Gaming Dice

What to carry in case you suddenly need dice and don't have them.

I'd ordered just the d20 (in copper) before as a trial, liked it enough I got a whole set in brass.

All-metal six-sided dice with skulls for pips.

The core is some kind of fairly dense metal (possibly iron/steel?) and then has different metals on top to colour them. I chose copper and gunmetal colouring.

Light-up forbidden jolly ranchers.

Temptation #1: Carved aventurine percentile dice inscribed in gold inked Chinese script.

Temptation #2: A full gaming set carved from lapis lazuli inscribed with cuneiform numerals in gold except one face which has the Egyptian "all-seeing eye" emblem.

They roll almost as nicely as the aulde skhoole d20s numbered twice, by my testing seem to be more than sufficiently random, and are pretty good conversation pieces when you pull them out in a room of people who've never seen them before.

I have become fascinated with dice made from alternative materials, and am slowly building a collection.

Here is my latest addition, a couple of chonk d20s made of jesmonite from Magpies and Trinkets via their Kickstarter campaign. My photo doesn't really do it justice, sorry!

Chopped carbon tow in resin. Silver numbers with gold high values.

Translucent ultramarine. Silver numbers with gold high values.