do you just want to roll your die in such a way that they don’t bounce off the table, clatter loudly to the floor and then hide under the sofa? Dapper Devil have a rather impressive looking and not too expensive felt line castle dice tray […]
Dice, grenades and other gamer items for a fresh guacamole
This stop motion video from PES shows every day household gamer items being turned into fresh guacamole. It’s worth watching because, for stop motion, it’s incredibly fluid. The trick is to spot when the gamer items are being brought it.
Skull dice thrower
Have you ever had a gaming session where the dice just hated you? If you believe that dice are anything other than random – and so many gamers do – then try switching to a die tower. In fact, don’t switch to any ordinary dice tower to throw the bones. Use a skull dice tower. […]
Laser cut your very own stained-glass d20
I’m not sure you’d ever roll them for fear of smashing them into a pile of glass caltrops but it would be cool to have a pair of stained-glass d20. They’d look great on the coffee table. You know; beside the black skull, the Predator gun and ghost trap. As it turns out you can […]
Interview with Brian Wood of Awesome Dice
Brian Wood runs Awesome Dice shop and accompanying blog. Selling die online is surprisingly competitive and there’s a far greater range of options than even some experienced roleplayers might imagine. When Brian dropped Geek Native a note about a rather clever WordPress dice roller I thought it might be wise to get a walkthrough from the man himself.
Blood on the Game Dice
How functional is your gaming group? Wait. Don’t be harsh. I don’t think that’s an oxymoron – there’s too many words, for a start. The truth is that some gaming groups get along well, some are chaotic but generally line up but then there are some that are so fractional it’s amazing any gaming goes […]
