Below are common terms and acronyms often used when talking about dice.
| Acronym or Term | Meaning | Explanation |
|---|---|---|
| 5e | 5th Edition (of Dungeons & Dragons) | Referring to the 5th (and current) edition of the popular pen & paper RPG |
| AoC | Arrows of Chaos | Referring to the Chessex Arrows of Chaos dice |
| BG | Beholder’s Gaze | UK-based dice retailer |
| CC | Crystal Caste | US-based dice manufacturer |
| CC1 CC2 | Cotton Candy 1, Cotton Candy 2 | Referring to the version of the Kraken Dice line Cotton Candy (version 1, version 2) |
| CF | Crowdfunding or crowdfunder | The process of getting the general public involved in funding a specific project, in this case either newly designed dice or dice-related product; or the person joining such a crowdfunding campaign |
| CG | Cozy Gamer | US-based dice retailer which also carries a limited number of exclusive dice sets, now rebranded to Fennek & Finch |
| CHX | Chessex | US-based dice manufacturer; this acronym is also used as the prefix to their product codes |
| Chonk | Oversized dice | A term often used to describe oversized dice, particularly large d20s |
| d4, d6, d8, d10, d%, d12, d20, etc. | Die with x number of sides | Denotes a die with x number of sides (e.g. d4 = 4-sided die, d6 = 6 sided die, d% or d00 = 10-sided percentile die) |
| D&D, DnD | Dungeons & Dragons | Popular pen & paper roleplaying system with a fantasy setting |
| D&G | Dice & Games | UK-based dice manufacturer |
| D4F | Dice 4 Friends | German dice retailer |
| DHD | Die Hard Dice | US-based dice retailer which also carries a limited number of exclusive dice sets |
| Dice mail | — | Dice that arrive by mail (either purchased from an online store, or dice traded with or purchased from another collector) |
| Dice tax | — | (Usually unrelated) photos of dice that are attached to an otherwise text-only post, to a) make the post more eye-catching, and b) to make the Facebook algorithm work in your favor since it’s more prone to showing posts with photos rather than those with only text |
| DD | Dispel Dice | US-based dice brand, specialised in sharp-edged resin dice |
| DM | Dice Market (also: Dungeon Master) | The market group attached to DMC, where members can trade, sell and buy dice with other Dice Market members |
| DMC | Dice Maniacs’ Club | Name of a long-standing group of dice collectors, whose home is the DMC Facebook group |
| DMD | Dice Making Discoveries | A no longer active Facebook group dedicated to making dice and dice related products |
| F&F | Fennek & Finch | US-based dice retailer which also carries a limited number of exclusive dice sets, previously named CozyGamer |
| FLGS | Friendly Local Game Store | Local physical store that sells dice (that ideally has friendly staff) |
| FO | Fire Opal | A popular line of glitter dice in turquoise, blue and grey produced and sold by Crystal Caste and Dice & Games, which is now out of print |
| FS | For sale | Typically mentioned in posts where people want to indicate that they’d like to sell dice |
| FT | For trade | Typically mentioned in posts where people want to indicate that they’d like to trade dice |
| GDH | Goblin Dice Hoard | Name of a more recently established Facebook group related to dice collecting |
| GDHA | Goblin Dice Hoard Acquisitions | The market group attached to GDH, where members can trade, sell and buy dice with other GDHA members |
| GKG | Gate Keeper Games | UK-based dice maker designing and selling exclusive dice sets (produces the Halfsies dice) |
| GS | GameScience | US-based dice manufacturer that produces exclusive, sharp-edged dice |
| HD | HengDa | Chinese dice manufacturer |
| HSD | Heartstring Dice | Chinese dice manufacturer |
| HTF | Hard to find | Out of print dice that have become hard to find |
| ICD | Ice Cream Dice | Canada-based dice maker designing and selling exclusive dice sets (no longer actively making or selling dice) |
| ID | Identification | Requests for identification of dice (e.g. if a person can’t attribute the dice they own or bought to a manufacturer or line or name) |
| ISO | In search of | Dice or dice sets that people are looking for (sometimes used as a synonym for a list of dice or sets someone wants to trade or acquire) |
| Jingle Bones | — | A bag of assorted random dice, sold by Crystal Caste; PoDs usually contain a random mix of different polyhedral CC dice, including some that are out of print |
| KC | King Cards | German dice manufacturer, no longer in business |
| KS | Kickstarter | Crowdfunding platform often used to produce new dice designs funded by the public |
| LDC | Little Dragon Corp | Canadian dice retailer which also carries a number of exclusive dice sets |
| LGS | Local Game Store | Local physical store that sells dice |
| LHD | Lucky Hand Dice | US-based handmade dice making company, no longer in business |
| LUD | Level Up Dice | Australian owned dice business |
| MDG | Metallic Dice Games | US-based dice retailer which also carries a limited number of exclusive dice sets, now rebranded to FanRoll |
| MoP | Mother of Pearl | A popular line of dice produced and sold by Chessex, which is now out of print, available in white and blue |
| MS | Moonstone | A popular line of clear glitter dice produced and sold by Crystal Caste and Dice & Games, which is now out of print |
| MtG | Magic the Gathering | Strategy card game that also uses dice (e.g. as life counters, also known as spindowns) |
| NG | New glitter | Refers to the type of glitter used in the newer Chessex Borealis dice sets |
| OG | Old glitter | Refers to the type of glitter used in the older Chessex Borealis dice sets |
| OOG | “Old” old glitter or other old glitter | Term coined by collectors that refers to a specific type of old glitter Chessex Borealis dice sets that are particularly translucent (and is actually a misnomer since only two types of glitter were ever used in the Borealis dice, and the difference in translucency is an unintentional production variance) |
| OOP | Out of print | Dice that are no longer produced and cannot be purchased anymore in stores (unless you get lucky and find old stock!) |
| Pips | — | Pipped dice (in any size), usually six-sided, sometimes also called spot dice |
| Pipsqueaks | — | Small pipped dice (12mm or smaller), usually six-sided, sometimes also called spot dice |
| PoD | Pound o’ Dice | A bag of assorted random dice weighing approximately one pound, sold by Chessex; PoDs usually contain mostly opaque and Speckled Chessex dice, sometimes those that are exclusive to PoDs and are not available as full sets; each PoD includes a full set of 7 polyhedral Speckled dice that is exclusively sold with PoDs |
| R4I | Role 4 Initiative | US-based dice brand |
| Retail | Retail price | The price that something costs (or originally cost in the past) when you commercially buy it in a store (as opposed to market price, which is the rate that collectibles sell for among collectors) |
| RPG | Roleplaying game | A type of imaginative, interactive storytelling game |
| Squid | Kraken Dice | A type of code name for Kraken Dice, sometimes used in Facebook sales posts to avoid Facebook flagging the post for a term related to prohibited items |
| T&G | — | Chinese dice manufacturer |
| TDSO | The Dice Shop Online | UK based online store that offers a large number of dice sets and single dice for sale |
| VHTF | Very hard to find | Out of print dice that have become very hard to find |
| VtM | Vampire the Masquerade | Pen & paper roleplaying system with a vampire theme |
| WD | Wiz Dice | US-based dice manufacturer |
| WTB | Want to buy | Typically mentioned in posts where people want to indicate that they’d like to buy dice |
| WTS | Want to sell | Typically mentioned in posts where people want to indicate that they’d like to sell dice |
| WTT | Want to trade | Typically mentioned in posts where people want to indicate that they’d like to trade dice |