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Source: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/real-dice-roll-app
Bizarre new DnD fan site will roll your D20 for you, live on camera
This hilarious DnD DIY dice project combines digital convenience with >physical clickity clacks, and the rolls are already in the thousands!
Source: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/real-dice-roll-app
Bizarre new DnD fan site will roll your D20 for you, live on camera
This hilarious DnD DIY dice project combines digital convenience with physical clickity clacks, and the rolls are already in the thousands!
On 9/25/2025 11:48 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
Source: https://www.wargamer.com/dnd/real-dice-roll-app
Bizarre new DnD fan site will roll your D20 for you, live on camera
This hilarious DnD DIY dice project combines digital convenience with
physical clickity clacks, and the rolls are already in the thousands!
I'm not sure why this is hilarious.
In the late 70's I had a little plastic 'die roller' basically a clicker thing on the bottom that you'd press and it would pop the dice up into
the air inside.-a It had 2 tiny d6s in it.-a I used that a bit just
because I thought it was fun, also handy to bring with me, and I
remember using it with the fighting fantasy books later.
I may still have that somewhere, or it may have been stolen with my
figure and die collection in the 90's.
As to this, I'm not sure how it's any better than having roll 20 roll
for you if you're playing online.-a I suppose because it's actually
random vs. computer generated rng?
(and yes, I get that the online-roller is a gimmick and not intended
for actual use. But like any table-top role-player, I just like
talking dice ;-)
On 9/26/2025 3:25 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
(and yes, I get that the online-roller is a gimmick and not intended
for actual use. But like any table-top role-player, I just like
talking dice ;-)
We do have an unhealthy fascination with dice, don't we?
I'm looking at my dice box next to me, which is just part of my dice collection, and I keep wondering why I even have that many in the first place.
By the way I prefer the metal dice I bought for cheap on Aliexpress.
They give notably more random results than the plastic ones I have.
On 10/2/2025 2:13 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
On 9/26/2025 3:25 PM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
(and yes, I get that the online-roller is a gimmick and not intended
for actual use. But like any table-top role-player, I just like
talking dice ;-)
We do have an unhealthy fascination with dice, don't we?
I'm looking at my dice box next to me, which is just part of my dice
collection, and I keep wondering why I even have that many in the first
place.
By the way I prefer the metal dice I bought for cheap on Aliexpress.
They give notably more random results than the plastic ones I have.
I've wanted metal dice for some time. They're so expensive from
anywhere here though. I wanted to buy some gold plated tungsten coins
there too as props, but afraid that will get me on some list as
apparently those are used by scammers often enough to be a problem.
I don't really NEED either of those things though, and space is very >limited.
On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 07:01:26 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 10/2/2025 2:13 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
By the way I prefer the metal dice I bought for cheap on Aliexpress.
They give notably more random results than the plastic ones I have.
I've wanted metal dice for some time. They're so expensive from
anywhere here though. I wanted to buy some gold plated tungsten coins
there too as props, but afraid that will get me on some list as
apparently those are used by scammers often enough to be a problem.
I don't really NEED either of those things though, and space is very
limited.
I dunno. Throwing metal dice at the GM when they make a call you
disagree with sounds dangerous. And it's not like you CAN'T throw dice
at people.
Besides, I don't WANT random results. I want different dice with
(mostly) predicitible results that I can use in different occassions.
C'mon, black d20 that has a higher probability of rolling a natural
20!!!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
On 10/2/2025 8:21 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 07:01:26 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 10/2/2025 2:13 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
By the way I prefer the metal dice I bought for cheap on Aliexpress.
They give notably more random results than the plastic ones I have.
I've wanted metal dice for some time. They're so expensive from
anywhere here though. I wanted to buy some gold plated tungsten coins
there too as props, but afraid that will get me on some list as
apparently those are used by scammers often enough to be a problem.
I don't really NEED either of those things though, and space is very
limited.
I dunno. Throwing metal dice at the GM when they make a call you
disagree with sounds dangerous. And it's not like you CAN'T throw dice
at people.
Besides, I don't WANT random results. I want different dice with
(mostly) predicitible results that I can use in different occassions.
C'mon, black d20 that has a higher probability of rolling a natural
20!!!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
True. I don't have much like that anymore since my dice were stolen
(along with my minis, which hurts more.)
I do have a purple d20 that seems to like to roll 17 a lot. And I have
a large number of tiny red d6s I bought for champions that seem to roll
a little bit on the high side.
On Wed, 8 Oct 2025 14:00:33 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 10/2/2025 8:21 AM, Spalls Hurgenson wrote:
On Thu, 2 Oct 2025 07:01:26 -0700, Justisaur <justisaur@yahoo.com>
wrote:
On 10/2/2025 2:13 AM, Kyonshi wrote:
By the way I prefer the metal dice I bought for cheap on Aliexpress. >>>>> They give notably more random results than the plastic ones I have.
I've wanted metal dice for some time. They're so expensive from
anywhere here though. I wanted to buy some gold plated tungsten coins >>>> there too as props, but afraid that will get me on some list as
apparently those are used by scammers often enough to be a problem.
I don't really NEED either of those things though, and space is very
limited.
I dunno. Throwing metal dice at the GM when they make a call you
disagree with sounds dangerous. And it's not like you CAN'T throw dice
at people.
Besides, I don't WANT random results. I want different dice with
(mostly) predicitible results that I can use in different occassions.
C'mon, black d20 that has a higher probability of rolling a natural
20!!!! ;-) ;-) ;-)
True. I don't have much like that anymore since my dice were stolen
(along with my minis, which hurts more.)
I do have a purple d20 that seems to like to roll 17 a lot. And I have
a large number of tiny red d6s I bought for champions that seem to roll
a little bit on the high side.
Which must lead to the inevitable side-discussion: name the oldest
dice you own. ;-)
Myself, I'm pretty sure my oldest die is a black d6 of unknown
provenance; some old thing I picked up years and years ago. It might
even date back to when I still lived with the parents as a kid. It
wasn't really a D&D die; just something I owned that I later rolled*
into my rpg dice collection.
My oldest "these were dice specifically made for D&D" were the plastic
shit that came with my BECMI red-box. I've lost the crayon. They were absolutely terrible dice; I hated them from the start. I mean, sure it
was neat to have dice with 12 sides, or whatever... but they just felt
awful when you rolled them. They were so light and the corners were so
dull that you had no confidence in the results.
[Oddly enough, though, this is the one set of 'complete' D&D dice
(e.g., d4, d6, d8, d10, d12, d20) that I still own. All my other sets
have, over the years, lost one or more members. I guess they can't
sense my despite ;-)]
The dice I have most fondness for was a set of 'jewel' dice I
purchased in the early 80s. I don't think they were any specific
brand, but you know the type: dice made of a too-light translucent
plastic in a variety of colors. After so many 'traditional'
solid-plastic dice, the jewel dice felt wild and exciting; they helped
make the game seem all the more novel and exciting.
These days I don't have a particularly exciting selection; it's a mix
of a a lot of different dice; mostly solid plastic, a few a bit more esoteric. When I see I'm short on a specific type (e.g., 'Hey, where
did all my d4s go?') I just buy another set or two to make up the
deficit. But by and large, few of these have any real memories
associated with them.
God, those TSR dice were shit. I should go and check if I still have
the complete set. Maybe I'm lucky and a few of them finally
skedaddled; then I have an excuse to buy new dice. ;-)