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Elder Dice: A Kickstarter Sensation

June 21, 2018June 21, 2018Rory Bristol

Elder Dice is a collection of spellbooks with dice inside. Their creators have run two wildly successful Kickstarter campaigns, one of which is still accepting late backers.

Kickstarter Alert! Pamper Your Dice With Elderwood Academy’s Hex Chest Remastered

July 18, 2017January 1, 2018Ryan Hiller

Elderwood Academy creates more excellence with a new dice box. Check out the Kickstarter for for all the custom options.

Kickstarter Alert: ‘Sedis’ Universal Gaming System

May 5, 2017December 13, 2017Rory Bristol

Now available on Kickstarter, ‘Sedis’ is a unique gaming system in the league of dominoes and dice.

Kickstarter Update: PlaySmart Dice Is a Critical Hit – Passes Funding Goal!

January 9, 2017Ken Denmead

The PlaySmart Dice Kickstarter campaign has passed its funding goal! Get in on this great project before it closes out!

Kickstarter Alert: PlaySmart Dice – Gaming Dice That Make You Smarter While You Play (Sponsored)

December 5, 2016Ken Denmead

PlaySmart dice tinker with the probability distribution of standard dice to allow for more exciting gameplay and more robust educational opportunities.

Need a Last Minute Costume? Get Your ‘Stranger Things’ on With Casio, Trapper Keeper, and SkullSplitter Dice

October 25, 2016Anthony Karcz

Are you stuck trying to figure out a last minute costume? Grab some choice accessories and you too can craft a ‘Stranger Things’ ensemble that’d impress even Barb.

Kickstarter Last Days: Scroll and Codex Gaming Accessory

October 17, 2016January 10, 2018Ryan Hiller

Elderwood Academy is wrapping up another phenomenally successful Kickstarter, this time for Scroll and Codex, “A bespoke, leather-bound scroll case that transforms into a dice tower with a scroll that unrolls into a rolling tray.”

Reaping the Rewards: Q-workshop Pathfinder Dice

October 11, 2016December 13, 2017Jonathan H. Liu3

“Reaping the Rewards” is a series of posts taking a look at the finished results from Kickstarter projects. Today’s focus: Q-workshop’s metal Pathfinder dice.

Kickstart These Wizard Dice

August 27, 2016December 13, 2017Rebecca Angel

What’s new with the Wizard Set of Polyhero game dice? Perty, perty, perty dice!

ConnectiCon: Gamin’, Cosplay, and Shows

July 21, 2016December 13, 2017Rebecca Angel

Once again, ConnectiCon provided Rebecca Angel and her son with a weekend of games and entertainment.

Game of the Week: ‘Boomtown Bandits’

July 12, 2016May 20, 2020Admin

Boomtown Bandits from Squirmy Beast brings wild west thievery to the kitchen table.

Rolling Dice When We Have No Dice

July 4, 2016January 2, 2018Ryan Hiller6

We’ve developed a system that allows us to generate any random number with no dice or tech, just our minds.

Replace Your Entire Dice Set With The Dice Lab’s d120

May 27, 2016December 13, 2017Anthony Karcz

The Dice Lab, maker of the already insane d60, is at it again, bringing the d120 to a gaming table near you! How did this monster come to be? Read on.

Exotic Meets Affordable – Norse Foundry Metal Dice

March 29, 2016December 13, 2017Z1

It seems like not a week goes by that I don’t hear about some wild new take on classic gaming dice. Gemstone dice, dice hewn from petrified wood, mammoth ivory dice! So niche. So extravagant. So… expensive.

Seconds Are Ticking Away … Can You Defuse the Bombs in Time, or Will You Perish?

January 22, 2016December 13, 2017Dave Banks

Intruders have boarded your ship and planted more than 20 bombs. Your job is to work with your team to defuse them all before time runs out. Roll dice and act quickly — the timer is ticking and trouble is around every corner — hurry up!

4x Video and 6x Tabletop: 10 New Gaming Projects on Kickstarter This Week

November 13, 2015Ken Denmead

Fight terrible music, find the best bones, and support gaming dice for the visually-impaired, all this week on Kickstarter!

Make Your Very Own Batman Story With ‘Rory’s Story Cubes: Batman’

September 15, 2015Jenny Bristol

Unless you write fanfiction or love to cosplay as someone from the Batman universe, you’ve probably not concocted your own Batman tales. Perhaps you would prefer a different origin story. Or maybe you think Batman should become one of the bad guys for once. Or you just want to solve custom crimes, chosen by you, with Batman at the helm. You can make these stories a reality with this new dice set.

Bog Wood and Mammoth Bones: Rolling With Artisan Dice’s Charlie Brumfield

September 14, 2015Anthony Karcz10

Ever look at a crazy expensive set of dice hewn from some ancient hunk of wood or bone and say to yourself “There’s no way it can cost that much.” Turns out, you’re getting a bargain.

Kickstarter Alert! Wyrmwood Magnetic Dice Tower System

July 8, 2015Anthony Karcz2

Wyrmwood Gaming is back on Kickstarter with a magnetic Dice Tower system that you can pass down to generations of geeks to come.

If You Want Awesome Rolls, You Need Awesome Dice

June 23, 2015December 13, 2017Ken Denmead

Gaming may be mostly about getting together with friends and family and having a good time exploring strategy, role-playing, wit, and wordplay, but for the dedicated player, it can also be about the tools you use to play. And what tool is more important to a gamer than dice? Along comes this Kickstarter campaign for Awesome Dice.

‘City of Zombies’: You Need Brains to Survive

March 4, 2015Robin Brooks2

Hold off the zombies using mental arithmetic. ‘City of Zombies’ is a fun, intuitive game that teaches math along the way.

Unbored Games: Serious Fun for Everyone

November 20, 2014Rebecca Angel

Whether you work with kids, have kids, or are a kid yourself, I recommend Unbored Games!

Come Aboard Starship Liberty in Space Movers (Gaming Kickstarter)

October 14, 2014December 13, 2017Z1

KnA Games invites you to experience the world of Space Movers, an interplanetary cooperative adventure dice game currently seeking funding via Kickstarter.

How to Upgrade Your Dice-Rolling Game

August 8, 2014December 13, 2017Tom Fassbender16

You’re tired. You’re hungry. And now you realize you’ve just walked into the dragon’s lair. At last! This is it, the battle that makes all the other battles worth it. You draw your sword and charge toward the scaly beast.